Digital Goa, Mar 18 – The Goa government is vying for one of the two Global Capability Centres (GCCs) announced by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal, informed IT Minister Rohan Khaunte.“We are ambitiously working towards having one of these centres established in Goa, creating an ecosystem that will attract major companies and foster the overall IT sector,” said Khaunte. He was speaking at Google for Developers (GDG)’s Build with AI conference in the capital this morning. As part of the 2025 Union Budget, Center has also announced the formulation of a national framework to guide states in promoting GCCs in emerging tier II cities. Incidentally, GCCs are offshore units set up by multinational companies to handle operations such as IT, finance, analytics, and R&D.
Rohan said that as per analysis done by the government, nearly 72 % of the IT & ITES students are employed.
Startup policy to be amended to fund student projects
Khaunte also informed that plans are afoot to amend the Startup Policy to give the benefits of govt funding to projects undertaken by college students. The projects will be selected based on recommendation by colleges, he added.
