Thapar University MUN and NLS MUN

Following is the facebook page of the Thapar MUN and the invite to the NLS MUN 2009.

Both should be a cracker of an MUN.

Cheers

Roshan

1

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143953692903&ref=nf

2. 

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE  NLS MUN, 2009

The Law and Society Committee and the Organizing Committee of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, one of the foremost legal educational institutions in South Asia, is proud to bring to you its first edition of the National Law School Model United Nations 2009 (‘NLS MUN 2009’). The MUN will be held from 5th December to 7th December, 2009.

ABOUT THE MUN: The NLS MUN – the first of its kind in Bangalore promises to set the bar high in terms of sheer MUN quality in its first edition itself. The new agendas with interesting topics will ensure a high level of debate with extensive qualitative and substantive support from secretariat staff in form of well researched study guides which will also cater to first time MUN participants. The focus of the NLS MUN 2009 is on intense and solid debate with a view to generating real solutions.

WHY NLS MUN?: The quality of the MUN aside, this MUN comes with prize money of Rs. 1 Lakh and great socials such as an MUN night at a reputed club in Bangalore and the MUN opening and closing dinner.

The NLS MUN promises to be the best collegiate MUN in India in terms of background preparation, committee sessions and quality of debate as well as the social events and prize money.

COMMITTEES: The NLS MUN 2009 shall have 4 committees in its first edition. The 4 committees shall be the United Nation Secretary Council (UNSC), the United Nations General Assembly, the International Criminal Court and the Joint Crisis Cabinet Committee.

CHAIRS: There shall be a national selection process for the appointment of Chairs for the NLS MUN. The selection process will have no reservations and will be solely on the basis of MUN experience, the criteria and format for which have been sent with this invitation. There is a prize for the Best Chair for the Chair who conducts best committee sessions and stimulates engaging debate and runs their committee well. All applicants are requested to mail their applications to nlsmun2009@gmail.com with the subject line being “Chair Application – name of Individual/Institute.”

REGISTRATION: The NLS MUN has a reserved cap of about 120 delegates that it will accommodate in its first year. Thus, institutions are requested to book their slots immediately.

However, please note, that delegates will be selected on basis of their applications based solely on MUM experience, the criteria for which has been attached to this invitation letter. Thus, an institution can combine the applications of all its applications and send us a compilation of applications or individual candidates can mail us in their applications at nlsmun2009@gmail.com with the subject of the mail being “Delegate Application – Name of Individual/Institute.”

A nominal registration amount will be charged for accommodation and food for the delegates for the duration of 5th-7th December, 2009.

Hoping to see you at the NLS MUN 2009!

Swayam Arun

Director General, NLS MUN 2009

(+91-9845673128)

Leeneshwari Makhijani

Under Secretary General, NLS MUN 2009

(+91-9986312413)

 

Abhimanyu George Jain

Additional Secretary General, NLS MUN 2009

(+91-9901307542)

 

Tasneem Deo

Secretary General, NLS MUN 2009

(+91-9902020013)

 

Invites Director, NLS MUN 2009

Mallika Abidi

(+91-9916783720)

(Please mail us your applications for Chairs or Registration or anyqueries to nlsmun2009@gmail.com).

LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION- 30^th October, 2009.

LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION FOR POSITION PAPER- 30^th November, 2009.

NLS Debate 2009

Following is the text of the invite of the NLS Debate 2009.

Do go if possible.

Cheers

Roshan

Hello Debaters!

This is to inform you that the NLS Debate 2009 is slated to be held from
28th November to 3rd December, 2009.

The debate will be a 3-on-3 Asians style parliamentary debate with a main
as well as a Novices break. This year we are looking to make this a bigger
event that last year's edition and in furtherance of the same we have a
stunning CA panel consisting of:
1. Sharmila Parmanand (Chief Adjudiactor AUDC 2009,  Adjudicator Semi-finals WUDC and finals of the Australian debate at Monash 2009)
2. Bhavya Khanna (WUDC Breaking Team 2006)
3. Yaman Verma (All-Asians Winner, 2008, broke at AUDC 2009)
4. Prabhat Kiran Mukherjea (13th Best-Speaker at All-Asians, 2008; broke
at AUDC 2009)
5. Kalrav Mishra (Winner of several national debates including MukMem at.
St. Stephens, 2009)

We also have Vipul Nanda (DCA of St. Xaviers Debate 2009) as our DCA
Oberver for this tournament.

