Energy4Good Technology Centre opens at Government Polytechnic Bicholim with Siemens Energy CSR funding
27 October 2026
Goa now has an Energy4Good Technology Centre inside Government Polytechnic Bicholim, the first such centre at any government polytechnic in the State.
Siemens Energy India Limited paid for it out of its Corporate Social Responsibility funds, putting in Rs 1.10 crore.
Its job is to give polytechnic students hands-on training and the kind of skills industry actually hires for.
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, speaking at the opening, said the centre should narrow skill gaps and tie colleges more closely to industry.
He placed the centre within two goals the State repeats often, Viksit Goa 2037 and Viksit Bharat 2047.
Shri Bhushan Savoikar, Director of the Directorate of Technical Education, Smt Pramodini Naik of the polytechnic and Beena Dixit, Vice President for CSR at Siemens Energy India Limited, were present.
The Department of Information and Publicity issued the release.
In plain words
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility — Spending that companies of a certain size must make on social causes under the Companies Act, 2013.
DTE Directorate of Technical Education — The Goa government directorate that runs the State's polytechnics and technical institutes.