NALSAR I.V. 2012‏

In 2011, for the first time in India, the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad brought British Parliamentary debating to these shores, giving Indian debaters the opportunity to compete in the format used by the World Cup of debating – the World Universities Debating Championships. We didn’t just cater to a need, though; the NALSAR Inter-Varsity Parliamentary Debating Championship (“NALSAR I.V”) boasted an internationally renowned Adjudication Core, comprising Suthen ‘Tate’ Thomas, Iqbal Hafiedz, Clive Eley and Nishita Vasan, Rs. 70,000 (USD 1500) in prize money and a break-night event at Aalankrita, Hyderabad’s finest resort.

We promised an event that would stay on the debate calendar; we continue to deliver on that promise with the Westlaw NALSAR I.V. ’12. From the 5th to the 8th of April, join us in Hyderabad to be a part of the Indian BP debate.

This year’s core yet again brings together the finest in international BP adjudication. It comprises a WUDC Chief Adjudicator – Sharmila Paramanand (CA of the Berlin WUDC ’13), champion of the British I.V. circuit – Harish Natarajan and two national debating stalwarts who have made their mark in BP internationally – Aashay Sahay and Pranay Bhatia. Our prize money is currently set at Rs. 1.5 lakh (USD 3000) and, as with the debate, we expect our break-night event to only get better.

Apart from the dazzle, though, we will deliver a great event because of our core values; last year’s I.V. distinguished itself on two fronts in particular. Our scheduling and tabbing was pin-point – our rounds finished well on time, we even made sure we all watched India lift its first World Cup in 28 years. We also made a strong commitment to hospitality – we appreciate your participation and will go out of our way to make sure that you’re comfortable. Further, the NALSAR I.V. ’11 was easy on participants’ pockets; support from Westlaw and Linklaters means we continue to provide the full accommodation and food package at last year’s registration amount.

Join us as we take forward the Indian debate tradition into the world of British Parliamentary. We look forward to hosting you in Hyderabad in April.

Please keep checking the website (www.nalsariv.wordpress.com) and our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/134897439930337/) for lots more information and updates.

The 7th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate

Hey guys,
The English Debating and Literary Club is pleased to invite you to the 7th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate to be held from 4th to 7th March, 2012.

What is so special about our debate?
Total Prizes worth Rs 1.5L including prizes for all breaking teams, breaking adjudicators and best speakers. The highest prize money ever given at our debate!
Winners: Rs. 60,000
Runners-up: Rs. 36,000
Semi-finalists: Rs. 18,000 each
Best Speaker: Rs. 6,000
2nd Best Speaker: Rs. 4,000

Best Adju: Rs. 15,000
2nd Best Adju: Rs. 10,000
3rd Best Adju: Rs. 5,000
All breaking Adjus: Rs. 1,000

An awesome Adjudication Core comprising of Shivam Singh (NLS), Shobhit Singhal (IITB), Aamir Zeb (IITD) & Abhilasha Sinha (IITD)
Adjudicator Subsidy for A-level Adjudicators which includes 3AC travel fare, waiving off of reg and acco fees.
Our warm hospitality with free food for one and all including a break night party and accommodation for outstation teams.
Essentials:
Format: 3-on-3 Asians with 5 Prelim rounds and break to Octofinals
Team Cap: 50 teams - max. of 2 teams per institution
Adjudicators Rule: N+1
Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHF0cUxMa0daaTVDVnJkZ29WUGRIRGc6MQ
We have nearly reached our team cap. Register your teams and adjudicators by filling the above-mentioned form before 27th February, 2012.
If you wish to avail our Adjudicator Subsidy, reply to this mail with an attached CV outlining your debating experience.

For further queries feel free to mail us at iitdebate@gmail.com or call us at:
Mayank Gupta                                                      Nishit Jain
Secretary, EDLC                                                   Liaison Coordinator, IIT PD
+91-9717617888                                                   +91-9999334226

5th NUJS Parliamentary Debate

You’re looking at the invitation for the 5^th NUJS Parliamentary Debate, 2012 to be held from 20^th to 22^nd  January, 2012 (Friday to Sunday) at Kolkata, India.

What do you have to look forward to at our debate?

·      Prize money of a MINIMUM of Rs.1,20,000.[INR]

       (Given how sponsorship looks like at the moment, it is very likely that this sum will be increased in a week or so).

·      An excellent international adjudication core and as is usual with the NUJS Debate, very good quality adjudication.

