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The Literary and Debating Society, NLSIU
Feb 14, 2013, 8:43:02 PM2/14/13
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In case you needed details to decide for/against SRDF. The prize money break up is per person.
It's one debate where judging as well as debating are equally rewarding. This debate is one of the bigger DU Debates. It's also in a weekend.
Do keep applying.
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The Literary and Debating Society
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From: Debsoc SRCC <debso...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:36 AM
Subject: Shri Ram Debating Festival 2013 - CAs, Prize Money & Dates
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Hello, everyone.
We are sending this today because we hope that tomorrow you will be too busy to be checking debate related email. If you've now spent more than three seconds wondering what tomorrow even is, more power to you!
This email will give you all the more glamorous details about SRDF, and fifteen more reasons to be here in March.
Announcing our Adjudication Core -
1. Uttara Gharpure
If you don't know who Uttara is, that rock you've been living under must be getting quite heavy. As both a fantastic debater and an inspiringly (what, that's not a word?) good adjudicator, Uttara is a debating stalwart if there ever was one. At the All Asians Debate in 2007, Uttara ranked 3rd on speaker tabs, a tournament she went on to win in 2008. In the same year, Uttara was a semi finalist at the Cambridge Inter-Varsity Parliamentary Debate. Her international debating experience also includes being a quarter finalist at the United States Universities Debating Championships 2009. Her spoils on Indian soil include being champion twice at LSR and IIT Bombay, a finalist at IIT Delhi, as well as being awarded Best Speaker at RVCE. We're hardly the only ones to want Uttara in on the action, which is why she's also been part of adj core at the Malaysian Debate Open 2012, NUJS in 2009 and 2013 as well as at IIT Bombay in '09 and '10. She is also part of core at the upcoming NLSD 2013. Uttara now also runs a training venture with partners (which includes our next CA!) and has trained debaters at SPIT, IIT Bombay as well as SRCC. We could not be prouder to announce her as the first member of our adjudication core.
From: Debsoc SRCC <debso...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:36 AM
Subject: Shri Ram Debating Festival 2013 - CAs, Prize Money & Dates
To:
Hello, everyone.
We are sending this today because we hope that tomorrow you will be too busy to be checking debate related email. If you've now spent more than three seconds wondering what tomorrow even is, more power to you!
This email will give you all the more glamorous details about SRDF, and fifteen more reasons to be here in March.
Announcing our Adjudication Core -
1. Uttara Gharpure
If you don't know who Uttara is, that rock you've been living under must be getting quite heavy. As both a fantastic debater and an inspiringly (what, that's not a word?) good adjudicator, Uttara is a debating stalwart if there ever was one. At the All Asians Debate in 2007, Uttara ranked 3rd on speaker tabs, a tournament she went on to win in 2008. In the same year, Uttara was a semi finalist at the Cambridge Inter-Varsity Parliamentary Debate. Her international debating experience also includes being a quarter finalist at the United States Universities Debating Championships 2009. Her spoils on Indian soil include being champion twice at LSR and IIT Bombay, a finalist at IIT Delhi, as well as being awarded Best Speaker at RVCE. We're hardly the only ones to want Uttara in on the action, which is why she's also been part of adj core at the Malaysian Debate Open 2012, NUJS in 2009 and 2013 as well as at IIT Bombay in '09 and '10. She is also part of core at the upcoming NLSD 2013. Uttara now also runs a training venture with partners (which includes our next CA!) and has trained debaters at SPIT, IIT Bombay as well as SRCC. We could not be prouder to announce her as the first member of our adjudication core.
