Panaji: November 3, 2019 ….Shri. Satya Pal Malik was sworn in as Governor of Goa today. He was administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog at a function organised at Raj Bhavan (Tarmac), Dona Paula.
Earlier Chief Secretary Shri. Parimal Rai, IAS read out the warrant of appointment. Shri. Malik was appointed Governor of Goa by the President Shri. Ram Nath Kovind on October 25, 2019.
The Governor was later presented a Guard of Honour by the Goa Police contingent.
Those present on the occasion were Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, spouse Smt. Sulakshana Sawant, Deputy Chief Minister Shri. Chandrakant Kavlekar, Speaker, Goa Legislative Assembly Shri. Rajesh Patnekar, Minister for Health Shri. Vishwajeet Rane, Minister for Art and Culture Shri. Govind Gaude, Minister for Urban Development Shri. Milind Naik, Minister for PWD Shri. Deepak Prabhu Pauskar, Minister for Ports Shri. Michael Lobo, Leader of Opposition Shri. Digambar Kamat, MLAs Shri. Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavlikar, Shri. Joshua D`Souza , Shri. Nilkant Halarnkar, Smt. Alina Saldanha, Advocate General Shri. Devidas Pangam, Senior Government Officers, Senior Defence Officers, family members of the Governor, Industrialists, Prominent Citizens.