·      We’re cool with cross teams.

·      A kick-ass break night party.

·      Awesome food, immense history and all the other things Calcutta is famous for ;)

The tournament will be on the lines of a three-on-three Asians Parliamentary Debate and will have a team cap of 50 teams. As of now, each institution may register up to two teams and we will increase this cap if the need arises.

 .All the details about the tournament will be available on our website - www.nujspd.wordpress.com. The deadline for registration is 10^th January, 2012.

For ANY further details, please feel free to get in touch with:

Smaran Shetty: 09903685361, smaran_shetty@hotmail.com

Anusha Reddy: 09163787994, anushareddy92@gmail.com

Maneka Khanna: 09830059899, manekakhanna@gmail.com 

Akshay Sharma: 09903840406, akshaysharma@nujs.edu

Surabhi Dhar: 09903048045, dharsurabhi@yahoo.co.in

Cheers, 

The NUJS LDS.

The Xavier's British Parliamentary Debate - Invite

Dear  All,

The Political Science Association (XPSA) of St. Xavier’s College, Bombay (or Mumbai, if you think the Thackerays have a point), with a proud tradition of encouraging progressive thinking, takes great pleasure in inviting you to the Xavier’s British Parliamentary Debate, to be held from the 25th to 27th of November, 2011. This year, we are very proud to bring a new debating format - the British Parliamentary format. Here’s why you should be there:

1) BP Format - this is the format the World Championships, Oxford, Cambridge IVs and many others are debated in. A refreshing change from the predominant Asians 3-on-3 style, the BP format rewards innovative debating and ideas. St. Xavier’s offers this rare opportunity to experience BP debating in India.

2) The Asian BP Championship are less than a fortnight after Xaviers BP - the tournament will be ideal for  preparation.

3) India’s top teams - as of now, we have tentative registrations from some pretty awesome debaters - this will be a very competitive tournament, and certainly one high in quality.

4) Quality Adjudication - We are bringing in India’s top adjudicators, and judges with extensive BP experience. Teams and adjs will find a lot to gain from the training and feedback provided by them.

5) South Bombay aka SoBo - The debate venues and acco will be walking distance from the really cool parts of the city, and the schedule promises enough time to explore it. Good food, great adda joints, party places - we have them all at a walking distance.

FORMAT: British Parliamentary (BP) Debate Format. 5 prelim rounds, break to Semis (ie 8 teams).

TEAM CAP: 24 teams, but based on response and logistics, we MIGHT accommodate a few more teams.

REGISTRATION: Open tournament- cross teams are allowed. Teams participating at Dhaka Asians BP will be prioritized for registration.

ADJUDICATION RULE: N1 rule applies. Each team must bring an adjudicator.

PRIZE MONEY: The total prize money is approximately INR 50,000. We are trying to make it even more lucrative, by continuing to look for further funding to increase that amount.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is available for outstation teams for the duration of the tournament. The acco will be incredibly close to St. Xaviers. We mean it - jump out of bed, fall out the door, and you’re in the venue.

And all of these are at a walking distance from Marine Drive, Leopolds, Gaylord, Pizza by the Bay, Gateway of India, Colaba Causeway, Gokuls, Bade Miyan and the other awesome parts of SoBo. The schedule too has been tailored to ensure that it doesn’t spoil partying opportunities, especially for the many debaters who love late nights and even later mornings.

Registrations have been opened (registration form:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9VaURfZ2lhSXdVLXhLUkhldWJ1Vmc6MQ). As of now, we have over 30 teams already. Thus, in case you have not already registered, we suggest that you do so immediately. We shall be confirming and releasing the registration list shortly.

ADJUDICATION CORE

Helping to make the tournament happen will be our Adjudication Core, consisting of Skanda Prasad, Aashay Sahay and Shobhit Singhal.

Skanda Prasad - Skanda has been an active debater for over 3 years now, and has been active both nationally and internationally. He was a DCA at the 2nd Asian Schools Debating Championship (ASDC), the 3rd Malaysia Debate Open (MDO), and broke to the quarterfinals as an adjudicator at UADC-2010. He has BP experience both as a debater and as a judge, having broken as a judge at the Luzon IV in Philippines, and spoke at the Chula Asian BP. He will also be judging at Dhaka ABP as a subsidized adjudicator. Apart from debating, Skanda also has a penchant for preserving his adjudication sheets, which why he has them all stacked up, categorized and in order.

