Media Release

Panaji, Jun 9: Shantaram Naik, member of parliament has, in a letter faxed by him to the HRD minister Kapil Sibal has demanded that the quota of seats allotted for the students from Goa for B-Tech Engineering should be retained at least for three more years till the NIT Goa, infrastructure takes shape.

Naik in his letter written to Sibal says that the Ministry of Human Resource Development vide order dated 30/10/2009 has decided to set up a new NIT at Goa to be monitored by National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal, Mangalore. The Government of Goa and National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal were entrusted the joint responsibility of taking all necessary steps for the establishment of NIT Goa so as to start the academic activities from the year 2010-11.

Naik says that NIT Goa is starting its activities from the present academic year but it will take some years for the institution to establish itself. He stated that the strength of the NIT Goa is 90 out of which 50% seats are reserved for Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep. NIT, Goa, is starting its activities from the
present academic year, in the premises of Goa Engineering College.

The Government of Goa has identified a few sites for the establishment of NIT Goa , and that, it is the endeavour of the government to see that the institute takes a good shape in near future, he stated in a press release. Naik referring to his earlier letter to the government, in which he had requested the government, that Goa should be given all the 50% of the total seats by adjusting the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haweli in the NIT- Gujarat and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in the NIT- Kerala, added that there has been no response to this demand despite simultaneous request having made by the Chief Minister of Goa too.