Digital Goa, Feb 3 – Rs 390.83 crore worth first phase of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa campus at Cuncolim, will be virtually inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Feb 6. The campus has a total built-up area of 70,750 sq mtr, and can accommodate 1,260 students. NIT Goa had started functioning at its transit campus within the premises of Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Ponda, in 2010. The campus has various facilities such as a tutorial complex, departmental complex, seminar complex, administrative complex, hostels, health centre, staff quarters, amenity centre, and sports ground among other utilities. Government of Goa has transferred land admeasuring 4.56 lakh Sq mtr (113 acres) to NIT July 2017 for setting up the permanent campus.