Aashay Sahay (RVCE): There isn’t a tournament that Aashay hasn’t broken at. Aashay has continued an unprecedented streak of breaking at all 4 asian championships - UADC-2010 and 2011 and Asian BP-2009 and 2010. And he’s going to do it again at this year’s Asian BP. He started this streak by breaking at his very first international tournament - the inaugural Asian BP. In the process, he destroyed claims that Indians couldn’t do BP. His national debating profile is too long to print here, but suffice it to say, that as of now, we know of 9 finals that he’s been in a row. He’s no lag at judging either, having judged the finals of RVDT-2010, Mukmem-2011, topped the adj tab at Nalsar BP-2011 and Premchand Debate - 2011 and was CA at RVDT-2011.  He too will be a subsidized judge at Dhaka Asians BP this year.

Shobhit Singhal  (IITB): Back on our adj core this year is Shobhit Singhal, who raised quite a storm (especially among the girls) last year. Last year alone, he was among the top 10 Asian speakers at Botswana Worlds, was finalist at the Bar Council Human Rights Debate (BP) in Malaysia, was a semifinalist at the Asians BP-2010 and the Malaysian Debate Open-2010, and broke at UADC - 2010. His credentials include winning the NLS Debate - 2010, and making it to the finals of the IIT-Delhi PD-2010 among many others. He has also proven his mettle as an adjudicator at the IIT Bombay Debate-2010 and AIL Mohali 2011, where he was adjudged the best adj. ‘Sobbit’ was also adj core at NLU Delhi, IIT Delhi and LSR this year. And lest we forget, all of Asia, and half the world remember his Party Boy avatar from Botswana Worlds.

ADJUDICATION SUBSIDY

With a new format, we understand the challenges involved, and are committed to providing every single team with the best adjudication pool possible. To ensure this, we have allocated funds for providing adjudicator subsidies. We are looking for experienced and committed adjudicators who would be able to demonstrate capability of judging and chairing rounds past the preliminary rounds, as well as being conscientious in providing feedback to teams in helping them learn and gain experience. Experience in the BP format is preferred. We'd like to invite applications for adjudicator subsidy. Please mail your applications with a debating profile to xpsa.pd@gmail.com before 3rd November 2011.

To help with understanding the format, the adj core will be helping by providing training documents and other material online, and will do all they can to help teams and institutions along with the format.

We believe this tournament will provide an ideal platform for teams competing at Asian BP to get some high quality BP practice in a competitive setting, and for other debaters to compete against the best Indian debaters and gain experience in the format that the world debates in. We’re most excited to welcome you all to Bombay.

For any and all clarifications, please feel free to contact us for any help, debating or otherwise. Send in your queries to: xpsa.pd@gmail.com.

Please do also join our Facebook group: The St Xavier's British Parliamentary Debate

Nikita Sonavane

Co-Convener

0091-9969585208

nikathon@gmail.com

Mahtab Irani

Co-Convener

0091-9920985557

mahtabb@gmail.com

Day 1:

25^th November: Friday

Time	Schedule
13:00 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Roll Call and Registration
14:00 – 16:00	BP Format Briefing and Workshop
16:00 – 18:30	Demo Debate and Adjudication Test
18:30 – 19:00	Break
19:00 – 21:00	Round 1

Day 2:

26^th November:  Saturday

Time	Schedule
13:00 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Roll Call and Registration
14:00 – 16:00	Round 2
16:00 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 18:30	Round 3
18:30 – 19:00	Break
19:00 – 21:00	Round 4

Day 3:

27^th November :  Sunday

Time	Schedule
9:00	Roll Call
9:30 – 11:30	Round 5
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch
12:30	Announcement of Breaks
13:30 – 15:30	Semi Finals
15:30 – 16:00	Break and announcement of Finals Teams
16:00 – 18:00	Grand Finals
18:30	Closing Ceremony

Results of Frank Thakur Das Memorial Debate, India

The Frank Thakur Das Memorial Debate was recently held at Mal College, Delhi University, India


The winners were Ramjas B (Karandeep Aazan Khanna & Kapilan Mahalingam) while the runners up were Ramjas A (Shobhit Nanda & Rohan Kochar)

The motions were:

Round 1

1. Festivals : THBT commercialization of festivals is good
2. Fasting : THW ban religious fasts unto death
3. Faith: THW use faith based rehabs in prisons.