We intend to give out prizes worth Rs. 1,00,000/- including prizes in the
Novices break and multiple adjudicator prizes, so hurry and register now!

Registration opens NOW and each institution can register a maximum of 2
team (3 speakers each) with an n=1 adjudicator registration by sending a
mail to debate@nls.ac.in or invites.nlsd@gmail.com. The registration will
be open for the first 80 teams that register.

Please find attached a detailed Invite and Tournament Package which
provides detailed information about the debate, registration process and
the fees and contact numbers.

The registration is closing on 30th October! Register quickly!

We hope to see you soon!

Maanav Kumar
Tournament Director, NLS Debate 2009
Convenor, Literary & Debating Society
NLSIU, Bangalore - 560072 (India)

The IIT Literary things

Literary events at IIT Delhi will commence as part of their cultural festival,Rendezvous starting 24th to 27th September 2009.

Find the details at http://www.rendezvous09.com/home.php

Also I have been repeatedly mailed by IIT Kanpur people for Antaragini people for their events. Antaragni was a really good experience last year especially the cash being distributed immediately :)

http://www.antaragni.in/competitions/english-lits/

Cheers

Roshan

NLSIU Bangalore

The invite for Le Gala is attached below. It is one of India's toughest places to compete but the learning I believe is something of the sort of a Multiplier effect. Ping me at roshankar@gmail.com if you need the invite

Cheers

Roshan

Hello All!

 

The National Law School of India University are proud to present, once again, the annual Literary and Cultural Fest, Le’Gala as well as our ever popular rock show, Strawberry Fields.

 

Le’Gala includes several cultural events such as choreography, eastern music, western music, street play, movie spoof and fine arts events such as painting and sketching to name a few. The literary segment included fun-filled quizzes such as What’s the Good Word, 20 questions, JAM and our crowd-pullers such as Open Quiz and Entertainment Quiz. The 3 day event with stunning prize-money also has other attractions such as our Informal events with funky prizes such as dinner coupons to some of the best eateries in Bangalore, gift-vouchers from stores across the country and ofcourse, our ever reliable food stalls with many cuisines to choose from!

 

Strawberry Fields, our prestigious and acclaimed rock show, now in its 13^th edition has launched many a popular bands such as Antaragini (now a Raghu Dixit project), Mojo, Kryptos, Rainbow Bridge, Zero, Junkyard Groove, Bhayanak Maut. Thus, this promises to be the best outing for all rock fans!

 

Le’Gala and Strawberry Fields will be held together from 20^th-22^nd November, 2009.

 

Kindly go through our invite and overview of Le’Gala and register with us to participate or revert back to us with any queries.

 

We hope to see you soon!

 

Thanking You

Yours sincerely

 

Srinivasan Gowrishanka (+91-9916783729)

Convenor, Event Management Committee

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

 

Shivam Singh (+91-9886503275)

Joint Convenor, Event Management Committee

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

 

Showjhanya Shankaran (+91-9945469905)

Joint Convenor, Literary & Debating Society

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

JMI-Encomium

Jamia Milia is having their Techfest/IEEE thing. It has a debate as well.

Link and details are posted below

Try and participate

Cheers 

Roshan

http://encomium.ieeejmi.com/events/technical-events/encopinion.html

ENCOPINION

ENCOPINION or ‘The Debating Competition’ provides a platform to sublimate your thought in the most explicit manner and speak your mind comprehensively on the topics at hand. This event not only shows the thought process of the participants but more than that tests the oratorical skills of the speakers!

But over the past years we have realized that debating competitions becomes a bit boring after a certain duration of time so this time instead of the normal form of the competition we present Encopinion in the exciting PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE form!

Rules and Regulations are as follows:

1. The competition this time is the exciting parliamentary form of debate.
2. The debate is based on the 2 on 2 format that is each team will consist of 2 participants.
3. The teams registering for the event will be divided into different pools.
4. There will be a preliminary round wherein the teams in each pool will have to face each other and will have to debate on a given motion.
5. 1 speaker from each team will be invited to present his/her views on the given motion and his speech is open to interjections from the opposition teams.
6. At the end of the preliminary round the names of the top 5 teams qualifying for the finals will be declared and the same procedure will be repeated in the final round but this time both the speakers will have the opportunity to speak.
7. The time limit for each speaker will be 6 minutes which will include the time taken for the reply speech.
8. The topics/motions will be given on the spot and a time of 15 minutes will be provided to the teams to concatenate their ideas and speak either in support or against the motion.
9. At the end of the final round the name of the winning team will be announced by the judge/moderator.
10. The decision of the judges or the moderators will be final and binding.

