The Nirmala Institute of Education Panaji Goa, a Secondary Teacher Education College was established by the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary in response to the then urgent need for trained teachers in post liberation Goa. The main goal of the Nirmala Institute of Education at that time was to provide the pedagogical bases for educational expansion through formal teacher education. Nirmala Institute of Education forges ahead in the prime endeavour to instill a sense of vocation in teachers and professionals in allied fields to empower them to achieve their highest potential through a spirit of commitment to standards of excellence and to nuture universal values that will lead to social transformation in the local, national and global context.