Round 2
1. National Anthem: THW not force children to sing the national anthem in schools
2. Cultural Societies: THBT cultural societies should tax their members’ earnings.
3. G.I Joes: THBT parents should not give their children GI Joes and other war toys (tanks, guns, submarines, grenades etc)

Round 3
1. Bosses / Subordinates: THBT bosses should be held accountable for corruption activities of their subordinates
2. Espionage: THW decriminalize corporate espionage
3. Rashtrapati Bhawan: THW rent rooms in the Rashtrapati Bhawan (president’s residence)

Round 4 – Fictitious Setting
1. Superheroes : THBT all individuals with superpowers should be de-powered
2. Harry Potter: THBT Aurors should be allowed to use all unforgiveable curses at all times
3. Archies: THBT the makers of Archies should create a homosexual Love story.

Round 5
1. Gujarat : THW legalize the sale of alcohol at competitive prices in Gujarat
2. No man Left Behind: THW discard the no man left behind policy
3. Voter Rights: THW grant voters the right to recall.

Round 6
1. Illegal Immigrants: THW grant birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants
2. Ex-Rebels: THBT ex-rebels should not be integrated into state security forces.
3. Scientists & Researchers: THBT full time scientists and researchers should not pay tax on their salaries.

Quarters
1. Black Money: THW allow citizens to transfer black money into white without the fear of prosecution
2. Lifestyle Choices: THBT the government should restrict lifestyle choices to combat climate change
3. Gender Discrimination: THBT religious bodies should not be allowed to discriminate on the basis of gender.

Semis
1. Material Advancement: THBT material advancement is more important than civil and political rights.
2. Koreas: THW reunify the Koreas
3. Islamic Dress: THBT the Arab world should stop selling oil to France until it removes restrictions on Islamic Dress

Finals
1. THBT Democracy is a luxury
2. THW create an international battlefield (war haven)
3. THBT a world where lying is impossible would be worse than one where it is possible.



Thanks to Devna Soni for ths info.

6th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate‏

The English Debating and Literary Club of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in keeping with our institute's aim of pursuing and nurturing excellence in every field, will be hosting The 6th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate, from 3rd to 6th March, 2011.


Since its inception, the IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate has grown bigger each year. In its fifth year, the debate was a grand success with participation from around 50 colleges, highly acclaimed innovations in motions and an extremely high level of debating. The IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate is now in its sixth year and, in our endeavor to uphold it as a one of the most prestigious debating competitions of South-East Asia, we would like to cordially invite you to participate in this event being held at one of India's leading colleges, IIT Delhi.

We request you to send a preliminary mail of confirmation to iitdebate@gmail.com as soon a possible. Once your team composition has been finalized please fill the registration form given below. Please feel free to contact us for any further information. We hope to host your institution in the 6th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate.

Nidhish Mundra

Secretary
English Debating and Literary Club
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

MUN India‏

Dear Faculty Advisor and Students

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the long awaited “MUN India” has been finally launched. The website http://www.munindia.com/ is up and running!

MUN India promises to take MUNning and Debating to the next level. It is a one stop solution to all your MUN needs. It provides a centralized calendar for all MUN conferences happening across the country along with their details. It also helps organizers decide suitable dates for their conferences as it also has the exam schedules of major universities in the country.

MUN India also brings to you a one stop solution for finding MUNners. You can now search MUNners by the conference they have attended and by the countries they have represented and committees they have simulated. You can also now make your MUN resume and use it to apply for other Model UN Conferences.

MUN Reflect, another initiative of MUN India, is a semi-annual magazine dedicated to providing quality articles and resources for MUNers. The magazine aspires to publish articles by reputed and experienced MUNers that provide insight on conference preparation, organization and much more.

MUN India also brings to you a bunch of services. Starting from technical support for you conference, website, design to organizational consultancy, MUN India is dedicated to facilitating the organization of a quality conference.

Last but not the least MUN India offers comprehensive training programs and workshops for MUNners with the objective of providing quality training for MUNners so that the level of debate in conferences increases exponentially.

All this and more is offered by MUN India at http://www.munindia.com/. Log in now, and enjoy the tour!

To follow us on facebook log on to http://www.facebook.com/pages/MUN-India#!/pages/MUN-India/196486367032317

Cheers!