Interested persons please register HERE. For more information, contact the coordinators:

Prateek Bagga (9958583372)
Aman Khandelwal (9811258791)
Shivani Karol (9968283306)

Gargi Freshers Debate 2009

The Gargi college Annual Freshers Debate to be held on the 27th of august 2009 is on the motion -


“This house believes the chutes too narrow.”


Please note:

* There shall be a cap of two teams per institution.
* Speaking time is 3+1 minutes.
* There is a prize for best interjector.
* Registration on the day will be from 9:30am-10:30am.
* The debate shall commence at 10:30am sharp.
* The motion is open to interpretation.



Please register by email by 25 august. We also will be glad to address any queries you might have.

We look forward to your participation..



Q.E..D
Gargi Debating Society

Convenors
Pallavi Gurtoo Saudamini Jain
9717956015 9717956023

Co-Convenor
Nikita Nagrani
9971281908

IP College For Women

Hi guys

Here is the invite for Manovriti 2008 for the Debate and Jam Session.

Do try and participate.

Regards

Roshan

Hello

 

As you all must be aware that Manovriti-2008, the Annual Psychology Festival is being organised by the Psychology Association, Indraprastha College on the 17th and 18th November'2008, please find enclosed the invite with the schedule and the rules and regulations for your kind reference.

 

We are positive that you will enthusiastically participate in the Festival, especially in the Debate and the Just-A-Minute on the 18th of November.

 

Kindly register for the Debate by the 17th of November either to Surbhi Kumar (M: 9811997250) or mail us onippsychologyassociation@gmail.com.

 

For further details, you may refer to the enclosed invite or to our blog ippsychologyassociation.blogspot.com

 

Hoping to hear from you.

 

Thanking you,

 

Psychology Association

Indraprastha College

Delhi University

Blisspoint 2008

Sri Venkateshwara College,South Campus,DU has its Economics festival from the 25th-27th November 2008.

http://www.svceco.org/

Follow the link on Blisspoint to get details of events on all 3 days

For further details please contact

Indraveer Shrivastav

President

9810999837

Tarang 2008- Debating Events

Hi guys
Here is a letter I received from the Debating Society at LSR.
Do try and participate in the debates.

The English Debating Society of Lady Shri Ram College would like to invite your institution for Debating Events to be held during Tarang, the annual college festival.

Tarang is among the most eagerly awaited college festivals in Delhi University. The event encourages the best talent from various institutions to participate and interact through the course of various activities.

EDS @ LSR will be organizing the following two events:

THE MURLIDHAR MEMORIAL DEBATE - 7th November ‘08

BLITZKRIEG - 8th November ‘08

Please find attached herewith the formal invitation and details for both debates. We encourage you to register your teams and confirm your participation at the earliest. We look forward to your active participation in the events.

Regards

Ashima Chetan
President
English Debating Society
Lady Shri Ram College
Ph.: 9871616287

For registration contact:

1) E-mail us at lsrdebsoc @gmail.com

2) Contact by phone:

Smriti - 9999269828

Sayantani - 9910049496

Chanan – 9871191147


The Murlidhar Memorial Debate
Date: 7th November 2008
Time: Registration closes at 10:30 am
Format: Conventional
Motion: Will be sent to you subsequently
Venue: Upper Seminar Room
Rules:
· Each college may send a maximum of two teams comprising of two speakers each
· One speaker will speak against the motion and the other for
· Each speaker will have a time limit of 3+1 minutes
· Every speech will be followed by one interjection question.
· Speakers will be marked for manner, matter, method and interjection answers.

Blitzkrieg – The Knockout Debate
Date: 8th November 2008
Time: Registration closes at 10:30 am
Format: One- on-One Parliamentary Knockouts
Motions: Semi - Closed
Venue: Upper Seminar Room
Rules:
This being a new format of debating, it is advised that participants familiarize themselves well with the rules of the debate.

