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DebSoc Blacklist Policy

  The Blacklist policy from The Debating Society, School of Law, UPES, is our way of maintaining discipline in members and participants by way of punitive action against students violating our policies. There are several violations that can lead to blacklisting, subject to the core committee's discretion at the very end of the procedure, including, but not limited to: 1. Participation in Nationals without the clear consent of the concerned authorities in DebSoc. 2. Backing out of a competition (including Novice, Intra and Nationals) as a participant or a volunteer without clearing it with DebSoc first. 3. Indecent (characterised as insensitive or inapproriate) or laid back (characterised as uninterested or slacking) behaviour on the part of an OC member, participant or volunteer.  These violations can lead to an action against a student where a panel consisting of the higher-authority members of the committee will decide whether the student can participate in future competitio...

Mentor Allotment for 3rd Novice Asian Parliamentary Debate Competition

  Greetings Freshers, The mentor allotment sheet for the 3rd Novice Asian Parliamentary Debate Competition can be found at the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iwRqVNZn-YS_bT9CYlIxvKO-DutCYLVs/view?usp=sharing Please find your names in the list and contact your mentors accordingly. The mentors will help you by guiding you throughout the competition and helping you in understanding the intricacies of debating. Regards, DebSoc

Tabs for DPL: 2020

Greetings, After a very successful first edition of the Debating Premier League, we are proud to present to you the Master Tabs and the Adjudicator Tabs for the event! You can access the Master Tabs here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B2JYqR3dcXne8AibBhOCTgasBzMqGVnH/view?usp=sharing You can access the Adjudicator Tabs here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KhvGmIlT7FhjlEhBdSul36eqTJ9l6g1_/view?usp=sharing We hope that your journey in DPL has been a fruitful one, the journey has just begun, and we wish to see all of you taking part in many more competitions in the future! Regards, DebSoc.

DPL: Terminus - 2020

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  Greetings! Almost two intense months of breathtaking battles later, it's time for the 1st Edition of Debating Premier League to conclude. The Conclusion Ceremony, DPL: Terminus will be held on the 17th of November 2020, 5:00PM IST on Google Meet Hall  https://meet.google.com/kaf-tvsk-pbo There will also be announcements of upcoming debate events.  We expect your excited attendance for the release of Tabs, Ranks and much more! Regards,  DebSoc

Release for Day 4, Round 5, DPL, 2020

  Greetings Participants, All the information is available through the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UM3po5suIQmlW_FOYBTuSS5WdyxKQmFZ/view?usp=sharing ( Make sure you click the 'R5 Day 4' tab in the excel sheet ) Common Information : Date: 27 October, 2020. Time: 5:30PM to log in For Room 1: Team Two Truths One Lie vs Team Akatsuki Panellists: Shubhransi Kumar, Praneet Singh, Kumar Yashowardhan Trainees: Shreya Vijra, Mukut Choudhary, Bhavya Thaman, Jahnvi Pandey, Kushagra Lal Runner: Divyanshi Saxena Link:  https://meet.google.com/bga-odqm-ofh For Room 2: Team Your Opponents vs Team The Debate Team Panellists: Vanshika Batra, Utkarshinee Verma, Sejal Jain Trainees: Dhairya, Wanya Sinha, Nandini Rewari, Kanika Goswami, Gaurav Kumar Runner: Yash Padhi Link:  https://meet.google.com/nom-mrzt-iwx For Room 3: Team The Arabs vs Team The Talking Heads Core: Daksh Dhawan Trainees: Vaibhav Sharma, Aryan Shrivastava, Amisha Gupta, Garima Som...

Release for Day 3, Round 5, DPL, 2020

  Greetings Participants, All the information is available through the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q0ZIVMnP3XYOjCBQTRo95wJvo4yjIZg7/view?usp=sharing ( Make sure you click the 'R5 Day 3' tab in the excel sheet ) Common Information : Date: 26 October, 2020. Time: 5:30PM to log in For Room 1: Team The Showstoppers vs Team The Talking Heads  Panellists: Manoneet Dwivedi, Shubhransi Kumar, Nikita Chauhan Trainees: Shreya Vijra, Harshit Pandey, Wanya Sinha, Juhi Mathur Runner: Tanvi Tanu Link:  https://meet.google.com/xet-ybci-cdk For Room 2: Team The Arabs vs Team Akshat Doesn't Want to be Here  Core: Shivam Pandey Trainees: Aashi Sharma, Vanshika Saraf, Dhairya Kaushik, Srikanth Mahadevan Runner: Amarjeet Link:  https://meet.google.com/yhd-nacm-hwg For Room 3: Team Finesse vs Team Dystopian Demolishers Panellists: Ansh Mittal, Aditi Verma, Vishakha Arya Trainees: Divyanshi Pathak, Neha Sharma, Siddharth Shekhar Runner: ...

Announcement: Law Dexter’s National Debate Competition 2020

  Greetings! The Law Dexter’s National Debate Competition 2020 is open for registration! BACKGROUND: Law Dexter is a student-driven forum that provides opportunities to every young budding mind of the legal fraternity to come forward and share their imaginative and creative legal thoughts and broadcast their skill in legal writing. The competition aims to enhance the oratory and debating skills of participants and take away experience, expertise and excellence. AGENDA: Same-Sex Marriage should be legally recognized. FORMAT: - Conventional Debate in a team of two members.  - Each team shall have in TOTAL 8 MINUTES to speak (each speaker shall speak for at least a 3 minutes).  - 2 extra minutes will be allotted for the rebuttal. DATE OF THE EVENT: Debate shall be conducted from 24th TO 25th OCTOBER 2020. REGISTRATION FEE: Rs. 200 per team LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 22/10/20 Note: As the registration ends tonight please mail the team composition before 9 PM DPL Participants ...