Gufran Pathan
Chief Executive Director
MUN India

Rivera'11 invitation‏

We the members of debate society VIT, take immense pleasure in inviting you to our event NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE to be taking place as one of the biggest events of the International cultural and sports fest RIVIERA’11 .


The key points worthy of notice are:

1. Significance: for most of us debating is a passion for the other few debating is fighting for a cause... this conference is a platform for both!!!!

2. Date : 31st January 2011.

3. Venue: VIT University. Vellore.

4. The agenda: KASHMIR : focus being on the major debates of past and present.

5. The format: will be on the lines of a youth parliament with a few changes in the proceedings in the house only to enhance the quality of debate and to appreciate the difference of opinion. Please find an enclosed copy of the details of format with the mail.

6. The portfolios: will be allotted only after the last date of application i.e 23/01/2011.

The most exciting part being:
Cash prizes worth 35,000/- to be won!!!!

For application forms visit:
http://www.vitriviera.com/event/youthconf.php

we shall look forward to your eager participation!!!

with regards,

ABHAYA KULSHRESTHA,
9790104809
SECRETARY, DEBSOC
VIT UNIVERSITY.

q.e.d. 2011, A Parliamentary Debate in Asia

Salutations Debater,

On behalf of BITS-Pilani, the BITS Debating Society takes great pleasure and a sizable amount of pain in extending a hopefully formal invitation to your esteemed institute. This invitation is regarding q.e.d, A Parliamentary Debate in Asia, which will be held from the 4^th to 8^th of February 2011.

During these four days of breathless action, the sharpest minds from the largest continent in the world will harry and hassle, refute and rebut on worldly topics ranging from 'Rocking horses have undertones of bestiality' to 'The striking similarities between brown and maroon are more than just coincidence'. We obviously feel your esteemed institute will find these topics right up their alley. We've also deliberately used words like 'Salutations' to generate a feeling of antagonism towards us in the hope that it may aid in debating. 

In a brief bout of benevolence, we present an FAQ section that will give you any desired information regarding the debate and other things.

Q: Why should I attend q.e.d.?

A: Well, the easy way out would be to say that it is India's biggest and most prestigious parliamentary debating tournament. But in spite of the fact that physics is far from our best friend, we have enough knowledge of the subject to say that it is physically impossible for every parliamentary debate to be the biggest and most prestigious. Yet apparently that is what is proclaimed by every parliamentary debate.

So, striving to be different, we won't say our debate is the best because deciding the best is tough and confusing. But we can surely say that it has a world-class adjudication core, an extremely competent panel of judges and hopes to have widespread participation from across South Asia. If you're up to it, you can decide if it's the best or not after attending.

Plus, we have green pieces of paper with a bespectacled man on it and they are seductively fluttering and wafting their irresistible scent towards you.

Q: How do I register?

A: Wow,that was quick. Log on to www.bits-qed.org

Q: Why do I get the message "Website Not Found" when I click on the link given above?
A: If it's before 12 AM on 16th December 2010, the answer is: The site is not operational yet.
    If it's after 12 AM on 16th December 2010, the answer is: We really do not know. Call or email us and we'll look into it.

Q: Any other rules or specifications I should be aware of?

A: The standard 3 on 3 Asians format
      Team Cap : 2 teams per college (for now)

      Total Team Cap : 80 teams

      The "n" rule, ie a minimum of 1 adjudicator per team

Q: You claimed to have a world-class adjudication core, so who will be the Chief Adjudicator for the tournament?

A: The Chief Adjudicator for the tournament will be Mr. Derek Lande. He was CA WUDC 2009, DCA WUDC 2007 and DCA EUDC 2006. He was also the 3rd Best Speaker WUDC 2006 and Best Speaker EUDC 2005 among a very long list of other impressive things.

Q: I'm sorry but all these questions are perfunctory. Could you tell me a bit more about those nice, green, pieces of paper?

Teams

Winners: INR 69,169 (USD 1533.54)

Runners Up: INR 30,276 (USD 671.25)

Semi Finalists: INR 15,129 (USD 335.42)

Quarter Finalists: INR 6,084 (USD 134.89)

Octo Finalists: INR 3,025 (USD 67.07)

Adjudicators

Rank 1 to 3: INR 12,321 (USD 273.17)

Rank 4 to 6: INR 4,096 (USD 90.81)          

Rank 7 to 10: INR 2,025 (USD 44.90)

Total: INR 2, 35, 565 (USD 5222.69)

The FAQ section is best concluded before the questions get any more colorful. If you have any extraneous queries, feel more than free to contact any of the glitterati mentioned below, email us or log on to  www.bits-qed.org after 12 AM on 16th December, 2010.

