A friendly debate between Team Zimbabwe and Team DPS Modern Indian School was organized by the school debate club on the 10th of April, 2023 via the web platform Zoom. Members of the debate club along with their coach Ms. Jaya Majumder participated in the online event with zeal and enthusiasm.
Energetic members of the debate club, Gargee Kanade and Ishant Datta anchored the event. Prithwiraj Purkait, an ambitious member of the club played the role of timer and Archit Chhikara entertained the audience with an interactive Kahoot Quiz session testing debating skills.
The debate was an impromptu round on the motion, "This House Supports Corporations to develop their own AI Technology." The debate was chaired by Ms. Victoria Honoridez of Qatar and James Okuku from Zimbabwe. In a nail-biting contest, the side opposition, Team DPS consisting of Abhimanyu Gupta, Aritra Ghosh and Surya Kauthik took the debate after a split decision.
It was a fantastic experience for all the debaters, allowing them to enhance their debating skills for future events.