Invitation to the V NALSAR Inter-Varsity British Parliamentary Debate

[NALSAR University of Law]

Dear All,

The Literary and Debating Committee and the Core Organizing Committee at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, are happy to invite you to the VI Edition of the NALSAR Inter-Varsity British Parliamentary Debate. The NALSAR IV was the first and remains the best British Parliamentary tournament in the Indian circuit. Having pioneered British Parliamentary debating, we are committed to providing a platform that links Indian debaters to the best debating talent from the European, Australasian and American circuits. We run this tournament on the promise of outstanding adjudication, punctual rounds, challenging motions and warm hospitality.

The VI Edition of the IV will be held from 4-6 September, 2015. Being the first BP in India, we invited international adjudication core members to provide for outstanding debating experiences. Past editions have witnessed Sharmila Parmanand, Harish Natarajan, Jens Fischer, Mabroor Wassey, James Kilcup, Lucinda David, Tariq Maketab and Gemma Buckley in the CA Team. The NALSAR IV has traditionally seen quality finals, which is unsurprising given that we count Cambridge University, Loyola Marymount University and Indian teams such as NLSIU and IIT Bombay among our finalists and winners. We look forward to your participation in Hyderabad this year. 

A serene campus with an expansive lake and open spaces await you. Our campus is a 30 minute drive from the centre of town, which has the region's best restaurants, cafes and shopping streets to keep you occupied. In addition, we promise you the regional cuisine, Hyderabadi Biriyani, apart from a sumptuous spread at our formal break night dinner. Accommodation will be on campus and in two adjacent hotels less than a kilometre away. Transport to and from the debating venues will be arranged for.  

Tournament details:

- Despite the inter-varsity tag, we have always opened our doors to institutional cross teams. An institutional cross team is one where both members belong to an institution. No non-institutional cross teams will be allowed.

- Team cap of 64 with a N=1 adjudicator requirement

- Institutional cap of 3 teams

- 5 preliminary rounds

- Registration cost is INR 2000 per person. Registration will open about a month prior to the commencement of the tournament

Please do keep checking our website and FB event page for regular tournament updates. We are currently in talks with potential CA team members from the Indian, South-East Asian and Australian circuit. Keep an eye for further updates. Similarly, our policy on subsidized adjudicators and applications for the same will also be released very soon. 

Mail us at nals...@nalsar.ac.in for any queries you may have.

Thank you.

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On Behalf of the Organising Core,

The Sixth Nalsar Inter-Varsity Debating Championship, 2015.

Contact us:

Chandrasekhar Sriram (Tournament Director): +91 95979 29605

Balaji Subramanian: +91 77021 10703