RIMC conducted its inter- section English debate Competitions. The debates were conducted in two categories, namely the juniors and seniors. The semi- finals for the seniors’ category debate Pratap and Chandragupta Sections were able to make their way into the finals. The finals of the inter- section English Debate were judged by a panel of three judges—Bharati Rawat, Juhi Malini Mehta and lt Col MK lenka.
In the seniors’ category, there were a total of six cadets who participated in the finals and the debate was held in the Cambridge pattern. The award of the best speaker was bagged by Watandeep Singh Sidhu and the award of second best speaker was bagged by Cdt Animesh Chug. The competition for Juniors’ category was held in the Oxford Pattern where eight cadets participated and Somay Badola was adjudged the best speaker and the award of second best speaker was clinched by Cdt Adhiraj Singh Rawat.
Finally, the overall trophy was bagged by Chandragupta Section (877 points), followed by Pratap (804.5 points), Shivaji (498 points) and Ranjit (462 points) Sections. Col Bainsla advised the cadets to participate more in the various fora of public speaking and hone their oratory skills to be good leaders of tomorrow.