Rimple Dhawan of the Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post-Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research emerged the winner while Dr Joyti of Uttaranchal Aruvedic College, the runner- up in the debate competition held in the first session of the Health First hosted by The Pioneer, Dehradun edition at the Raj Bhawan.
Rahul Dhar Dubey from Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post -Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research stood third.
He spoke in favour of the motion -”Should the Uttarakhand Government completely ban production, sale and distribution of polythene as done in neighbouring Himachal PradeshIJ”
Shikhar Bindal of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) emerged the winner who spoke against the motion while Sameer Ahmed of Doon Business School the runner- up and Kartik of Uttaranchal Ayurvedic College stood third in the same anti-motion category.