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"Panaji: Rather than wait for the state government to take the lead, Goa IT Professionals (GITP) decided to go ahead and help rebrand Goa from being 365 days on a holiday to 365 days of innovation. Taking advantage of the IIT Bombay Alumni Association's Global Business Forum 2015, Goa IT Professionals (GITP) made a fresh attempt to showcase the talent and potential Goa had as an IT and knowledge hub."

"PANAJI: The Goa IT Professionals (GITP) association has written to chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and defence minister Manohar Parrikar, besides several industrialists on the investment promotion board to seriously consider the proposal put forth by Lava International to setup a 1,200-1,500 crore manufacturing plant in Goa. "Goa IT Professionals strongly urge the Goa government to accept the proposal and clear the way for a sustainable knowledge-based industry in the state, where Goans can earn respectable livelihood," the group has said in an email that has also been sent to assembly speaker Rajendra Arlekar. "

"PANJIM, AUG 6 Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Thursday stated that the government would make all efforts to get the Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat at Dona Paula started so that Information Technology (IT) professionals can get job placements in the State itself. The chief minister made the statement while speaking on the Goa Appropriation Bill (No 3), 2009 (Goa budget) in the Goa Assembly on Thursday. �I will hold a dialogue with all stakeholders of the Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat so that the project comes up. This will create lot of jobs which will be available to the Goan IT engineers who otherwise have to go out of the State for employment, he said."

"PANJIM: In a bid to reduce the exodus of IT professionals from the State and create more information technology and IT enabled services here, the Goa IT Professional Core Committee, has set in motion a plan to make Goa a viable IT destination.  Goans employed in IT companies based in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore visited the State and engaged themselves in talks with the chief minister, bureaucrats and NGOs to create a plan unique to Goa. Speaking to media persons, unit in-charge Gurudev Naik said the model developed for the State draws similarities to other IT cities but not entirely. "

"Goa may have five Information Technology (IT) colleges that churn over a 1,000 students every year, but only a handful are placed in companies and organizations within the State. The reason: the lack of an IT atmosphere and resources to make it one.  It isn't that Goans lack the potential to be at the top. The likes of Andrea Colaco and Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza only prove this point. But the education sector may not be creating the required levels of interest in students and that too from a very young age.  Unlike Bangalore that have drafted a separate policy called the i4 policy dedicated specifically to IT, ITeS, Innovations Incentives policy, Goa functions with an Investment Policy of 2014 and no separate IT policy as such. The last drafted IT policy is in 2005. A look at the Investment Policy 2014 and its clear the government takes a more industry based approach rather than an educated one. "

"Panaji: The lack of political will and competence among the government bureaucracy is preventing the state from benefiting from a comprehensive and well-rounded IT policy, Goa IT Professionals (GITP) said while launching the Goa skills registry portal. "

"PANJIM: The Goa IT Professionals (GITP) group has urged the government to promote Goan IT and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) sectors, since it will generate highly technical, semi-technical and service oriented employment for locals.  In their memorandum, emailed to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, the association also assured that it would actively contribute to the government - right from planning to implementation of the project.  "It will help reverse the prevalent brain drain of Goa's educated workforce and with the right regulations in place, arrest the influx of undesired workforce into Goa. The recommendations in our memorandum can help Goa effectively tackle such chronic issues and preserve the much treasured Goan identity, heritage and environment," the GITP memorandum reads."

"With an aim of getting Goa on the IT map of India, Mangirish Salelkar and his wife Uma started Umang, an IT service-based company. Today, Umang has clients across the world. Mangirish Salelkar spoke to Kirth George about his company, the IT industry and more. Excerpts of the interview."

PANAJI: GWave - the internet service, which is a value addition to the Goa government's public-private-partnership GBBN ( Goa Broad Band Network) project - seems to be getting popular with the public. Launched in 2012, when the service had around 350 accounts (mostly corporate clients), the service today has around 3,000 accounts, including hotels and homes.

PANAJI: If the government takes up the offer, Goa could become the first state in India to be on 3D Google maps which will allow viewers 3D imagery of every nook and corner of the state. Google India has also offered to sponsor or incubate at least 1,000 information technology startups in Goa through its funded programmes through other partner agencies.

Goa always had the image of being a leisure place. People from all over the world come here to relax and unwind. However, young minds are finding Goa a wonderful place to work and come up with innovate, fresh ideas and form new companies finds out VIKANT SAHAY

"PANAJI: Giving a boost to Goa's efforts to attract industries, the National University of Singapore has found that the state scores higher than India's average when it comes to productivity, quality of life and connectivity. The results are part of a survey of macro indicators conducted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore across 35 states and Union territories. "

Industries like aviation, aero space, IT and ITES, pharma and integrated educational hubs have been shortlisted by a state-government appointed taskforce, which is cobbling together suggestions for the Goa's Industrial Investment Policy. Speaking to reporters here, Atul Kane, head of the taskforce, said these industries were suitable to Goa, even as mining did not feature in the first batch of suggestions made by the taskforce.

Goa always brings to mind relaxed vacations, but dig a little deep and you'll find that a startup ecosystem in the state is thriving despite the odds. YourStory spoke to several of these daring young entrepreneurs - most with no connection with tourism - who've chosen to put down roots far away from metros and are flourishing in the sunny state.

Dressed in a yellow T-shirt and blue jeans, the lanky Pranav Pai Vernekar could easily pass off as a college student, and one can barely believe that this recent graduate from the Goa College of Engineering (Engico) and then the Goa Institute of Management is the owner of a company that is slowly but steadily imbibing a culture of robotics in children, as young as nine years of age, in the state