Goa University is a
public
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state research university
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headquartered in the city of
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
, in the Indian state of
Goa. In addition to Panaji (
Taleigão Plateau Campus), it has a campus in
Margao,
Mapusa,
Ponda,
Old Goa
Old Goa ( Konkani: ; pt, Velha Goa, translation='Old Goa') is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi ''taluka'' (''Ilhas'') of North Goa district, in the Indian state of Goa.
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and
Vasco da Gama.
The traditions of Goa University date back to the 17th century,
[Prôa, Miguel Pires. "Escolas Superiores" Portuguesas Antes de 1950 (esboço). Blog Gavetas Com Saber. 2008] with the creation of the first university courses by the
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the ...
.
[Digby, Anne; Ernst, Waltraud. Crossing Colonial Historiographies: Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines In Transnational Perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2010] However, it was only after the
annexation of Goa that the process was consolidated, with the University of Mumbai establishing a
Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) in
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
.
The CPIR offered affiliation to the first colleges that were instituted in Goa in June 1962.
Was established under the Goa University Act of 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984) and commenced operations on 1 June 1985, replacing CPIR.
The university offers graduate and post-graduate studies and research programmes. It is currently (2014–19) accredited by the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council in India with a rating of A Grade.
Is one of India's few universities offering western languages such as Portuguese
and French languages. The university's Department of Portuguese and Lusophone Studies is the only such in the entire Indian subcontinent.
History
The university tradition of the Goa University also began during the
Portuguese rule, with the installation of several institutions of higher education, the oldest one being the
Goa Medical College
Goa Medical College (GMC) is a government medical college and hospital in Goa, India. It is one of the oldest medical colleges in Asia.
It is currently an organic institution of the Goa University (GU), being its oldest unit.
History
Since ...
, dating from 1691,
followed by the Mathematical and Military School, founded in 1817, and
Goa College of Pharmacy, founded in 1842. These schools (with the exception of the Mathematical and Military School, which was abolished in 1871) gradually formed the Goa University when it was founded.
University Education in post-annexation of Goa
Within less than six months after the
annexation of Goa, two colleges were started as a result of private initiatives and the government's backing:
* Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Panjim (1962);
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Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao (1962).
In the very first year, the number of students who registered in these two colleges added up to 879.
Other colleges were soon established:
*
St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa
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Mapusa (1963)
* Carmel College for Women, Nuvem (1964)
* S.S. Dempo College of Commerce and Economics (1966)
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Goa Engineering College (1967)
As these institutions and more came into existence, the question of affiliation surfaced and led to some debate since Goa was a Union Territory, and it was suggested they be affiliated to the
Delhi University
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
. However the colleges opted to be affiliated to the
Mumbai University
The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai.
The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed h ...
and at the request of the
Government of Goa
The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa.
History
The governor's role ...
, the Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research was started in Goa by the Mumbai University with the support of the Goa administration.
The Jha Committee proposed the establishment of a university in Goa, and recommended its gradual development from the
Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) into a full-fledged university over a period of five to ten years.
Creation of university
On 1 December 1984, after a long struggle by the pro-autonomy groups in Goa, the Law of the Goa University was signed, which unlinked the CPIR from Mumbai University, and converted it into the Goa University (GU). The aforementioned law extended the performance of GU to the territories of
Daman and Diu and
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which in practice never occurred.
It moved to its present campus on the Taleigao Plateau.
Campus
The main campus of Goa University was designed by painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect
Satish Gujral. The university is built on the
Taleigão
Taleigão, or Platô de Taleigão, is a neighborhood located in the southern part of the city of Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is entirely located on the island of Tiswadi, which is one of the talukas in the state of Goa. ...
plateau and located about away from the center of the state capital
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
.
Organisation and administration
Governance
Statutory bodies of the university include the university court, executive council, planning board, academic Council and finance committee.
Affiliated colleges
Goa University, Goa's only university, is a university of affiliated colleges.
53 affiliated colleges:
29 in general education
24 professional education
Enrollment ~27,000, mostly for undergraduate studies
Main Campus primarily for post-graduate studies
Enrolment ~1,500
Recognised institutions
Recognised institutions functioning with Goa University recognition are:
*
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, (NCPOR) formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. It is an autonomous Instit ...
,
Vasco
* Directorate of Archives,
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
*
National Institute of Oceanography,
Dona Paula
*
Xavier Centre of Historical Research
The Xavier Centre of Historical Research is a Jesuit history research centre located in Alto Porvorim, Goa in India. It was founded in the late 1970s and its first director was John Correia Afonso SJ. After John Correia Afonso, Dr. Teotonio R. de ...
,
Porvorim
Porvorim (pronounced ''Parvari '' ), is the ''De facto'' legislative and executive capital of the state of Goa, India, as both the Goa Legislative Assembly and Secretariat are functioning from the same complex in the region of Alto Porvorim in ...
*
Malaria Research Centre,
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
*
Thomas Stephens Konkkni Kendr
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) is a Jesuit research-institute working on issues related to the Konkani language, literature, culture and education. It is based in Alto Porvorim, on the outskirts of the state capital of Goa, India.
