{"id":1037,"date":"2015-12-21T16:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.iilm.edu\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2015-12-21T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T11:14:16","slug":"inter-school-english-debate-organized-by-banyan-tree-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/inter-school-english-debate-organized-by-banyan-tree-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter School English Debate – organized by Banyan Tree School"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the \u2018Gender Sensitivity\u2019 Week at Banyan Tree School, Lodhi Road, New Delhi an Inter-School English Debate (IX-XII) for schools in Delhi and NCR was organized on Saturday, the 19th of December, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. onward. A total of eight schools participated in the competition. \u00a0Each team consisted of two participants. The first speaker spoke for the motion. The second speaker spoke against the motion. Each team was accompanied by 4 students to cheer him\/her and one teacher. The team from Tagore International School, East of Kailash bagged the first position. The team from the Pinnacle School, Panchsheel Enclave was declared the first runner-up. The Best Speaker-for the motion was also from The Pinnacle School. The Best Speaker-against the motion was from Gurukul The School, Ghaziabad. The event was sponsored by IILM, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.<\/p>\n

The jury comprised of eminent academicians like Dr.Ajanta Dutt, Ms. Nandini Guha, Dr.Mridula Anand Tandon and Mr.Rahul Mishra. Dr Ajanta Dutt<\/strong>\u00a0received her doctorate from Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, USA where she studied the novels of 20th Century Indian English writers. She taught for a while in Rutgers and wrote a book called Landscapes and Languages for the writing programme of the university. After her return to India, she wrote a book on Tagore’s novel,\u00a0\u2018Home and the World\u2019 and an annotated textbook on the poems of Pablo Neruda, Derek Walcott and Margaret Atwood which are taught in the English honours programme of Delhi University. Dr. Dutt teaches English at Deshbandhu College, Delhi University. She is also on the editorial board of a bilingual magazine, Hindol which is published every quarter from Delhi. \u00a0Ms. Nandini Guha<\/strong>\u00a0is an Associate Professor of English at Delhi University, with over 25 years of teaching experience. She is an Alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College,\u00a0Delhi and Carmel Convent School. She is also an award winning translator from Bangla to English. Her translations have been published by Katha\u00a0 ,Zubaan,Harvard University Press, Social Science Press etc. Dr. Mridula Anand<\/strong>\u00a0Tandon<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong> received her <\/strong>MBBS degree from the University of Pune. She has worked for Poverty Alleviation through Girl Child Upliftment and Women’s Empowerment for over twenty years. She has initiated <\/strong>numerous other programmes for the cause of women. Dr. Tandon is also a long-time worker in gender-based social issues,helping organizations prevent sexual harassment and most recently, addressing women’s safety in communities through the “Avaaz Uthao” project with the Government of Delhi. She also personally sponsors the education of girl children from<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>low-income<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>families. <\/strong>Saakshi an NGO, is ably helmed by\u00a0<\/strong>Dr.Tandon. <\/strong>Mr. Rahul K. Mishra<\/strong> has 18 years of work experience in teaching ,training ,academic and corporate administration. He did his Masters in International Business from the University of Delhi.\u00a0He teaches courses on\u00a0International Business\u00a0 Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He is currently the Director, Executive Education at IILM Institute and\u00a0has conducted training with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Engineers India Limited, National Building Construction Corporation and Concentrix Corporation\u00a0for senior and top management.<\/p>\n

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The Judges at the rebuttal round<\/p><\/div>\n

The topics for contention were:<\/strong><\/p>\n