Goans finally got exclusive 50 % seats at National Institute of Technology (NIT - Goa) from this academic year i.e. 2012 - 2013. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who had strongly taken up the issue with central government succeeded in getting this rightful exclusive reservation for Goan student. NIT - Goa was started during Digambar kamat as Chief Minister and since then Goa was sharing 50 % reservation with Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep. By this provision if students from these three union territories scored better than Goan students no single Goan student would have been able to secure a seat at the NIT - Goa.
Despite repeated request from Goan students and NGOs Digamber never took up this issue with the central government. He even prevented them from approaching court promising them to resolve the issue. U. G. Barad
