The Inter-school English Debate for the academic year 2017-18 was organised at DPS Bhilai on Saturday in which Amit Sen, DGM (Finance and Accounts), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was the chief guest.
The distinguished panel of judges of the debate comprised Dr. Tapas Mukherjee, Asstt. Professor, Government College, Bori, Mrs. Maduri Menon, Ex-GM I/c, (Personnel and Administration), BSP and presently holding the post of Group Head (HR, Training and Placement) at Shankaracharya Technical Campus (SSTC), Bhilai and Mrs. Vasantha Adhikarla, Ex-I/c Deptt of English, DPS, Bhilai.
The motion for the debate was ‘A Progressive India is a Cashless, Plastic Card India’. Apart from the host school, the schools which participated in the debate were BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-7, BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-10, DAV Public School, Hudco, DPS, Durg, DPS, Raipur, KPS, Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, Raj Kumar College, Raipur, Sankaracharya Vidyalaya, Hudco and St. Xavier’s High School, Durg.
The programme commenced with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp, accompanied by a rendition of Saraswati Vandana. This was followed by felicitation of the guests and the judges.
After the reading of the rules and regulations, the debate began. The battle of words by the brilliant debators went on vigorously. At the end of the contest, the Jury Members complimented the participants on their excellent performance.
They appreciated the range of arguments presented. While admiring the veritable courage of the participants in facing the audience and presenting their views they offered valuable suggestions on how they could improve their debating skills.
The results were announced by Amit Sen. Speaking in favour of the Motion, the first prize was won by Vandit Jain, of DPS Bhilai, the second by Angaja Khankeriyal of Raj Kumar College, Raipur and the third was bagged by Harshika Tiwari, BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-7.
Speaking Against the Motion, Vanshika Gupta of DAV Hudco won the first prize, the second was awarded to Shivam Mishra of DPS, Bhilai and the third prize went to Noyonika Banik of DPS, Durg.