The Xavier University Bhubaneswar’s (XUB), The Rural Managers’ Association of the Xavier School of Rural Management (RMAX) in association with the Bakul Foundation organised a national level debate, “Vaktavya”, here on Sunday.
Bakul Foundation founder Sujit Mahapatra, XSRM’s Assistant Professor T Kumar, alumni member Biswajit Bhuyan and Assistant Professor PK Mishra were the panelist.
Mahapatra highlighted aspects that have led to the fall of debating culture across the country.
Different topics, including sustenance of cashless economy and Jio business model, were discussed.
Representatives of about 20 colleges, including Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur, Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune, School of Agri-Business Management, PJTSAU and XUB participated.
Team Blink comprising of Sourav Acharya and Siddhant Sahoo from XIMB-XUB emerged winner and Team Gaonwaley comprising of Sambit Bastia and Souvik Gupta from XSRM-XUB were runners up.