“Think like a scientist, Speak like an artist” – Shawn Donnan
The Bhawanipur Education Society College in collaboration with the Calcutta Debating Club (CDC) organized a debate workshop on 27th June 2024, from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. in the Society Hall where professional debate coaches from prestigious institutions like Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and the London School of Economics presided over the workshop and shared their valuable insights. Ms. Heather and Mr. Jordan led the workshop along with the other debate coaches helping them out. Mr. Shawn Donnan, a renowned personality in the world of debate and International Relations addressed the audience via a heartful and overwhelming video message. He stated that “debating doesn’t only consist of proving a point, it also involves analyzing, being substantial, and convincing the audience as well.”
In the latter half of the workshop, Ms. Heather divided the 18 participants into 3 groups consisting of 6 students each. One group comprised the absolute beginners while the other two comprised people who have had prior experience in debating. The break-out session of 90 minutes was conducted to walk the students through the “OXFORD DEBATE FORMAT” which is dominant in the continent of Europe and is slowly making its way through other countries as well. “ Prediction now, Action then” was something that Ms. Heather and Mr. Joe taught as the basics to prepare for a debate. The students were given motions, asked to interact, make propositions, and had the opportunity to clear any doubts they had regarding the format.
This exciting and delightful workshop came to an end with Prof. Dilip Shah, Rector and Dean of Student Affairs delivering a vote of thanks and expressing his gratitude for the remarkable success of this workshop. The students claimed to have a wonderful and enthralling learning experience and said that they look forward to more of this.
“Research is formalized curiosity, it is poking and prying with a purpose.”, this quote is the perfect assimilation of the Seminar held on 15th May, 2023 from 10:30 am onwards at Jubilee Hall of The Bhawanipur College. The event was organized by Prof. Minakshi Chaturvedi, Coordinator BCom Morning & Prof. Ibrahim Hussain (Coordinator) of the …
The Bhawanipur Education Society College hosted “Math-Magic”, a session for interested students on solving everyday mathematical problems in fun and simple ways. The event was headed by Mr. Debdeep Chakraborty, Chief Mentor of IMS Kolkata, with over 19 years of experience having mentored over 10k mentees. After brief exchanges the event officially commenced at 11:27 …
500 plus students, the entire Board of Trustees and all the senior teachers holding hands to take the solemn pledge to donate blood; putting their hands on their hearts as they sang the National Anthem to reiterate the promise – one doesn’t get to witness such events in a hurry, going even by the Bhawanipur …
The flyer was released in internet on 7thSeptember, 2020. The registration was free but mandatory. Registration was conducted through Google form. The college management provided required financial and technical support for the webinar. The webinar was approved by IQAC of the college. Total number of registered person was 93. Total number of students and teachers …
Debating excellence 2024
“Think like a scientist, Speak like an artist”
– Shawn Donnan
The Bhawanipur Education Society College in collaboration with the Calcutta Debating Club (CDC) organized a debate workshop on 27th June 2024, from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. in the Society Hall where professional debate coaches from prestigious institutions like Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and the London School of Economics presided over the workshop and shared their valuable insights. Ms. Heather and Mr. Jordan led the workshop along with the other debate coaches helping them out. Mr. Shawn Donnan, a renowned personality in the world of debate and International Relations addressed the audience via a heartful and overwhelming video message. He stated that “debating doesn’t only consist of proving a point, it also involves analyzing, being substantial, and convincing the audience as well.”
In the latter half of the workshop, Ms. Heather divided the 18 participants into 3 groups consisting of 6 students each. One group comprised the absolute beginners while the other two comprised people who have had prior experience in debating. The break-out session of 90 minutes was conducted to walk the students through the “OXFORD DEBATE FORMAT” which is dominant in the continent of Europe and is slowly making its way through other countries as well. “ Prediction now, Action then” was something that Ms. Heather and Mr. Joe taught as the basics to prepare for a debate. The students were given motions, asked to interact, make propositions, and had the opportunity to clear any doubts they had regarding the format.
This exciting and delightful workshop came to an end with Prof. Dilip Shah, Rector and Dean of Student Affairs delivering a vote of thanks and expressing his gratitude for the remarkable success of this workshop. The students claimed to have a wonderful and enthralling learning experience and said that they look forward to more of this.
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