Being the solution

Amid the lockdown, three youngsters, Nikhil Haldankar, Pradosh Volvoikar and Alex Borges came up with an innovative contest for the general public called ‘CM in Action’. The idea behind this contest was to invite creative suggestions to combat the coronavirus and bring about awareness among the general public. To take part in this contest, the contestants had to fill up an online form and write down three steps that he/she would take to contain the spread of the dreaded virus if he/she were the CM of Goa. There was an overwhelming response to the contest and over a hundred entries were received from young students as well as professionals from various fields like lawyers, doctors, engineers, teachers, etc within a period of ten days from across Goa. Out of these, three entries sent by Vishant Gawas from Valpoi, Paresh Parrikar from Porvorim and Varshitha Reddy from Panaji were selected as the winners and were awarded gift vouchers worth `2000 each. Prizes were also given to each constituency winner. The event was promoted and conceptualised by social worker and philanthropist Wilbur Ticlo from Porvorim.