Goa, April 14 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

While the stage was being set at the au ditorium of School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University to welcome Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla on Friday, April 10, a young female student from Goa University's School of International and Area Studies (SIAS) named Prachi Prashant Kerkar, took the centre stage by making periodic announcements for the packed audience.

The Mapusa girl's con fidence drew appreci ation from not just the senior faculty members in the audience but also Director of Parliamenta ry Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Sec retariat, Prashant Malik, who was a witness to sim ilar poise demonstrated by Kerkar on December 25, 2025 in the packed Central Hall of th...