Hoping you attend and all that jazz.

    

Regards,

BITS Debating Society,

BITS Pilani

Contacts:
Tournament Director

Rahul Seth

+91-9571552084

The 9th NLS Debate

The National Law School Debate (NLS-D), now on its 9th year, is India's biggest, most prestigious and wildest parliamentary debating tournament. With over 60 teams and participation from across South Asia, a world-class Adjudication Core, and the strongest pool of in-house judges in South Asia, NLS-D raises the bar every year.

The Literary and Debating Society of the National Law School, Bangalore, is pleased to open registratio...n for the 9th National Law School Debate, 2010 to be held from the 6th to the 10th of November, 2010. The NLS Debate has successfully established itself as India (and the subcontinent's) biggest and most competitive debating tournament, which has raised the standard of debate in South Asia in the Asian Parliamentary Debate format. Through the introduction of international adjudication core members and teams, the NLS Debate has always been the trendsetter in the South Asian debate circuit.

This year, we're hoping to continue that tradition and alongside our usual legendary break night and stellar adjudication core, we are also trying to lighten the load on your pocket - with a flat rate of registration for domestic and international participants, as well as deals worked out with our partner airline Jet Airways, we hope to make this easy to access for South East Asia, and provide a platform for a pan Asian debate.

Here's the information you will need –
Registration for participants has two components - the basic cost of INR 600 / USD 12 that covers the rounds of debating, meals as well as the socials; this sum, following the registration, will be expected to be completed through a wire transfer. The remaining sum can be paid upon arrival in Bangalore.

The remaining registration amount of INR 1000 / USD 20 shall cover accommodation in Bangalore for the duration of the tournament, and 'crash' accommodation can also be availed of, which would entail sharing of a hostel room at a reduced cost.

The details regarding the registration payment as well as the accommodation shall be part of, amongst other things, the tournament package that will be sent to every successfully registering institution.

Further, anyone wishing to avail subsidized fares is urged to mail us immediately at lnd.nlsiu@gmail.com, so the information can be forwarded to our Airlines partner.

So, why should you come to the NLS Debate?

1) It's BIG - With a team cap of 80, and an institution cap of 3 teams, this is South Asia's biggest debate, showcasing the depth and breadth of debating in this part of the subcontinent. The returns are proportionally huge, with prize money totaling to INR 150,000 / USD 3300.

2) Our adjudication - We have South Asia's most experienced Adjudication pool, which has members that have broken at UADC, AUDC, All-Asians, WUPID and Worlds - all under one roof, and all of them will be around to judge 7 preliminary and 4 break rounds of Octos, Quarters, Semis and Finals.

Adjudication Core
Logandran Balavijendran - Asian Champion and a Worlds Chief Adjudicator not once, but TWICE. He's going to be the CA of WUDC in Botswana this year, and we're tickled to have him come down for NLS D. Oh, and if you're looking for more about him, he has also been an Australs CA, been a DCA for UADC and AUDC, has been an Australs finalist, a DCA at the Asians BP, a Worlds Octofinalist and a Worlds top 20 speaker.

Suthen Tate Thomas - he has been an Asian Champion, a Worlds DCA, an Australs finalist, a Worlds Octofinalist, a DCA for the Australs, and has been one of the shining examples of Asian debating at its best across the many years that he has been an active force in the Asian and Australasian Debate Circuit. Is also one of the best drinkers of beer, and starter of many infamous 'boat races' involving beer.

We've also invited Ahyoung Kim and Satya Venugopal to come down as our guests for this tournament. Both are slated to be DCAs for UADC 2011 next year. Satya was the best speaker at UADC this year as well as a finalist, while Ahyoung is the CA for Australs next year, and has been a Worlds Quarterfinalist judge. Joining them, we’re going to have various NLS Alumni who’ve taken the tournament to where it now is.

3) It's FUN - With a legendary break night party with flowing alcohol that is the social event of the debate calendar in addition to an opening night dinner, and a closing Championship party along with all sorts of crazy happenings (such as quizzes, a masters tournament, etc.) Also, the NLS Debate is starting right after Diwali, and international teams would be advised to drop down a day early to chill out and watch India's grandest festival, the festival of lights and joy (and delicious food and sweets).

