Monday, September 1, 2008

LSR Comquest 2008
A Review

The LSR Comquest was held by the Department of Commerce on 28th and 29th of August 2008.
There were the Panel Discussion,The GD,AdMad,Commekaze the Quiz and a Panel Discussion(non-competitive).

The prizes were great.The overall ambience was good ;) Though from a Quizzing point of view it wasnt good in the larger perspective and otherwise despite 2 NSIT teams qualifying to the top 6.We came 5th :(

The Paper Presentation was held in a much better way with judges with decent knowledge coming along.he topics were Political Instability and Business Interest,Impact of Global Warming on Climate Change and also Employee Concerens and ( something I dont remember) ....... and the final was an Extempore Debate with the topic Corporate Social Responsibility: A new Buzzword. JMC won the overall best team and LSR came second.

There was some salvation for NSIT. Since I went alone I wasnt eligible for Best Team but I managed to win Best Speaker in both the Prelims and Finals.

Also in the General Discussion I got a 2nd place.Held in typical style by IMS, It was conducted by an ex-XLRI student now in KPMG who works on the side with IMS

Topics for Prelims
1.Tippy Tippy Tap what colour do you want?
2.Something on Single Sex education
3.Wat if Sachin Tendulkar were to play Chess and Vishwanathan Anand to play cricket?
4. You are surivors on Island of a plane crash while crossing the Atlantic .You dont know where you are. Six Items :- Axe,Pistol full of Bullets,Rucksack,Mirror,Pen and Paper and food for 5 days can be obtained.
Prioritize and make consensus among the group on what you need.
Finals
A long 40 minute final with 8 finalists from the prelims/heats MUN style with 8 guys representing different things such as the UN,IPCC,NIPCC,Business Community,Medical Fraternity,Common Man USA and China trying to thrash out an agreement agreeable to everyone.

Total Winnings :- 3000 bucks and a Cannon digital camera.3 certificates

A good outing.
So Start participating and start winning :)

Note to all :- At whatever debate/GD/PD/MUn you go to.Do put up a review and details of what you attended for us to know.

Regards
Roshan

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