Report of Annual Intercollegiate Debate (SPCE AD’ 22)

Report on 10^th Annual Inter-collegiate Debate (SPCE AD’ 22)

DATE: 12^th and 13^th November 2022

TIME: 10:00 a.m. onwards.

VENUE: Seminar halls and M.Tech classrooms, SPCE.

AUDIENCE: Participants from other colleges & students of SPCE.            

The Inter-Collegiate Debate held annually, provides a platform for young minds of our generation to nurture their debating skills and put forward their views and opinions on various intriguing and socially and economically relevant issues that we come across.

On the 12th and 13th of November 2022, Sardar Patel College of Engineering held its flagship debate competition, 'SPCE Annual Debate 2022. This was the 10th iteration of SPCE Annual Debate with a tagline for this year "Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice''. It was the first time that the SPCE Annual Debate took place in a Modified Asian Parliamentary Format.

The Day-One of the debate, 12th November 2022 commenced with the inauguration ceremony, followed by an address by the I/C Principal, Dr. M. M. Murudi. It was followed by the introduction of the panel of judges. With everything else set, the battle of wits began. We had an esteemed panel of speakers of house and scholars in their fields to grace this occasion and add to its splendour.

Speakers of the House (Judging Panel): -

Prof. Kaisar Katchi

He is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics, Graphics, 3D Modelling & Printing Professor in the Applied Science & Humanities Department of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology with an M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design) from Sardar Patel College of Engineering. He is also the faculty coordinator for the industrial relations committee & mentor for SPIT’s E-Cell & Spark which is a student-run college magazine. He has been an experienced adjudicator specially for SPCE Annual Debate as well as Voice it Out Cultural Fest Debate.

Mr. Aniket Bomble

He has completed his 3 years LL.B. course from Government Law College Mumbai and has also completed his PG Diploma in IPR from Government Law College Mumbai. He also holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from University of Mumbai in Printing and Packaging Technology. He has a keen interest in Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Rights.

Mr. Vaibhav Hari

He is an engineer-turned-lawyer who practices law as an advocate in India. He primarily practices litigation and dispute resolution in numerous cases involving civil, debt recovery, insolvency and real estate laws. He has pursued Bachelor's of Law (LLB) from Government Law College, Mumbai. Currently he is a legal associate at Wadia Ghandy & Co.

Dr. Ravi Prakash

He is an associate professor in engineering and technology and a TPO. He is also the wing lead of Netarhat Shreeman, NOBA GSR, and a member of MC-CSI Mumbai Chapter. He started his career with Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering in New Delhi and worked with Shree L R Tiwari College of Engineering in Mumbai at the Research and Development platform. He is also currently the Dean and TPO at Bharat College of Engineering in Thane.

Mr. Saurav Patil

He is a Mechanical Engineer with a keen passion for books and squash. He has completed his Diploma from Agnel’s Polytechnic. He is the founder of VanAllen, where he has trained more than 2500 students and professionals. With a Sunday series on his youtube channel, he shares short stories through videos which give a strong message in different aspects.

16 teams from various colleges participated in the event. The first day witnessed some great debates on many socially and economically relevant parliamentary topics. The best eight teams qualified for the next round. With completion of the Elimination rounds, the second day, 13th November 2022, promised a deserving winner for the competition.

The four teams that were qualified for the Semi-finals were:

1. Team A1:
   • Ananya Pandey
   • Kaushal Jagasia
   • Noel Dason
2. Team A3:
   • Avinash Tripathy
   • Adith Nair
   • CV Ananya
3. Team A5:
   • Harakh Patel
   • Gorang Dogra
   • Henry Jose
4. Team A6:
   • Maitreyo Das
   • Dhruvi Shah
   • Tanushree Pateriya

After two rounds of brilliant performance, the final two teams were:

1. Team A1:
   • Ananya Pandey
   • Kaushal Jagasia
   • Noel Dason
2. Team A3:
   • Avinash Tripathy
   • Adith Nair
   • CV Ananya

The final motion –‘This house supports the decision of overturning Roe V Wade’ – invited several different ideas from both the teams.

