PCCE ETC STUDENTS SELECTED FOR “GOA SCHOLAR” SCHEME OF GOA GOVERNMENT

PCCE ETC students, Mr. Ajay Shanbhag and Mr. Granville Goes are selected under the Goa Scholar Scheme of Goa Government. The objective of the scheme is to promote pursuit of post-graduate studies by younger population of Goa, by way of recognizing the meritorious and outstanding candidates, with a Scholarship to undertake Post-graduate (Masters or Doctoral) studies in Institutions of proven excellence, in India or abroad.

Ajay Shanbhag, student of the 2016 batch of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering department of PCCE, is currently pursuing PhD at IIT Madras from the Electrical Engineering department under the supervision of Dr. Amitava Dasgupta. His research topic is ‘Modelling and Parameter Extraction of GaN HEMT using Artificial Intelligence’. He will receive an amount of 6 Lakhs from Government of Goa under the Goa Scholar scheme.

Granville Goes, student of the 2012 batch of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering department of PCCE, completed Masters of Science (MS) in Embedded Systems from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden in June 2019. He will start working with the Swedish MNC, Ericsson, from July 2019. He will receive an amount of $20,000 from Government of Goa under the Goa Scholar scheme.