Rules:
Each college may send a maximum of three participants and at least one adjudicator.
The first two speakers, chosen through a draw of lots, will face each other in debate on stage.
A toss of coin will decide the proposition and opposition. A closed ended motion will then be provided to both the speakers.
Flow of the Debate - The proposition will put forward the case for debate and his/her constructive arguments for two minutes. The opposition will then oppose the motion and put forward her points for two minutes. Once again, beginning with the proposition, both sides will be given one minute each to counter the points made by the other side and reinforce their debates.

PROPOSITION OPPOSITION
Common Preparation Time: 1 min Common Preparation Time: 1 min
Affirmative’s Constructive Speech: 2 min Negative’s Constructive Speech: 2 min
Affirmative’s Rebuttal Speech: 1 min
Negative’s Rebuttal Speech: 1 min
Adjudicators Announce their decision
The Adjudicator gets a minute to explain his/her decision and can’t be questioned on his/her feedback




Speakers will be marked for manner, matter and method.
At the end of these six minutes of debating, three student adjudicators for the round will cast their closed votes for whoever they think has won the debate. The majority vote will decide the winner.
The winner of this round becomes the defender. The loser is eliminated from Blitzkrieg.
The winner becomes the defender and another participant is chosen through a draw of lots to be the challenger. The debate will follow as in the first round.
A debater may defend her position as long as she is undefeated. Anybody losing a round will be eliminated from Blitzkrieg.
An adjudicator list will be maintained and they will be rotated with three new adjudicators coming up for each round.
If an adjudicator is from the college of one of the participants in the round is next on the list, she will be skipped for the one after her.
A definition challenge, in the style of a parliamentary debate, may not be issued.
The decision of the adjudicators is binding.
The objective is a fast paced and dynamic extempore debate in a knockout format from which will ultimately emerge a winner who can hold her ground against anyone.
Four prizes will be awarded – To the speaker lasting the maximum number of rounds, the speaker actually winning the debate (last round) and the speaker with the highest score in an individual debate and the best adjudicator
Criteria for selection of Best Adjudicator:
On the basis of Feedback form filled in by the 2 speakers after the one minute feedback is over.
The adjudicators will have to be clear and concise with their feedback as an entire matchup can’t last for more than 10 minutes.
Looking forward to your participation to make the events a success. Please confirm your participation and register your teams with us at the earliest and latest by 4th November 2008.

Regards
Ashima Chetan
President
English Debating Society
Lady Shri Ram College
Ph.: 9871616287

Indrapastha College Bilingual Fresher's Debate

Feedback
There was a fresher's debate at IP college on 3rd sep,08. The topic was "Bollywood images women in the realm of myth and fantasy". More than 20 teams participated including teams from the north campus colleges. From NSIT we had two teams , which indicates a positive sign for our debsoc.....
The day was really hot and sunny and there at IP college for Women some were still trying to hike the temperatures. There were cash prizes for the Best team, Best Speaker,Best interjector along with some books for each winner.
As the debate was bilingual we had many speakers who chose hindi as their lingua franca which took me by surprize,but they were entertaining. My team was the 11th one to speak and i was feeling quite confident till that moment as i was not seeing anything really great happenig on the podium. But i forgot that some colleges are still left and those included all the majors of north campus. Of course people of eng and hindi hons have an edge over us and there i feel lacked behind (this i have felt all the times whenever i was there in a debate......... )
One cannot deny the fact that these people have much extra time (to prepare ) than us and of course a better expression than me. This is not a excuse for not winning uptill now but a field where we all (fresher's) have to work upon.........
From my past debating experiences i have felt that we lack in the following apects and hence we are not rewarded...........
1. our teams are not decided till the last moment, and hence we are not prepared even a day before the event. Obviously when you are a newcomer you cannot expect to win by an overnight preparaion.
2.Both the partners should prepare common arguments, i mean the debates should be linked,the points should match, you have to counter attack on the points your opposition has said, rather than introducing some new arguments.........(This is what i lacked at my SRCC debate.........)
3.Focus on your content and matter for its the only thing which can help you win.
4.As far as the expression part is concerned you need to be clear and audible, and there is no need for any artifical face expressions.
5. frame your speech in points and mention all the points before your speech. that makes you clear and simplistic..
i ll try to post other suggesions wherever i ll feel like helping you all(freshers).
these were my suggestions your suggestions and experiences are awaited..................

no matter we havent won any but we have participated and learnt a lot. i hope we ll definitely win some day........


