Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday announced that the state govt is contemplating setting up a data centre in Goa. Sawant said that Rs 1,000 crore would be spent to create education infrastructure in the state for students to learn futuristic studies.“We have plans to set up a data center in the state. Before making any decision, we have to think ten times considering the sentiment of the public. At present we have only plans. We have to build futuristic infrastructure in Goa,” Sawant said.Speaking at the diamond jubilee celebration of Goa Engineering College, Sawant said if this institute had not been established in 1967, hardly anyone could have been an engineer as it wouldn’t have been possible for students to go to Mumbai to study engineering.“Only 50% of students in Goa could have studied engineering by going outside the state,” Sawant said.Sawant said that people should think 10 times before opposing the IIT campus in Goa. “If IIT is established in Goa, students can become engineers from IIT, and they can work for the betterment of the state. People should not oppose IIT for name’s sake. I feel bad when I see engineers participate in agitations to oppose IIT in Goa,” Sawant said.Sawant said that due to some vested interests, some people oppose the IIT campus in Goa. Sawant said that during his tenure as education minister, he started Goa agriculture college and veterinary college and they would start a fisheries college in the state.Sawant said that there is a need to improve the standard of GEC so that students at GEC should get the same packages as students studying in private colleges. Sawant said that govt will help GEC to improve the standard of the college.Sawant said that state govt has identified two lakh sq mts of Goa University land on the Taleigao plateau to construct new Goa College of Pharmacy, Goa College of Architecture, Goa College of Music and Goa College of Art.
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