Akshaya Kerkar: Goa’s Food Influencer Extraordinaire!
Akshaya Kerkar is a young food influencer currently based in Porvorim. A native of Keri village in Ponda, Akshaya has been making waves in the online world with her food blog “Oo Shejaanni Goa ”. Akshaya’s passion for food and love for capturing its beauty through her camera have led her to create an online […]
Hoggilicious: The Goan Foodie Sensation
Riya Narvekar, better known as Hoggilicious, is a Goan food enthusiast and social media influencer with a growing following on various platforms. With her Instagram handle boasting over 10k followers, it is safe to say that she has made a significant mark in the food blogging community. Born and raised in Merces, a quaint village […]
Querida Coutinho: A Medical Student Who Double Up as an Influencer
Querida Coutinho is an ambitious young woman who is currently pursuing medicine as a profession. Originally from Velim in South Goa, she is now studying in Karnataka and is in her final year of med school. Querida’s journey to becoming a doctor has not been an easy one, but she has persevered through the challenges […]
GIM students learn nuances of Art, important life lessons from Serendipity Arts Festival Director
Panaji, Sep 2023 – Students at the Goa Institute of Management (GIM) learnt the finer nuances of art along with important life lessons from Smriti Rajgarhia, Director of Serendipity Arts Foundation and Serendipity Arts Festival. Rajgarhia visited the GIM campus at Sanquelim to address students about the conceptualisation of Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) as part of […]
Joy Fernandes Appointed as Director of Recruitment at Kamaxi Overseas Consultants
Panaji, Sept 2023 – Joy Fernandes, a hospitality and cruise line industry veteran, has joined as the Director of Recruitment at Goa based Kamaxi Overseas Consultants. He will be based at and heading the Mumbai office. Over 32 years, Fernandes has developed an impressive track record, having worked with prominent cruise industry leaders like The […]
Time to Pay Serious Attention to Business Strategy: Implications from Go First’s Bankruptcy
By Prof. Rohit Prabhudesai, Assistant Professor, Program Chair (PGDM-PT & Online) at Goa Institute of Management (GIM) Go First Airlines, which employed around 7000 people, filed for bankruptcy in May, the second after Jet Airways in recent times. The Mumbai-based airline pointed fingers at the Pratt &Whitney engines in its Airbus aircrafts, faults in which, […]
One-third of Goa’s population dependent on Tourism: Ex-GCCI President
Panaji, September 2023- Following the collapse of the mining sector in Goa, nearly one-third of Goa’s population banks on the hospitality and tourism industries directly and indirectly for their livelihood, according to Ralph De Souza, former president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. De Souza was speaking at a state-level seminar on ‘Addressing Skill […]
Weaving His Culinary Magic in Goa
By Team ItsGoa Chef Aloysius D’Silva, popularly known as ‘Chef Aloo’, is one of the most well-known chefs in Mumbai. After years of tantalizing the taste buds of Mumbaikars with his amazing recipes, Chef Aloo decided to move to Goa in 2022. Having made Goa his new home, he felt that he had a good […]
Music is an agent which binds African Goans: Filmmaker
Panaji, August 2023: Over the years, migration has been a recurring theme in Goa’s socio-political scape right from colonial times.The 19th century saw waves of Goans migrating to East Africa in search of jobs in the ‘new world’, where Portuguese colonists also held sway, but according to filmmaker Nalini Elvino De Sousa, music was a […]
Monsoon-Proof Your Gear: Worry Less, Play More!
Are you a musician worried about your precious instruments during the monsoon season? Lester Rodrigues, one of Goa’s most popular musicians and the founder of SellMyGear.com shares invaluable tips on preserving and safeguarding your favourite musical instruments from the monsoon perils. By Lester Rodrigues Remember that cool, rainy evening when you felt like strumming a […]
