Debate on "Environmentalism - The Latest Fad" Held at XIM-Bhubaneswar

Debate on "Environmentalism - The Latest Fad" Held at XIM-Bhubaneswar

XIMAHR, the HR wing of XIM-B, conducted Prativaada 2008, a debating event completely re-defined and re-jigged to suit the audience's growing taste for something new.

The topic of the event was "Environmentalism - The Latest Fad". The event began with the felicitation of the Chief Guest, Mr. Srimoy Kar, the Resident Editor of the New Indian Express. The other two judges were Dr. C. Shambu Prasad, Coordinator for the Rural Management Course at XIM-B and Prof. Sanjay Mohapatra, faculty at XIM-B.

Mr. Srimoy Kar, Resident Editor of New Indian Express, Interacting with Students of XIM-B

Out of the 60 teams, which participated in the prelims, 2 teams were selected for the finals. The team "The Tsars" had Chaitali Roy, Shirshendu Chatterjee, and Tanya Sharma from the second year students, and the team "Le democrats" had Anand Ota, Kumar Anubhav

and Sandeep Gautam from the first year students.

The final was divided into 5 rounds. The first round was a court case round where both the teams were given a case. The seniors represented an environmental campaign agency and had filed a case of wilful pollution of the environment against an organisation represented by the juniors. In this round, both the teams gave valid points in defence of their cases.

The second round was a debate on 'Environmentalism - The Latest Fad', and was a keenly contested one, much to the appreciation of the audience and the judges. The juniors supported the motion while the seniors opposed it. The third round was the question answer round where each team had to ask relevant questions to the other and the other team had to answer in a similar vein. The fourth round was the audience round where the audience asked questions to the teams.

The last round saw the judges questioning the teams. Mr. Srimoy Kar, the chief guest asked whether development being opposed in the name of preserving the environment was a fad or not.

The Tsars were declared the winners and Anand Ota from the Le Democrats was judged the best speaker of the day. The winners were given cash prizes.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Dinah J. Rodrigues,
Coordinator, IlluminatiX,
Media & PR Cell,
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

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