4) Our experience - We have been doing this for the last 8 years, and each year our level of hospitality has ensured that each team gets picked up and dropped, gets accommodation and meals for the entire duration of the tournament. We shall leave no stone unturned to ensure that your time at the NLS D is absolutely enjoyable.

5) For novices – Knowing that not everyone has debated before, we know that some of you might question the wisdom of coming to NLS D if you've never done this before. We recognise that this isn't just about the fun and the competition - it is about developing debating and the kind of skills that go with it. Mindful of that, we have a separate novice break for all those who haven't done this before (or have only done it once before), and there will be a separate break for novice teams with Quarter, Semi and Final rounds.

IMPORTANT - Registration:
Domestic
International
Facebook Group

Contact Information –
1. Badrinarayan Seetharaman, Convenor - +91 99860 55149
2. Pranav Ravikumar, Joint Convenor - +91 99867 86165
3. Vipul Nanda, Press and Publicity - +91 80950 24731

We look forward to seeing you in Bangalore!

Regards,
The Literary and Debating Society,
The National Law School of India University,
Bangalore, India.

The 2nd Bangalore Circuit Debate‏

After successfully hosting the 1st Bangalore Circuit Debate in May, we're back again, to try and imbibe and spread the styles and lessons learned from the UADC and introduce them to Bangalore debaters.

It is therefore our proud honour to invite you to the 2nd Bangalore Circuit Debate (BCD). We hope to continue this idea of a small, decentralized debate which can act as a developmental tournament for new debaters, new styles and new formats. In keeping with this aim, We will also be having a panel discussion on Indian and International debating styles.

When: Friday-Sunday, 25-27 June 2010,
Where: Christ University, Bangalore
Format: Asian 3-on-3 format (will follow UADC norms)

Size:
- 16 team cap.
- N=1 Adjudicator Rule applies for all teams
- Cross and Open teams allowed
- 4 Prelim rounds with a break to semi-finals

Registration: Rs 100 per head.

Tentative Schedule:
Fri, 25th - 3.30 - Orientation & Round 1
Sat, 26th - 12-6.30 pm- Panel Discussion, Rnd 2 & 3
Sun, 27th - 9 am-6.30 pm - Rnd 4, Semis & Finals.

Apart from a strong and experienced judge pool, we are also proud to introduce our extremely experienced adj core:

Dipti Ramesh has been a quarter-finalist at the NLS Debate-2010, was CA of Christ University PD-2009, DCA of Christ University PD - 2010, ranked top 10 as an adjudicator at IITB PD 2009 and is currently Convenor of the Christ University Debating Society.

Nishita Vasan broke as a judge to the Quarter-finals at Koc Worlds, and judged the EFL Finals at Asian BP-2009. She has extensive experience at local tournaments, having won best adj at the MSR Memorial-2010, and broken to the quarter-finals at the IITB Debate-2009.

Nitya Chidambaram broke to the quarters at All-Asians-2008 as a speaker, was ranked 12th on the speaker tabs there. She also broke to the quarters at IIT Delhi Debate-2008, judged the semifinals of the MSR Memorial-2009, judged the Novice finals at MSR Memorial-2010, was a subsidy judge at IITB-2009, judged the finals of the Christ School of Commerce Debate, and has participated at numerous internationals, including UADC and Oxford.

Pranav Pai broke at All-Asians-2008, was a finalist at MSR Memorial-2010, semi-finalist at the Christ University PD-2008, was a DCA of Christ University PD-2009, DCA at the RV Debate Tournament-2010, Best Adjudicator at Premchand Memorial International PD 2009 and NUJS International PD 2010. He was also a Quarter-Finalist at IITD-2008 and has extensive judging experience in the 3-on-3 format.

To run the tabs, we will have Skanda Prasad as Tab Director. Skanda broke to the quarters at UADC, was 2nd ranked adj at the MSR Memorial-2010, was a DCA at the 1st Bangalore Circuit Debate, where he also ran the tab, was a DCA at the Nitte Debate-2010.

Pre-registrations have already opened, and we have received an extremely strong response, with teams from across India confirming their participation. Please do register your teams at the earliest. Details and updates can be found on the Facebook group

See you in Bangalore!

On behalf of the Bangalore PD Circuit,

Skanda Prasad
MSRIT
+91- 99164 11810
skanda.msrit@gmail.com

Dipti Ramesh
Christ University
+91- 93416 21228
dipti9590@gmail.com