Online Debate Competition by IMS Law College [Cash Prizes worth Rs. 25K]: Register by July 31

About the IMS Law College, Noida

IMS Noida, established in 1998, is a premier institute known for its academic excellence and value-based education. It serves both fresh graduates seeking world-class education and also to those who are already employed and want to enhance their managerial skills. IMS also has collaborations with several Universities overseas and seeks to imbibe a global mindset in its students.

Established in 2004, in Sector-62, Noida, IMS Law College, Noida runs under the auspices of IMS Society. The Big Brands Research Academy conferred IMS Law College the Best Law College in Delhi-NCR. The College is approved by the Bar Council of India, recognized by University Grant Commission (UGC) and affiliated with the Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut.

BEBAAK – The IMS Debating Society was formed by the top debaters of IMS Noida in order to provide a platform and create opportunities for the budding debaters, to show and grow their speaking skills and expertise, to learn and guide each other through the nuances of public speaking.

About the Competition

IMS Law College, Noida is organizing असीम – Beyond the Boundaries: 1^st IMS International Online Debate Competition from Aug 20th to Sep 4^th 2021.

“असीम – Beyond the Boundaries” is the 1st IMS International Debate Competition. As the name suggests, it aims to break the shackles of petty regionalism and bring together the brilliant minds from all across the globe on to a single platform, providing them the opportunity to speak their hearts out on the issues of international relevance.

This will be a bi-lingual debate, participants may utilize English or Hindi.
The competition will proceed in 3 rounds: Preliminaries, Semis and Finals.
There will be two levels of the competition taking place parallelly, one for school level participants and one for university level participants, with separate cash prizes for both.
The top 3 winners of the School rounds will also get an opportunity to compete in the finals of the University level rounds to have a chance at the top cash prizes.
English debaters shall compete with other English debaters only, similarly being the case for Hindi debaters, for the preliminary and semi final rounds. Intermixing of top participants from both languages shall take place in the final rounds (please note that there will be no interjections in the final rounds).

Topic

For university-level preliminary round:

“Prostitution should be recognized and legalized globally.”

“वेश्यावृत्तिकोवैश्विकस्तरपरमान्यऔरवैधबनानाचाहिए।“

For school-level preliminary and semi-final round:

“Democratic nations as compared to others, have better chances to develop faster.”

“दूसरेराष्ट्रोंकेमुक़ाबलेलोकतांत्रिकराष्ट्रोंकेपासतेज़ीसेविकसितहोनेकीबेहतरसंभावनाहोतीहै।“

Eligibility

Individual Participation.
- Students of any School (9th to 12th)/ College or University in the World.
School/College Pass-out Students.
- University Pass-outs/Working professionals.
No Cap on number of participants from an institution.

Language

Participants can choose to speak in any of the two languages: English and Hindi.

Participants have to stick to one language throughout the competition.

Prizes

There shall be 3 (Three) categories of prizes:

COMBINED INTERNATIONAL WINNERS

(Only the participants of the International Grand Finale shall be considered for prizes of this category)

International Winner: INR 11,000 / USD 145 + E-Certificate of Merit
International Runner Up: INR 4,000 / USD 50 + E-Certificate of Merit
International 2^nd Runner Up: INR 3,000 / USD 40 + E-Certificate of Merit

UNIVERSITY-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL BEST SPEAKERS

(Participants from all the university level round shall be considered for prizes of this category)

Best Speaker (English): INR 2,000 / USD 25 + E-Certificate of Merit
Best Speaker (Hindi): 2,000 / USD 25 + E-Certificate of Merit
2^nd Best Speaker (English): INR 1,000 / USD 13 + E-Certificate of Merit
2^nd Best Speaker (Hindi): INR 1,000 / USD 13 + E-Certificate of Merit

SCHOOL-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL BEST SPEAKERS

(Only the participants of the School Level International Finale shall be considered for prizes of this category)

School Level Best Speaker: (Cash Prize amount to be declared soon) E-Certificate of Merit
School Level 2^nd Best Speaker: (Cash Prize amount to be declared soon) E-Certificate of Merit
School Level 3^rd Best Speaker: (Cash Prize amount to be declared soon) E-Certificate of Merit

Please Note: The top 3 winners from the school level rounds will be given the opportunity to compete in the International Grand Finale to have a chance at becoming the Combined International Winners as well.

(In case of irregularities between currency exchange rates, the final prize amount in INR shall take precedence)

E-certificates of participation shall be provided to all participants.

Important Dates

S.NO	DATE	CONCERNED DEADLINE
1.	July 17^th, 2021	Registration open
2.	July 31^st, 2021	Last date for early bird registration
3.	August 10^th, 2021	Last date for registration
4.	August 20^th – 24^th, 2021	Preliminary round
5.	August 28^th, 2021	Semifinals
6.	September 2^nd, 2021	School-level international final and valedictory
7.	September 4^th, 2021	International Grand Finale and Valedictory