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{{Short description|Public university in Goa, India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Goa University
| native_name =
| image_name = The_logo_of_Goa_University_with_the_aspect_ratio_of_1.1.5.png
| image_size = 150px
| caption = [[Crest (heraldry)|Crest]] of Goa University
| motto = "Knowledge is Divine"
| established = {{start date and age|1|12|1984}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| chancellor = [[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/leadership/chancellor.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.unigoa.ac.in}}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = Harilal B. Menon<ref name="Vice-Chancellor">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/contentarticledisp.php?id=3 |title=Vice-Chancellor |date=2016 |publisher=University of Goa}}</ref>
| head_label = Registrar
| head = V. S. Nadkarni<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/leadership/registrar.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.unigoa.ac.in}}</ref>
| students =
| faculty =
| nickname =
| campus = Urban
| location = [[Taleigão, Goa]], India
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]], [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]
| website = {{URL|www.unigoa.ac.in}}
}}

'''Goa University''' is a [[public]] [[States and union territories of India|state]] [[research university]] headquartered in the city of [[Panaji]], in the Indian state of [[Goa]]. In addition to Panaji ([[Taleigão, Goa|Taleigão Plateau]] Campus), it has a campus in [[Margao]], [[Mapusa]], [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]], [[Old Goa]] and [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]].

The traditions of Goa University date back to the 17th century,<ref name="Proa">Prôa, Miguel Pires. "Escolas Superiores" Portuguesas Antes de 1950 (esboço). Blog Gavetas Com Saber. 2008</ref> with the creation of the first university courses by the [[Portuguese Empire]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Digby, Anne; Ernst, Waltraud. Crossing Colonial Historiographies: Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines In Transnational Perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2010</ref><ref>Taimo, Jamisse Uilson. [https://www.unimep.br/phpg/bibdig/pdfs/2006/USQUKAQXVOQD.pdf Ensino Superior em Moçambique: História, Política e Gestão] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030094804/https://www.unimep.br/phpg/bibdig/pdfs/2006/USQUKAQXVOQD.pdf |date=30 October 2012 }}. Piracicaba: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba, 2010</ref> 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]].<ref name="unigoa.ac.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/contentarticledisp.php?id=1|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|work=unigoa.ac.in}}</ref> The CPIR offered affiliation to the first colleges that were instituted in Goa in June 1962.<ref name="unigoa.ac.in"/> Was established under the Goa University Act of 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984) and commenced operations on 1 June 1985,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unigoa.ac.in/contentarticledisp.php?id=4|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|work=unigoa.ac.in|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714235559/https://www.unigoa.ac.in/contentarticledisp.php?id=4|archive-date=14 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> replacing CPIR.<ref name="unigoa.ac.in"/> 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.<ref name="unigoa.ac.in"/>

Is one of India's few universities offering western languages such as Portuguese<ref name="unigoa.ac.in1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=9 |title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318173204/https://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=9 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and French languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/department.php?adepid=2|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|work=unigoa.ac.in}}</ref> The university's Department of Portuguese and Lusophone Studies is the only such in the entire Indian subcontinent.<ref name="unigoa.ac.in1"/>

== History ==
[[File:Goa University, Goa.jpg|alt=The office of the VC, Registrar and other officials are situated here.|thumb|Goa University, main admin block.]]The university tradition of the Goa University also began during the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese rule]], with the installation of several institutions of higher education, the oldest one being the [[Goa Medical College]], dating from 1691,<ref name="Proa"/> 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.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>Taimo, Jamisse Uilson. [https://www.unimep.br/phpg/bibdig/pdfs/2006/USQUKAQXVOQD.pdf Ensino Superior em Moçambique: História, Política e Gestão] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030094804/https://www.unimep.br/phpg/bibdig/pdfs/2006/USQUKAQXVOQD.pdf |date=30 October 2012 }}. Piracicaba: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba, 2010</ref>

=== 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);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhempecollege.edu.in/about-us/|title=About Us – DCT's Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar, Goa|work=dhempecollege.edu.in}}</ref>
* [[Parvatibai Chowgule College]] of Arts and Science, Margao (1962).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chowgules.ac.in/chowgule/Alumni/about_spcc/history.jsp|title=History|work=chowgules.ac.in}}</ref>
In the very first year, the number of students who registered in these two colleges added up to 879.

Other colleges were soon established:
[[File:India Goa St Xaviers College Mapusa 1.jpg|thumb|St Xavier's, another early college from Goa.]]
* [[St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa]], [[Mapusa]] (1963)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/St-Xaviers-College-Mapusa-commemorates-its-golden-jubilee/articleshow/20763218.cms|title=St. Xavier's College Mapusa commemorates its golden jubilee – Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=25 June 2013 }}</ref>
* Carmel College for Women, Nuvem (1964)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Carmel-college-celebrates-50-years/articleshow/29025205.cms|title=Carmel college celebrates 50 years – Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=19 January 2014 }}</ref>
* S.S. Dempo College of Commerce and Economics (1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/s-s-dempo-college-commences-its-golden-jubilee-lectures-series-with-sitaram-yechury/|title=S S Dempo College commences its Golden Jubilee Lectures Series with Sitaram Yechury|work=navhindtimes.in}}</ref>
* [[Goa Engineering College]] (1967)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Incubation-centre-at-GEC-in-its-Golden-Jubilee-year/articleshow/52858673.cms?from=mdr|title=Incubation centre at GEC in its Golden Jubilee year – Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=22 June 2016 }}</ref>

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]]. However the colleges opted to be affiliated to the [[Mumbai University]] and at the request of the [[Government of Goa]], the Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research was started in Goa by the Mumbai University with the support of the Goa administration.

