10th All India Shri Naveen Agarwal Ji Memorial Inter-School English Debate Competition – 202128-Aug-2021

Overcoming the challenges posed by Covid-19 in conducting Inter School competitions, Unison World School successfully organized the 10th All India Shri Naveen Agarwal Ji Memorial Inter-School English Debate Competition, virtually on 28th August 2021, the loving memory of its visionary founding father late Shri Naveen Agarwal Ji. The event equips students to gain multi-faceted knowledge cutting across several disciplines, develop critical thinking and express themselves rationally. This year students from 15 prestigious schools of the country participated in the competition. The event was graced by Ms. Sangita Gairola, an educationist, entrepreneur and social activist, as the esteemed chief guest. The judges and the audience witnessed extensive arguments presented by young exhilarating minds. The first round comprised of an extemporary form of debate on the topic, “This House believes that the fast-moving life of today has taken everyone’s capacity to think. The second round was ‘Turncoat session in which students spoke for and against the topic which was provided to them two minutes prior to their speech.’ The judges and the audience witnessed extensive arguments presented by young exhilarating minds. In the first round, Ananayana Rajesh Singhvi of Jayshree Periwal International School was declared the best speaker. Adithya Kishore of Loyola School Sreekaryam and Manya Sharma of Jodhamal Public School, Jammu were declared the first and second runner up respectively. In the Turncoat round, Aadi Jain of St. George’s College, Mussoorie was declared the best speaker, and Kriti Patni of Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur was declared the first runner up. The rolling trophy for NAM 2021 was bagged by Pathways School Gurgaon.