PANJIM: The Goa Engineering College (GEC) and Goa Police launched ‘Creatathon’ event for students of Goa Engineering College of Farmagudi, Ponda, to create an e-Beat Book Management System (e-BMS). E-BMS aims at making Beat book online for Goa Police.
The programme was launched in continuation of the collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between GEC and Goa Police in February 2023. Total 13 teams of students have enrolled and given 20 days to create e-beat book app. The best three apps will be rewarded and after security audit the best e-Beat book mobile application will be used by Goa Police as a part of its “SMART” Policing Initiative.
This application when commissioned into service will collect information of all the details including anti social elements of particular beat area. Beat officers who are generally the rank of constable head constable maintains the beat book as a record. It also ensures supervision by senior officers.
The students from IT Department of Goa Engineering College were briefed by Superintendent of Police (SP) North Goa & Crime Branch, Nidhin Valsan, Principal GEC Dr M S Krupashankara and Head of Department Dr Nilesh B Faldessai, Dr Aisha Fernandes, Associate Professor IT Department, Mr. Bipin Naik, Assistant Professor IT Department and PI Saroj Divkar, PI TPU were also present and spoke to the students.