2. Aditya Verma
A mini-celebrity at SRCC, this is Aditya's second stint at SRDF. Coach, mentor and general favourite of a batch of very successful debaters at SRCC, his legacy has been passed down from generation to generation with veneration enough to ensure that we've seen as much of him this year as his Very Important Job at the Supreme Court of India has allowed us. Verma won the All Asians Debate, 2008, was a semi-finalist at the Cambridge Inter Varsity Debate in 2008, and was a quarter finalist at the United States Universities Debating Championships, 2009. He's also won five other national debates (he's evidently a one-page-resume-type, so he wouldn't tell us which ones) as well as a whole host of adjudicator prizes. Aditya has been Core at NLS in 2008, Manzar in 2010, SRDF in 2010 and Shanti Narayan, also in 2010. What do you do with experience like this? Well some of those who can, do, AND teach. Aditya has trained debaters at SRCC, IIM Bangalore and Miranda House, and is also a partner at Reason to Debate.
A mini-celebrity at SRCC, this is Aditya's second stint at SRDF. Coach, mentor and general favourite of a batch of very successful debaters at SRCC, his legacy has been passed down from generation to generation with veneration enough to ensure that we've seen as much of him this year as his Very Important Job at the Supreme Court of India has allowed us. Verma won the All Asians Debate, 2008, was a semi-finalist at the Cambridge Inter Varsity Debate in 2008, and was a quarter finalist at the United States Universities Debating Championships, 2009. He's also won five other national debates (he's evidently a one-page-resume-type, so he wouldn't tell us which ones) as well as a whole host of adjudicator prizes. Aditya has been Core at NLS in 2008, Manzar in 2010, SRDF in 2010 and Shanti Narayan, also in 2010. What do you do with experience like this? Well some of those who can, do, AND teach. Aditya has trained debaters at SRCC, IIM Bangalore and Miranda House, and is also a partner at Reason to Debate.
We are delighted to have him back as chief adjudicator at SRDF '13.
3. Siddhartha Thyagarajan
When tabs no longer carry your full name, you know you're legend. Siddhartha Thyagarajan, or Thyaga, as he is more popularly known, has a debate CV that pretty much reads like the Indian debating calendar. In his years in Delhi University, Thyaga won more tournaments than most people can reasonably be expected to name, and then some. He won the National Law School Debate in 2008, PeopleSpeak in 2009, the IIT Bombay Debate in 2010 and Premchand in 2011. Somewhere in those four heady years, he also managed to win Thadani, Tashi, Manzar (two years in a row), FTD, and well, you get the idea. Thyaga has also won Best Speaker at Premchand and Tashi in 2011, and IIT Bombay in 2010. Not content with winning nearly every debate we can think of, Thyaga's also won adjudicator prizes at Shanti, Gambit, Thadani and several other places. Thyaga was also a finalist at Crossfire three years in a row, and we think it's only fitting that he's back this year, at his labour of love.
When he grew tired of conquering the Indian circuit, Thyaga took his talents overseas, and was octo-finalist at the All Asians Inter Varsity Debate Championship 2008 and UADC 2010. If you've been wondering where he's been for the last year, he was a tad occupied winning Best International Speaker at the University of Exeter, and was awarded honarary lifetime membership to the University of Exeter Debating Society (no, we don't know what that means either, but he tells us it's special) as well. This year, he's been part of core at QED '13 and Polemic '13, and we are very proud to have him here at SRCC.
Do - ask him how to "reasonably restrict" a house.
Don't - ask him his name.*
*A year and a half ago an innocent fuchhling made the mistake of asking him his name to fill out an adj sheet. He hasn't spoken to her since.
3. Siddhartha Thyagarajan
When tabs no longer carry your full name, you know you're legend. Siddhartha Thyagarajan, or Thyaga, as he is more popularly known, has a debate CV that pretty much reads like the Indian debating calendar. In his years in Delhi University, Thyaga won more tournaments than most people can reasonably be expected to name, and then some. He won the National Law School Debate in 2008, PeopleSpeak in 2009, the IIT Bombay Debate in 2010 and Premchand in 2011. Somewhere in those four heady years, he also managed to win Thadani, Tashi, Manzar (two years in a row), FTD, and well, you get the idea. Thyaga has also won Best Speaker at Premchand and Tashi in 2011, and IIT Bombay in 2010. Not content with winning nearly every debate we can think of, Thyaga's also won adjudicator prizes at Shanti, Gambit, Thadani and several other places. Thyaga was also a finalist at Crossfire three years in a row, and we think it's only fitting that he's back this year, at his labour of love.
