World School Debating Championship (WSDC) is being held at Qatar and five Chennai students have been shortlisted for the prestigious event. The event will take place between February 8 and 18, 2010. The Indian team is being sponsored by Ramco Systems.
Five students were selected by Coach Andrew Fitch after various test and the students have been given laborious training for the championship.
Ten schools participated in the selection and among them Ms. Aditi Aggarwal (Team Leader), Ms. Madhulika S & Ms. Chetana (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Secondary School, K.K. Nagar) and Mr. Sanchith Shivakumar and Mr. Siddarth Shrikanth (Bala Vidya Mandir) are selected to represent the Indian team from Chennai.
The coordinators Ms. Rama J. Sudev from Arsha Vidya Mandir and Mr. Krishna Kumar from Bala Vidya Mandir will escort the team to Qatar.
Ms Sayeqa Islam, a renowned debater, will provide support for the Indian team in Qatar.
Ramco Systems, Vice-Chairman, Managing Director & CEO said, “Platforms such as these provide young minds a brilliant opportunity to present themselves internationally and interact with the best coaches and students from other prestigious schools. This CSR project from Ramco is one of the highlights of this year which will indicate sustainable amount of growth in developing leadership skills, advance business success, prosperity & public recognition for these students going forward. Last tournament our children has fared quiet well and we hope they would certainly do better this year.”
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