Goa University is a

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headquartered in the city of

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, in the Indian state of

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

. 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

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that the process was consolidated, with the University of Mumbai establishing a Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) in

. 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

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in India with a rating of A Grade. Is one of India's few universities offering western languages such as Portuguese and French. 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 public medical college and hospital located in Goa, India. It is one of the oldest medical colleges in Asia. The medical college is affiliated to the Goa University (GU), being its oldest unit. History Since th ...

, dating from 1691, followed by the Mathematical and Military School, founded in 1817, and

Goa College of Pharmacy Goa (; ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan Plateau, Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian sta ...

, 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

, two colleges were started as a result of private initiatives and the government's backing: * Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Panjim (1962); *

Parvatibai Chowgule College Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science is a college based in the South Goa district of Margao, on the west coast of India. History Vishwasrao Chowgule, an industrialist and philanthropist, had been negotiating with the newly formed Go ...

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: India Goa St Xaviers College Mapusa 1

* St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa,

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(1963) * Carmel College for Women, Nuvem (1964) * S.S. Dempo College of Commerce and Economics (1966) *

Goa Engineering College Goa Engineering College or Goa College of Engineering (abbreviated and colloquially referred to as GEC) is a public college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University. Founded in 1967 and situated ...

(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

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. However the colleges opted to be affiliated to the

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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 is large ...

, the Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research was started in Goa by the Mumbai University with the support of the Goa administration. Taleigao-Bambolim area of Goa

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 Daman and Diu (; ) was a union territory in northwestern India. With an area of , it was the smallest administrative subdivision of India on the mainland. The territory comprised two districts, Daman and Diu Island, geographically separated ...

and

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a district of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. It is composed of two separate geographical entities: Nagar Haveli, wedged in between Maharashtra and Gujarat states; and ...

, 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 Satish Gujral (25 December 1925 – 26 March 2020) was an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist and writer of the post-independent era. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, in 1999. His ...

. 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

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, Vasco * Directorate of Archives,

* National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula * Xavier Centre of Historical Research,

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* Malaria Research Centre,

* Thomas Stephens Konkkni Kendr,

* Fishery Survey of India,

Mormugao Mormugao is a coastal town situated in the eponymous subdistrict of Southern Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1917, thirty-one settlements were c ...

* All India Institute of Local Self Government,

Academics

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked Goa University in the 101–150 rank band among universities in India

Goa University Library

Established in 1958 based on the collection of the Centre for Post Graduate Instruction and Research,

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, 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

Pandurang Pissurlekar Pandurang Sakharam Shenvi Pissurlencar (30 May 1894 – 10 July 1969) was an Indian historian, archivist, and scholar of Maratha Confederacy, Maratha history. He is credited with organizing and expanding the Goa State Archives and making rare h ...

Visiting Research Professors Programme

The Directorate of Art & Culture,

, 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 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), also known as Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim, Goa. He had been a regular with ''The Times of India'' and other news ...

Anthony Gonsalves Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves (12 June 1927 – 18 January 2012) was an Indian musical composer, music arranger and teacher. He was popularised as a lead character in the 1977 hit, ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', played by Amitabh Bachchan, was named after ...

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 Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (31 July 1907 – 29 June 1966) was an Indian polymath with interests in mathematics, statistics, philology, history, and genetics. He contributed to genetics by introducing the ''Kosambi map function''. In statis ...

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

Visiting Research Professorship in Fine Art, Painting, Illustrative Cartooning, etc. * The

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 International scholars at the Goa University 01

International scholars at the Goa University 01

Those who have been appointed to these Chairs include

Romila Thapar Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Quotr: "The pre-eminent interpreter of ancient Indian history today. ... " Thapar is a Professor ...

Madhav Gadgil Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil (born 24 May 1942) is an Indian ecologist, academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the ''Centre for Ecological Sciences'', a research forum under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Science. He is a former membe ...

Sudhir Kakar Sudhir Kakar (25 July 1938 – 22 April 2024) was an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and author in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion. Biography Kakar was born on 25 July 1938 in Nainital, a town in present-day U ...

Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940) is an Indian-born naturalised British economist and former Labour politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. He has bee ...

Shubha Mudgal Shubha Mudgal (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian singer, and composer, known for her works in Hindustani classical music, Indian pop, and Tamil cinema. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, and dadra. She has received the Padma S ...

Githa Hariharan Githa Hariharan (born 1954) is an Indian writer and editor based in New Delhi. Her first novel, ''The Thousand Faces of Night'', won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best first novel in 1993. Her other works include the short story coll ...

Vidya Dehejia Vidya Dehejia is a retired 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 many exhi ...

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 ...

, Ishita Banerjee-Dube, Kumkum Roy, etc. .

Sports

Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University at Taleigao, Goa, India. The stadium was constructed for the 2014 Lusophony Games for events of volleyball and basketball. The stadium is ...

is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University. The stadium was constructed for the

2014 Lusophony Games The 2014 Lusofonia Games was the 3rd edition of the Lusofonia Games, a multi-sport event held between athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. It was held from 18 to 29 January 2014 in the Indian state of Goa. Brazil and Sri L ...

for events of

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and

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. The stadium is named after Dr

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Syama Prasad Mookerjee (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationist, politician, activist, social worker, and a minister in the state and national governments. Noted for his opposition to Quit India movement within the ...

, the founder of

Bhartiya Jana Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Up ...

and former Indian politician. The stadium has a

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of 4,000 and was inaugurated by

Governor of Goa The governor of Goa is the nominal head of the Indian state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai became 22th governor on 7 July 2021. Powers and functions The governor has: *Exec ...

Bharat Vir Wanchoo Bharat Vir Wanchoo (born 15 October 1951), better known as B.V. Wanchoo, is an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Goa from May 2012 to July 2014. Formerly, he was the director of the Special Protection Group until 2011. Personal ...

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

External links

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