I-Day celebrated across Goa

Panaji:

Goa College of Engineering

’s NCC wing celebrated the Independence Day in its campus at Farmagudi holding a tree plantation drive and ‘Fit India Run 2.0’. Dr Sandesh Desai, sports incharge Lt Anand Naik, associate NCC officer Sagar Naik, Dr Milind Sakhardande, professor Purti Savardekar, Surendra Sonadand and Gajanan Sawant were among those felicitated by principal Rajesh Lohani.

The celebrations continued at Canacona’s

Shree Mallikarjun and Shri Chetan Manju Desai College

by hoisting the national flag with four Army staff of 1 Goa Girls Battalion. The department of science also inaugurated an initiative of medicinal herbal garden in the College premises.

As part of the Independence Day celebration, the

All India OBC Mahasabha

, Goa unit, felicitated the meritorous students from OBC communities of Canacona taluka who have secured 80% and above in Std X and XII. The function was held at shree Devgipurush hall Patnem in presence of state president Shashikant Ghadi, vice presidents Soiru Komarpant and Pankaj Namshikar.