When he grew tired of conquering the Indian circuit, Thyaga took his talents overseas, and was octo-finalist at the All Asians Inter Varsity Debate Championship 2008 and UADC 2010. If you've been wondering where he's been for the last year, he was a tad occupied winning Best International Speaker at the University of Exeter, and was awarded honarary lifetime membership to the University of Exeter Debating Society (no, we don't know what that means either, but he tells us it's special) as well. This year, he's been part of core at QED '13 and Polemic '13, and we are very proud to have him here at SRCC.
Do - ask him how to "reasonably restrict" a house.
Don't - ask him his name.*
*A year and a half ago an innocent fuchhling made the mistake of asking him his name to fill out an adj sheet. He hasn't spoken to her since.
4. Mallika Arora
In keeping with tradition, we are proud to announce our in house Chief Adjudicator, Mallika Arora. Apart from having a well earned reputation as a notorious slave driver, Mallika also has the distinction of being one of our most distinguished debaters. Her debating achievements include breaking at several national and international tournaments, including being a finalist at the National Law School Debate 2012, semi finalist at Mukarji Memorial 2012 and NLU Delhi 2012. She was also semi finalist at PeopleSpeak in 2011 and Gambit 2010, where she also won best speaker. When she's not debating, Mallika also adjudicates, and has adjed finals at IP in 2012 and semifinals at FTD in 2011. Provided we manage to wake her up and drag her to the tabs room, we are very happy to complete our adj core for SRDF '13 with Mallika.
Prize Money
Synergy, winner - INR 5000
Renegade, winner - INR 5000
Shri Ram Memorial Debate, Best team - INR 10,000
Second Best Team - INR 5000
Best Speaker - INR 2000
Crossfire, Best Team - INR 45,000
Runners Up - INR 30,000
Semi finalists - INR 15,000
Quarterfinalists - INR 9,000
We will also be awarding a total of INR 45,000 in adjudicator prizes.
Renegade, winner - INR 5000
Shri Ram Memorial Debate, Best team - INR 10,000
Second Best Team - INR 5000
Best Speaker - INR 2000
Crossfire, Best Team - INR 45,000
Runners Up - INR 30,000
Semi finalists - INR 15,000
Quarterfinalists - INR 9,000
We will also be awarding a total of INR 45,000 in adjudicator prizes.
क्यूंकी अब दिल्ली दूर नहीँ
It is imperative all outstation teams send in their registrations as quickly as possible, so we can go ahead and make arrangements for your accommodation. We understand that many of you are making your decision contingent on our adj core (here they are), prize money (here it is) and schedule. As far as the schedule goes, we've had to make a couple of small changes. The adjudication test is now taking place on March 1st, and all debaters and adjudicators must book to be at SRCC by 9 am on the 1st. So please make your bookings accordingly. We will provide clean, roomy, comfortable accommodation, (no, you don't need to carry your own sheets) for 6 days, from 28th evening to 5th night. Do call us if you have any questions!
It is imperative all outstation teams send in their registrations as quickly as possible, so we can go ahead and make arrangements for your accommodation. We understand that many of you are making your decision contingent on our adj core (here they are), prize money (here it is) and schedule. As far as the schedule goes, we've had to make a couple of small changes. The adjudication test is now taking place on March 1st, and all debaters and adjudicators must book to be at SRCC by 9 am on the 1st. So please make your bookings accordingly. We will provide clean, roomy, comfortable accommodation, (no, you don't need to carry your own sheets) for 6 days, from 28th evening to 5th night. Do call us if you have any questions!
The last date for registrations for SRDF '13 is 15th February 2013. Post the 15th, we will begin to confirm 3rd slots for colleges in the order in which they have registered, contingent on the adjudicators they send.
Cheers!
Debsoc SRCC
The Literary and Debating Society
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