1. Winner - Team A3:
   • Avinash Tripathy
   • Adith Nair
   • CV Ananya
2. Runner-up - Team A1:
   • Ananya Pandey
   • Kaushal Jagasia
   • Noel Dason

The winning team received a cash prize of Rs.15,000 and the runner-up team received Rs.8,000. Adith Nair bagged the award for the ‘Best Speaker’. He received a cash prize of Rs.2,000.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR ANNUAL INTER-COLLEGIATE DEBATE 2022

Sr. No.	Name of Participant	College	Team
1.	Ananya Pandey	VESIT	A1
2.	Kaushal Jagasia	VESIT	A1
3.	Noel Dason	VESIT	A1
4.	Somrick Biswas	KJSCE	A2
5.	Shreyam Borah	KJSCE	A2
6.	Jeet Sawardekar	KJSCE	A2
7.	Avinash Tripathy	VESIT	A3
8.	CV Ananya	VESIT	A3
9.	Adith Nair	VESIT	A3
10.	Karan Bora	Agnel polytechnic	A4
11.	Shardul Powale	Agnel polytechnic	A4
12.	Maitrey Naik	Agnel polytechnic	A4
13.	Harakh Nitesh Patel	Amity University	A5
14.	Gorang Dogra	Amity University	A5
15.	Henry Boby Jose	Amity University	A5
16.	Maitreyo Das	NMIMS	A6
17.	Dhruvi Shah	NMIMS	A6
18.	Tanushree Pateriya	NMIMS	A6
19.	Kaif Badshah	SPCE	A7
20.	Madan Narayanan	SPCE	A7
21.	Suraj Swami	SPCE	A7
22.	Piyush Kumar	FCRIT	A8
23.	Devanshi Singh	FCRIT	A8
24.	Kedar Pradhan	FCRIT	A8
25.	Sinchan Jha	St. Xavier’s College	B1
26.	Om Gangurde	SPCE	B2
27.	Satwik Mehta	SPCE	B2
28.	Anushri Belurkar	SPCE	B2
29.	Varun Adhiya	SPIT	B3
30.	Sarvesh Birla	SPIT	B3
31.	Hruthwik Aglave	SPIT	B3
32.	Abhieram Bandaru	SPIT	B4
33.	Rohit Gupta	SPIT	B4
34.	Samarth Hirve	SPIT	B4
35.	Mit Prajapati	H.R. College	B5
36.	Prachi Jagyasi	H.R. College	B5
37.	Sanchit Satish Gangwani	H.R. College	B5
38.	Harshita Khemkha	St. Xavier’s College	B6
39.	Aditya Patil	St. Xavier’s College	B6
40.	Divya Dalal	St. Xavier’s College	B6
41.	Muhammad Sheikh	VJIT	B7
42.	Sarth Bora	VJIT	B7
43.	Pradnyan Santosh Shiktode	VJIT	B7
44.	Rohit Chougule	V.G. Vaze College	B8
45.	Omkar Gawade	V.G. Vaze College	B8
46.	Aditya Kandolkar	V.G. Vaze College	B8

PHOTOS

Motions for Annual Inter-collegiate Debate 2022

• This house supports gene editing to be allowed for the purpose of guaranteeing health.
• This house supports that India should open the gates to immigrants
• This house believes that euthanasia should be permitted.
• This house condemns the use of animals as trial specimens for testing.
• This house celebrates the rising forces of transnational solidarity.
• This house would sacrifice economic growth for the good of the environment.
• This house believes that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
• This house believes that the poverty of the third world is the fault of the first world.
• This house believes that military justice is an oxymoron
• This house believes that censorship is subjective & cannot be used in an umbrella approach.
• This house believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defence lawyer
• This house believes developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing countries.
• This house believes that alarmism is more detrimental than good.
• This house believes that the feminist movement of developing countries should lobby for issues primarily based on their likelihood to succeed.
• This House believes that negative political advertising is significantly detrimental to the democratic process.
• This house believes that renewed strength of labor organizations is necessary for a progressive economics.
• Assuming no change in religious beliefs, this house (as the average Muslim woman) will wear the hijab as a mark of protest.
• This house would require persons who work in the media to wait four years before running for public office or working for the government.
• This house believes that the political parties should be able to replace their elected members at any point during their term in office.
• This house believes that imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
• This house supports the decision of overturning Roe V Wade.