NIT Reservation for Goan students should continue for three more years

Mr. Shantaram Naik M.P. has, in a letter faxed by him to the HRD Minister Shri 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.

Mr. Naik in his letter written to Mr. 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, Surathkal, Mangalore. The Government of Goa and National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal 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.

Mr. 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.

National Institute of Technology has been providing more than 50 seats every years to the students from Goa, since the state had no NIT institution.

Mr. Naik says that the strength of the NIT Goa is 90 out of which 50% seats are reserved for Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haweli and Lakshadweep Islands.

Mr. Naik says that the NIT, Goa, is starting its activities from the present academic year, in the premises of Goa Engineering College, however, it will take some years for the institution to establish itself.

The Government of Goa has identified a few sites for the establishment of NIT Goa , and that, it is the endevour of the Government to see that the institute takes a good shape in near future, Mr. Naik says.

National Institute of Technology has been providing more than 50 seats every year to the students from Goa, the state being one which had no NIT institution, however, since, NIT, Goa, has to develop its infrastructure, and that, it may take some years, Mr Naik has requested requested the HRD Minister, to maintain a status quo as regards the seats allotted to Goa by way of super-numeris.

Mr. Naik has referred his earlier letter to the government, in which he had requested the government, that the State of 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 institute in the State of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in the NIT Institute of Kerala. There has been no response to this demand,despite a simultaneous request having made by the Chief Minister of Goa too.

Till date, it is not known that out of 45 seats, which is 50% of the total allotted seats of 90, how many seats the State of Goa is likely to get, Mr. Naik adds.