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| Guv gifts Goa Univ. a committee for introspection Posted: 10 Dec 2010 07:34 PM PST
The chancellor has therefore formed an academic audit committee that will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the university and present its findings early next year. Speaking at the 23rd annual convocation of the Goa University on Friday, Sidhu told the thousand-plus audience, “Periodical assessment of systems operating at the university is essential. The committee will audit academic achievements and draw a roadmap for the future.” The five-member academic audit committee will be headed by honorary professor from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics at Bangalore, Vinod Gaur, and will table its report in February, 2011. Said Sidhu, “The larger objective of this committee is to evaluate the contribution of the Goa University to the state, and to suggest ways and means (for it) to emerge as a strong player in the domain of knowledge production and dissemination.” A Gnanam, ex-chairman and director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council; Errol D’Souza, faculty member from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; A R Vasavi, professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; and V R Shirgurkar, ex-principal of Margao-based Smt Parvatibai Chowgule College are the other members on the committee. The Goa University completed 25 years on June 30 this year, and the convocation ceremony was held for the first time at its Jubilee Hall, built at a cost of 45 lakh. While the sound system at the impressive hall was non-existent at times, a ceiling fan gave those sitting below it a hard time as it rotated rather dangerously. Friday morning’s unexpected showers too played spoilsport by reducing the freshly mud-filled area around the new hall to muck. But smiles on the faces of the students who took home their degrees conveyed the message that such glitches made no difference in the joy of a convocation ceremony. A total of 39 students from varied faculties received their doctorates, even as 53 received medals, 33 were handed special prizes and 14 were provided with scholarships. A total of 6,517 students were conferred various undergraduate degrees and diplomas, even as 762 postgraduate students received their masters degrees. The latter included 223 students from the science stream, 114 from the social sciences stream, 230 from the arts and commerce streams and 195 from professional colleges. In his address, Goa University vice-chancellor, D Deobagkar, said the university will introduce three courses in the new academic year. “A five-year integrated MSc Ocean Science and Technology course is being considered by the department of earth sciences, government of India, for support at the national level,” he said. “A new MBA programme involving hotel management and tourism and a similar BBA course in culinary education are also proposed to be initiated,” he added. A National Nodal Centre for Marine Microbial Culture Collection is also likely to be established, said Deobagkar, adding that it will network with other centres and industries across the country. CM Digambar Kamat and law commission chief Ramakant Khalap were in the audience. Courtesy:TOI |
| Goa is more than a tourist paradise for Abhishek Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:14 AM PST Abhishek Bachchan who plays a police officer from Goa in his upcoming movie ‘Dum Maro Dum’, says he got to know a completely different side of the tiny tourist state during the shoot of the film. “The film is about a police officer from Goa. Hence, shooting in Goa for ‘Dum Maro Dum’ has been a great experience as the film is based there,” Abhishek said. “Usually as tourists when you go to Goa, you get to know more of the touristic sites. But during this shoot, we actually got to see more of the local places in Goa and literally experienced that the place is more than just the resorts, so it was very interesting,” Abhishek recalled. He agreed that Goans have been typecast in certain way in many movies. “The image of drinking and making merry is not an accurate account of what the Goan people are. People are very loving and sweet, unfortunately they get typecast but that is not what I have noticed,” he added. Abhishek said he liked outdoor shoots very much. “I am fine shooting anywhere and any place actually, at the end of the day, I am an actor and I am just here to do the job. I am not particular that way about within India or abroad - I will go anywhere, wherever the film requires,” he said. However, Abhishek says actors get so busy working on outdoors that even though they get opportunity to travel to all the beautiful and historical places but are not able to actually spend time and learn about the place. The 34-year-old actor said one of his first memories of Goa was during the shooting of his father’s 1983 film ‘Pukar’. “One keeps going back to Goa every now and then but over the last 12 months, I have spent a huge amount of time there because I have shot three films in Goa - ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se’, ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ and now the first schedule of ‘Players’,” he said. Abhishek said the first of his films that has been shot entirely in Goa is the recently released ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se’. “Otherwise I have earlier also shot certain portions for ‘Dhoom’ and ‘Dhoom 2′ in Goa.” Shooting in Goa has an advantage, he said adding that it is impossible that any visitor will not like the food. Courtesy:MSN |
, feels it’s time for introspection for the state’s lone university on its completion of 25 years.
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