Speech and Debate India students advance Globally!
This is the first in a multi-part series, celebrating
the achievements of Speech and Debate India’s students on a global stage.
“It was a Fairy Tale Beginning!” To rewind, Speech
and Debate India’s Founder, Mr.
Rajiv Kacholia described the journey, “As we were completing our first
year, I wanted our students to start experiencing the excitement of
international debate events. The potential for challenge and development was
more imperative than the inevitable losses at a global level against veteran
programs. On January 2nd, 2021, the Global Chronicles 2.0
course was launched, with a unique pedagogical approach to train gifted
students for international debating formats, in-depth topic analysis, and
developing robust affirmative and negative cases.”
The greatest surprise? Mr. Kacholia added, “My goal was for our
teams to become globally competitive in 5 years. So, it was a deeply proud
moment, after just 5 weekends of coaching, as we all gathered online after each
round at the Stanford University Debate Tournament in February to hear
that some of our teams were already starting to win international tournament
rounds. And now in 3 months, one of our High School teams won 5 of 6
preliminary rounds. We were thrilled! They then powered through Doubles, Octa finals,
and Quarterfinals, all the way to Semifinals at the Georgetown
University Debate Tournament – that was incredible, an unexpected early
milestone!”
Advancing Indian debate. In its first 3 months, Speech and Debate
India’s Global Chronicles students have rapidly advanced India on the global
debate map. Middle School and High School Global Chronicles teams have been
recognized as finalists by reaching elimination rounds at each of its first
four tournaments. These have included Stanford University, Harvard
University, and the recent Georgetown University Debate Tournaments.
Student perspectives? Here are four of Speech and Debate India’s
outstanding Middle School and High School debaters on their experience at
the Georgetown University tournament. More student views are available athttps://www.speechdebateindia.com/students
A research-backed
approach. Speech and
Debate India’s debate courses are taught live by U.S. faculty to advance
student leadership skills and train for Regional, National, International
tournaments.Mr.
Rajiv Kacholia is a former
U.S. State Debate Champion, an alumnus of Stanford University and Goldman
Sachs, and Founder of Speech and Debate India, empowering students across
India. Mr. Kacholia’s unique pedagogy is research-backed with collaborative
formats that are rigorous and exciting. Courses and tournament experience help introverts
and extroverts gain confidence, develop critical thinking skills, and nurture
creativity, key 21st century skills. Learn more at https://www.speechdebateindia.com/academy
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