Aim
Th ...
,
Porvorim
Porvorim (pronounced ''Parvari '' ), is the ''De facto'' legislative and executive capital of the state of Goa, India, as both the Goa Legislative Assembly and Secretariat are functioning from the same complex in the region of Alto Porvorim in ...
* Fishery Survey of India,
Mormugao
Mormugao is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka ( municipality) of the South district, in the Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port.
Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1 ...
* All India Institute of Local Self Government,
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary i ...
Academics
Rankings
The
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) ranked Goa University in the 101–150 rank band overall in India and 81 among universities in 2020.
Goa University Library
Goa University Library is one of the major libraries in the state of Goa, India.
It houses an estimated 140,000 books and 300 journals. It also is home to special interest collections and rare and antique manuscripts, according to its offici ...
Established in 1958 based on the collection of the Centre for Post Graduate Instruction and Research,
University of Bombay
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The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed h ...
, the university library holds more than 158,000 books. It subscribes to 350 periodicals.
It is the repository of several collection of rare books including a collection on Indo-Portuguese history and culture donated by the late P. S. S. Pissurlekar.
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Visiting Research Professors Programme
The Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa
The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa.
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, has funded and established six Visiting Research Professorship Chairs at the university. The first chair was set up in 2007 in memory of D. D. Kosambi during his birth centenary but it remained unoccupied until 2013. Subsequently, chairs were set up in honour of Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar
Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (30 November 1910 – 8 July 1984) was a poet from Goa, India.
Bā Bha Borkar, also known as Ba-ki-baab, started writing poems at an early age. The author Vi SA Khandekar was an early champion of Borkar's poetry. ...
and Dayanand Bandodkar in 2010 and 2011 respectively, to commemorate their birth centenaries. In 2012, three more chairs were instituted in honour of Mario Miranda
Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda (2 May 1926 – 11 December 2011), popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa.
Miranda had been a ...
, Anthony Gonsalves
Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves (12 June 1927 – 18 January 2012) was an Indian musical composer, music arranger and teacher born in the village of Majorda (near Margao in Portuguese Goa), His father, Jose Antonio Gonsalves, was a choirmaster at ...
and Nana Shirgaonkar.[https://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/course/VisitingResearchProfessorsProgramme/visiting%20professors.pdf ] In 2014, the Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye in Marathi language and literature was established as a part of tercentenary birth anniversary celebrations of the Goan poet and saint. The Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies was established in 2016.
The complete list of Chairs at the university is as under:
* The Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi Visiting Research Professorship in Interdisciplinary Studies
* The Dayanand Bandodkar Visiting Research Professorship in Political Economy
* The Bakibab Borkar Visiting Research Professorship in Comparative Literature
* The Mario Miranda
Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda (2 May 1926 – 11 December 2011), popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa.
Miranda had been a ...
Visiting Research Professorship in Fine Art, Painting, Illustrative Cartooning, etc.
* The Anthony Gonsalves
Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves (12 June 1927 – 18 January 2012) was an Indian musical composer, music arranger and teacher born in the village of Majorda (near Margao in Portuguese Goa), His father, Jose Antonio Gonsalves, was a choirmaster at ...
Visiting Research Professorship in Western Music
* The Nana Shirgaonkar Visiting Research Professorship in Traditional Music
* Sant Sohirobinath Ambiye Chair in Marathi language and literature
* Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies
Those who have been appointed to these Chairs include Romila Thapar, Madhav Gadgil, Sudhir Kakar
Sudhir Kakar (born 25 July 1938) is an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and author in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion.
Education and personal life
Kakar spent his early childhood near Sargodha, now in Pakistan and ...
, Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Shubha Mudgal, Githa Hariharan, Vidya Dehejia
Vidya Dehejia is a retired American academic and the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. She has published 24 books and numerous academic papers on the art of South Asia, and has curated ...
, Saurabh Dube
Saurabh Dube is an Indian scholar whose work combines history and anthropology, archival and field research, subaltern studies and postcolonial-decolonial perspectives, and social theory and critical thought. After teaching at the University of D ...
, Ishita Banerjee-Dube, Kumkum Roy, etc. .
Sports
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University. The stadium was constructed for the 2014 Lusophony Games for events of volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
and basketball
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. The stadium is named after Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee former Indian politician and the founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh
The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...
. The stadium has a seating capacity
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of 4,000 and was inaugurated by Governor of Goa Bharat Vir Wanchoo
Bharat Vir Wanchoo (born 15 October 1951) is an Indian political figure who was the Governor of Goa from May 2012 to July 2014. Previously, he was Director of the Special Protection Group until 2011.
Personal life
Wanchoo was born on 15 Octobe ...
in 2014.goacom
It cost 82 crore and was built in 11 months which is a record for the construction of an indoor stadium of international standard. With a sheet, the stadium is Asia's first stadium which has the longest single-sheet roof.
Notable alumni and staff
References
Further reading
* Varde, Dr. P.S., History of Education in Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa, Panaji, 1977.
* Cabral, Ricardo. The Development of Teacher Education in Portuguese Goa (1841–1961) Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2009.
External links
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