[[File:Taleigao-Bambolim area of Goa.jpg|alt=Taleigao-Bambolim plateau|thumb|The Goa University's permanent home is close to the Taleigau-Bambolim plateau, with river and sea visible on some sides.]]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.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

=== 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.<ref>[https://www.unigoa.ac.in/GU_Act.pdf The Goa University Act, 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984)]. Goa University. Dated: 24 May 2017.</ref>

It moved to its present {{convert|175|hectare|adj=on}} campus on the Taleigao Plateau.

==Campus==
[[File:Satish Gujral photo.jpg|thumb|Satish Gujaral, who designed the Goa University.]]
The main campus of Goa University was designed by painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect [[Satish Gujral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/j4Gni9YIKCr3fXobKyfW9J/Satish-Gujral--The-man-with-many-faces.html|title=Satish Gujral – The man with many faces|first=Pooja|last=Chaturvedi|date=30 January 2014|work=livemint.com}}</ref> The university is built on the [[Taleigão]] plateau and located about {{convert|7|km}} away from the center of the state capital [[Panaji]].<ref>https://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/news/newsuploads/DST%20SERC%20School/Reaching%20Goa%20University.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==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:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unigoa.ac.in/affiliate.php?aftid=3|title=Goa University, Goa's premier University, Post Graduation, PH.D, B.SC, M.SC, Research Facilities Study India programme.|work=unigoa.ac.in}}</ref>
* [[National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research]], [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco]]
* Directorate of Archives, [[Panaji]]
* [[National Institute of Oceanography, India|National Institute of Oceanography]], [[Dona Paula]]
* [[Xavier Centre of Historical Research]], [[Porvorim]]
* [[Malaria Research Centre]], [[Panaji]]
* [[Thomas Stephens Konkkni Kendr]], [[Porvorim]]
* Fishery Survey of India, [[Mormugao]]
* All India Institute of Local Self Government, [[Panaji]]

==Academics==
===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking|NIRF_U_2020=81}}
The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Goa University in the 101–150 rank band overall in India and 81 among universities in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/OverallRanking150.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/UniversityRanking.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref>

===[[Goa University Library]]===
[[File:Entrance of Goa University Library.jpg|alt=GU library.|thumb|Entrance to the Goa University library.]]
Established in 1958 based on the collection of the Centre for Post Graduate Instruction and Research, [[University of Bombay]], the university library holds more than 158,000 books.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goa University Library|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/library/|website=www.unigoa.ac.in|publisher=Goa University|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> It subscribes to 350 periodicals.<ref name=aboutlib>{{cite web|title=About us {{!}} Goa University Library|url=http://www.unigoa.ac.in/library/about-us/|website=www.unigoa.ac.in|publisher=Goa University|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name=aboutlib/>

===Visiting Research Professors Programme===
[[File:Goa-university-library-campus.jpg|thumb|University campus.]]The Directorate of Art & Culture, [[Government of Goa]], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegoan.net/story.php?id=6087|title=The professors are here|work=thegoan.net}}</ref> Subsequently, chairs were set up in honour of [[Bakibab Borkar|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]], [[Anthony Gonsalves]] and Nana Shirgaonkar.<ref name="unigoa.ac.in2">https://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/course/VisitingResearchProfessorsProgramme/visiting%20professors.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Slew-of-proposals-to-boost-Konkani-and-Marathi/articleshow/31495761.cms|title=Slew of proposals to 'boost Konkani and Marathi' – Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|date=6 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Opinions/Sant-Sohirobanath-and-secular-death/77511.html|title=Sant Sohirobanath and secular death|work=heraldgoa.in}}</ref> The [[Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara]] Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies was established in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanobserver.in/2016/11/27/uneasy-lies-rivaras-chair/|title=UNEASY LIES RIVARA'S CHAIR|author=Goan Observer Team|date=27 November 2016|work=goanobserver.in}}</ref>

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]] Visiting Research Professorship in Fine Art, Painting, Illustrative Cartooning, etc.
* The [[Anthony Gonsalves]] Visiting Research Professorship in Western Music
* The Nana Shirgaonkar Visiting Research Professorship in Traditional Music
* Sant Sohirobinath Ambiye Chair in Marathi language and literature<ref>https://www.unigoa.ac.in/uploads/orderandcirculars/25_doc_acer002_20101102_051909.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/Jnanpith-awardee-Nemade-to-be-GU-chair-professor/amp_articleshow/47255636.cms|title=Jnanpith awardee Nemade to be GU chair professor – Times of India|work=timesofindia.com|date=13 May 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara]] Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/gu-portuguese-chair-to-spell-good-for-konkani/|title=GU Portuguese chair to spell good for Konkani – The Navhind Times|work=navhindtimes.in|date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

