Honours at Interschool Debate

On 3rd September 2016, three students of classes X and XI, Avantika Chodha, Sharanya Sai and Saumyaa Saxena participated in an Inter school Debate cum US University Fair at the Salwan Public School, Sector 15, Gurgaon. The event was attended by representatives of 18 American universities.

Seven schools participated in the debate. The theme for the day was International Education and the moderator of the debate was Mr. Parnab Mukherjee, independent media analyst. The co- jury members were Mr. Rajesh Mishra and Mr. Sehaj Singh.

The first round of the debate was a preliminary round where the topic was International Education Networks are Key Aspects for Indias Future. Saumyaa and Avantika successfully qualified this round to reach the finals. As it turned out, history repeated itself, and as in the recently held Dr. Amidas Goradia Debate, this final round saw our School and Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer competing against each other once again!

The topic for the final round was A Transformed India Needs Transformed Individuals with Exposure to Cultural, Political, Social and Economic Diversity of the World. This was followed by a block and tackle round, wherein one speaker from each team spoke on the same topic, changing from opposition to proposition instantly. Our team secured Second Position and Saumyaa Saxena took the award for Second Best Speaker.

Ms. Radhika Prabhaker.