Basic Adjudication Workshop

With the 2nd IITB Debate around the corner, Speakers Club Organized an Adjudication Workshop on Wednesday, 6th October in H3 mess. The workshop was meant for all those who were familiar with the basics of debating. The workshop saw a turnout of around 50 people. Few fundae were followed by a live debate. The people discussed their decision with experienced seniors, understanding the nuances of judging in the process. Towards the end the participants were explained how to participate in the IITB Debate. It was a first, a workshop on judging a debate – and it went off really well.

Hindi Debate GC

Saturday 28th August, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. was Hindi Debate GC

The hostels were clubbed into 12 groups, by clunning together Hostels 1 and 11.

Judges: Monty(H13), Rashmi(ex H11)

Topics:

Doctors should report all cases of suspected domestic violence

Prisoner should have no right to vote

Parents of children under 15 yrs, committing crime, should be held accountable

Some of the teams were really good. the flow of language was wonderful

The topics were all principle based and didnt go into technicalities

The feedback from judges for the teams was mostly good, with some of the new debaters gaining insights into the nuances of debating.

Speaker’s Club Second Meet Report

Speakers Club held its second meet on 25th August, Wednesday, at H3 mess(hostels 1, 2 and 3) and H4 mess (hostels 4 and 10). The meet was an introduction to debate. A total of around 110 freshies came for the meet. The session kicked of with simple debating fundae for about 20-30 minutes. They were then split up into groups of 5-8 a table with one senior each. They were made to speak on simple issues, some of them did small debates. The main agenda of the meet was introduction to  basic debating -building a simple case. A lot of constructive feedback was given. Towards the end we showed them 2 first speeches of prop and opp, and we summarized what was taught in the meet.

Speaker’s Club Orientation

H2 mess. 9.30 p.m. 16th august, Monday. till around 12.15 a.m.

The speakers club freshie orientation started off with much fanfare and bad amplifier
distortion.

A turnout of around a 100 plus freshies came enthusiastically for the orientation,
waiting to see what it was all about, and with the bias of a convener I say , they were
satisfied and more.

The orientation started with an introduction of extempore events, done by the seniors,
events like alphabetical story telling and scenes from a hat, were an instant hit and got
loads of participation from the freshers.

They were then introduced to JAM , a popular IIT pastime. Even here they absorbed it
with much gusto, and many of them stayed back later to see one in action as well.
Finally we got down to the serious stuff, introducing parliamentary debate, with
the topic THW allow performance enhancing drugs in sports competions. First the
freshmen were made to discuss, after which 4 speakers gave speeches with shobhit
explaining the flow of the debate.

Speaker’s Club

The Speakers Club of IIT Bombay prides itself as being the only club where you need no prerequisites to enter, participate and become good. Be it building confidence, incessant blabbering or serious verbal battles, we indulge in everything related to speaking.

The Speakers Club holds meets every fortnight, providing a platform for people to speak and improve their speaking skills, and various activities which include debating, JAM (Just A Minute), MUN(Model United Nations), GD and other forms of extempore speaking are held.

The debating scene of IIT Bombay has grown many folds in the last few years, and IIT Bombay has now become one of the best Debating Institutions in the country.

Another very popular event is the JAM. JAM-ing has for many years been synonymous with IIT Bombay, and it is a great place for people to hone their extempore speaking skills, all in a good laugh.

The Speakers Club meets are open to everyone, and are always an enthralling experience because the atmosphere in the meet leaves you at the end of day, feeling like you have learnt something.

The Speakers Club of IIT Bombay prides itself as being the only club where you need no prerequisites to enter, participate and become good. Be it building confidence, incessant blabbering or serious verbal battles, we indulge in everything related to speaking.
The Speakers Club holds meets every fortnight, providing a platform for people to speak and improve their speaking skills, and various activities which include debating, JAM (Just A Minute), MUN(Model United Nations), GD and other forms of extempore speaking are held.
The debating scene of IIT Bombay has grown many folds in the last few years, and IIT Bombay has now become one of the best Debating Institutions in the country.
Another very popular event is the JAM. JAM-ing has for many years been synonymous with IIT Bombay, and it is a great place for people to hone their extempore speaking skills, all in a good laugh.
The Speakers Club meets are open to everyone, and are always an enthralling experience because the atmosphere in the meet leaves you at the end of day, feeling like you have learnt something.