Reagrds
SIDDHARTH

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

Indraprastha College Bi-Lingual Freshers Debate

Following are the fresher debate details ie Invite to held at IP College.Please send in your registrations to me or the Email ID mentioned ASAP.Make teams and go in large numbers.Best of Luck.

Dear Sir/Ma'am

You are cordially invited to participate in the Indraprastha College's Bi-Lingual Fresher's' Debate 2008. The debate will be held on Wednesday, 3rd September '08 from 12: 15 pm onwards in the College's Auditorium. The registration would start from 11: 30 onwards.

Topic: Bollywood images women in the realm of myth and fantasy

As the debate is bilingual, you can send a mixed team comprising of one English speaker and one Hindi speaker. We cordially invite your esteemed college to participate in our event.

The basic rules and regulations are as follows

1. Each college has to send at least one team. Registration of more than one team is also acceptable and invited.
2. Each team should comprise of at two members, one speaking for the motion and the other speaking against the motion.
3. Each participant will speak for 3+1 minutes with a grace period of 15 seconds.
4. Every participant is required to answer only one interjection. If a particular speaker is not interjected, he/she receives full marks for the specific section.
5. Each speaker is free to express his/her opinion in either Hindi or English, but he/she must adhere to that respective language though out the debate.
6. Participants don't have to disclose the name of their college
7. The participants would be judged on account of

• Subject matter
• Debating style
• Confidence levels
• Understanding of the topic

Satisfying the answers to the interjections contribute to overall marks.

We request you to confirm your college's participation at ipdebsoc@gmail.com.

For further queries, please contact

Shubhda Chaudhary – 9899024835- President- English Debating society

Best of luck to you guys
Roshan

Genesis

This is the unofficial blog of the official NSIT Debating Society. Yes,we will be called the NSIT Debating Society and not some funny smart alec name that generates only guffaws.

We have now formed a Google Group and a blog to give a concrete structure to the Debating Society.

The Debating Society will meet every Wednesday at 1530 hours for 10-15 minutes just inside the COE Block on the Ground floor to discuss any logistical matters,Organization of Events(Literary that is),Competition alerts and if necassary selections. This also ensures that you dont miss out on the workings of any other society such as CSI,IEEE,Quiz Club et al.

On the blog,in person,and on the Google Group, various facets of Debating such as Parliamentary Debates,The "Original" Debate--prepared debate,MUNs,GDs et al shall be discussed.

Also you are requested to post any and all debates,speeches,good reading and research materal which can benefit the memebers in any way on the Google Group as posts or as files which can be downloaded.

All these forums will also serve as a Competition Alert for debates across the Delhi University.

The Blog remains an open space while the Google Group remains to be a members only place.Any other NSITians who want to be a part of the DebSoc,do send in a mail at nsit.debsoc@gmail.com.Current members also to send in a mail at the same address.

We seem to have a lot of fresher debates going on in DU and for the first time a lot of the first years seem interested and are going,which is good.So keep it up and keep us updated and mail at nsit.debsoc@gmail.com or roshankar@gmail.com for any help!

A couple of things to do over the coming week :-

1. Please mail your experience in debating at the school/college level in a C.V. form to
nsit.debsoc@gmail.com
As subheadings please use

a.Parliamentary Debates
b.Debates
c.GDs
d.MUN
e.Others

2.I need a co-administrator/moderator on this blog/Googlegroup who can volunteer to do the layout,manage posts,basically keep everybody under a check,be regualr.So please volunteer under the comments section.This need basically arisis due to my being rather poor at Computer related stuff. And yes,I am in Computer Engineering.

3. On the Google Group I will be putting a format for the DebSoc poster.So please download and stick it in the college every week.This gets us more visibility in the college and people will come to know that we are doing something worthwhile ;)

4. Since we are an Official society ,A formal proposal needs to be sent across to the Admin.So we need ideas for what all we need.Work on that too.Posts will be discussed at a later stage.

Do immediately comply with point 1 and for ideas/opinions/suggestions on point 2,3 and 4 use the comments section or start independent threads on the Google Group.

Happy Arguing!
Roshan

PS :- Any grammatical error is attributedto a heavy load of MD sheets!