[[File:International scholars at the Goa University 01.JPG|thumb|International scholars at a Goa University conference, 2011.]]Those who have been appointed to these Chairs include [[Romila Thapar]], [[Madhav Gadgil]], [[Sudhir Kakar]], [[Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai]], [[Shubha Mudgal]],<ref name="unigoa.ac.in2"/> [[Githa Hariharan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/culture-is-also-about-ideas-debates-and-multiple-interpretations-says-writer-githa-hariharan/|title=Culture is also about ideas, debates and multiple interpretations ….says writer Githa Hariharan|work=navhindtimes.in|date=2 September 2015}}</ref> [[Vidya Dehejia]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Reasserting the role of women in our history|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/reasserting-the-role-of-women-in-our-history/|work=[[The Navhind Times]]|date=19 February 2017}}</ref> [[Saurabh Dube]],<ref>http://www.internationalcentregoa.com/web/programme/lecture-on-modernisms-in-india-by-prof-saurabh-dube/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Saurabh Dube {{!}} El Colegio de México - Academia.edu|url=https://colmex.academia.edu/SaurabhDube/CurriculumVitae|access-date=2021-12-08|website=colmex.academia.edu}}</ref> Ishita Banerjee-Dube,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vrpp.unigoa.ac.in/a-course-on-hso-158-nation-gender-and-politics-in-india-by-professor-ishita-banerjee-dube-d-d-kosambi-chair-professor-goa-university-research-professor-in-history-centre-for-asian-and-african/|title = Visiting Research Professors Programme » Bringing doyens to the campus….! » A Course on HSO-158 Nation, Gender and Politics in India by Professor Ishita Banerjee-Dube, D.D. Kosambi Chair Professor, Goa University (Research Professor in History, Centre for Asian and African Studies, el Colegio de México) from 28th November to 7th December}}</ref> Kumkum Roy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vrpp.unigoa.ac.in/lectures-on-historiography-and-history-and-feminism-by-prof-romila-thapar-and-prof-kumkum-roy-visiting-research-professors-under-d-d-kosambi-chair-in-interdisciplinary-studies-goa-university/|title=Visiting Research Professors Programme » Bringing doyens to the campus….! » Lectures on Historiography and History and Feminism by Prof.Kumkum Roy, Visiting Research Professor under D.D.Kosambi Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies, Goa University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digitalgoa.com/event/kumkum-roy/ |title=Lecture by Kumkum Roy@ ICG, Dona Paula |access-date=27 January 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015215428/http://digitalgoa.com/event/kumkum-roy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> etc. .

== Sports ==

[[Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium]] is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University.<ref>[http://lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/venue/guc lusofoniagames] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106141025/http://lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/venue/guc |date=6 January 2014 }}</ref> The stadium was constructed for the [[2014 Lusophony Games]] for events of [[volleyball]] and [[basketball]]. The stadium is named after Dr [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]], the founder of [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh]] and former Indian politician. The stadium has a [[seating capacity]] of 4,000 and was inaugurated by [[Governor of Goa]] [[Bharat Vir Wanchoo]] in 2014.<ref>[http://www.goacom.com/sports/17179-indoor-stadium-at-taleigao-named-after-s-p-mukherjee goacom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915211236/http://www.goacom.com/sports/17179-indoor-stadium-at-taleigao-named-after-s-p-mukherjee |date=15 September 2014 }}</ref> 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 {{convert|131|m|adj=on}} sheet, the stadium is Asia's first stadium which has the longest single-sheet roof.

== Notable alumni and staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Class
Year
!College
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Anish Sood]]
|
|[[Goa Engineering College|Goa Engineering]]
|[[music producer]], songwriter and DJ
|
|-
|[[Olivinho Gomes]]
|
|
|[[Konkani]] scholar and winner of [[Sahitya Akademi]] award for Translation in 1993
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=63406|title=Vasco: Renowned Scholar, Linguist, Dr Olivinho Gomes Passes Away|website=daijiworld.com|access-date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sidharth Kuncalienker]]
|
|
|Politician, former MLA of Panjim
|
|-
|[[Shikha Pandey]]
|
|[[Goa Engineering College|Goa Engineering]]
|cricketer
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/59866269.cms|title=Shikha Pandey flying high after late takeoff|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120082444/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/shikha-pandey-flying-high-after-late-takeoff/articleshow/59866269.cms|archive-date=2018-11-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane]]
|
|
|Politician, Health Minister of Goa
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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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*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Konkani_Vishwakosh_Digitization India Access To Knowledge/Events/Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization]

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Ajay Kumar at 16:23, 28 August 2023