Panaji (Goa) State Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that the government will design and support various activities that would make Goa “the home to the next generation of Nobel Laureates.”

Parrikar was addressing the Nobel Prize Series, a five day long programme, which began in Goa this afternoon. The series is organized by Nobel Foundation, Sweden.

“We would like to continue our engagement with the esteemed Nobel Laureates and I propose to the Nobel Foundation that we set up an annual Goa Nobel Lecture series that my government will be very happy to support and organize,” the chief minister said.

“We want to make Goa, the home to the next generation of Nobel Laureates,” he added.

Parrikar said that the state government seeks to reinforce Goa’s statue as a scientific hub of India with a strong focus on not only significantly strengthening scientific education in our state but also promoting a scientific temperament across the State. 

“To this effect, we are setting up two new education hub in Goa,” he announced.

The chief minister said that the government seek to develop the capacity of our human capital, most precious resource, into knowledge powerhouse that fuels our nation’s growth and addresses our most critical development issues through innovation. 

Parrikar announced that as a first initiative, goa government would like to hold annual “innovation in science’ contest for all senior school and college students of Goa, where students will be invited to propose breakthrough research ideas which the government will support for a period of one year. 

The five day long nobel prize series has four nobel Laureates who will be interacting with the students, academicians and researchers in Goa for three days before heading to Mumbai and Delhi.