by raghunath a mashelkaras we goans proudly celebrate the 30th statehood day of goa today my mind goes back to the 26th statehood daymay 30 2013i received goas highest civil honour gomant vibhushan on that day while humbly accepting the honour i expressed a wish that goa should become a developed state in a developing nation this essay is about achieving this lofty dreami had the privilege of chairing the goa golden jubilee development council we submitted our report on goa 2035 vision road map to the government which was unanimously acceptedin that report we gave a sevenpoint agenda first creating suramya or serene and beautiful goa second preserving our susanskrit or cultured goa the third was about creating a santulit or balanced and sustainable goa the fourth was on building a suvidya or a knowledge centric and enlightened goa the fifth was about creating a samrudha or affluent goa the sixth was creating sushasit or well governed goa the seventh was ensuring swanandi or happy goafive years down the line i dont think these seven fundamentals have changed what has changed is the world around us and therefore the context emergence of a new aspirational india disruptive waves of digital technology growing inequalities creating global disruptions there is lot of good news for goa goas per capita income at rs 271793 is the highest in indiathree times that of india its doubledigit growth rate is higher than indias its human development indicators on education health etc are well ahead of indiawhile remaining aligned with national priorities our benchmarks are higher than indiasfor instance india has set up swachh bharat missiongoa wants to go even further garbagefree goa and we are on our waytake the integrated solid waste management system introduced in panaji by the corporation it not only achieved 100 segregation but also a landfillfree and binfree city i was the chairman of the national committee for selecting earthcare awards 2016 panaji won the award in the category of leadership in urban climate action for this goan achievementi am now the chairman of the recently constituted technology expert committee of ministry of urban development for dealing with the national challenge of solid and liquid waste management in our last meeting the discussion was on how such goalike models can be replicated everywhere in indiain every endeavour we can set up audacious goals and achieve them what about 100 digital goa cashless goa paperless goa bureaucracyfree goa corruptionfree goa beggarfree goa green growth goa indeed carbon neutral goagoa cannot become a developed state unless its development goals are aligned with the paradigm shifts in science education and industry namely science 20 education 30 and industry 40lets just consider education 30 education 10 comprised gurukuls of india education 20 was broadcast plus assembly line model with mass enrolment one to many information dissemination a focus on rote learning and with one method to teach all now comes the revolution of education 30it is triggered by the prowess of distributed computing