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WWW.YPSPATIALA.IN• Women Emancipation in the World is Complete• Presidents in India are a PoliticalExtravaganza• India has , finally, come of Age in Sports• Global Warming is not Caused by Man’sMisdemeanors• Modern Gadgets Blur the Difference betweenReality and Illusion• Collapse of ‘Euro’ would shatter the WorldEconomy• A Modern Student is fast becoming theTeacher’s GuruThe Yadavindra Public School, Patiala,was represented by Sehajbir Uppal,Vireet Randhawa and Riya Singla in theGold team and Ankush Goyal, HashneenChauhan and Jashanjit Kaur in the Maroonteam.The Inauguration ceremony was held on 11thOctober where Ms. Rosa Kucherskyj ,Principal, theBritish Co-Ed High School, Patiala, was the ChiefGuest and Mr. Vivek Bhasin, a former Sea Captainin the Indian Merchant navy and a widely-travelledperson, was the Guest of Honour. The inaugurationceremony was followed by the preliminary, thequarter-final and the semi-final rounds . All thedebates were judged by a panel of eminent judgesranging from prominent educationists, formerPrincipals of reputed schools and lecturers ofleading colleges of the cityThe finals were held in the evening of 12th October.The Chief guest for the occasion was Mr. RameshVenkateshwaran , a notable IIT Graduate, formerHeadmaster ,Lawrence School, Lovedale , and ,presently, Director, Patni Computer System Limited.The final round was preceded by the HardlinersDebate to decide the third and the fourth position.The two teams competing were Modern School andYadavindra Public School, Mohali and the topic forthe debate was, ’ Arab Spring is Here to Stay’.The two teams to reach the final round were AitchisonCollege and Yadavindra Public School, Patiala (Gold).The topic for the debate was, ‘It’s All AboutMe.’ The debate was judged by Maj Gen(retd) BSGrewal, Capt Vivek Bhasin, Mr. Janajit Ray, Principal,Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, Mr. JagpreetSingh, Headmaster, Punjab Public School, Nabha,and Mrs. Narinder Dhundhia, Principal , Kanital PublicSchool, Patiala.The final positions were-I-Aitchison College, LahoreThe winners, Aitchison College, receive their trophyII- Yadavindra Public School, Patiala(Gold)III-Modern School, New DelhiIV-Yadavindra Public School, MohaliPranay Lekhi from Modern School wasdeclared the Best SpeakerThree Principal’s special prizes weregiven to speakers who could notmake it to final round but performedoutstandingly throughout the debates.The three speakers to receive this prizewere- Mannat Tipnis from LawrenceSchool, Sanawar, Himmat Singh fromYadavindra Public School, Mohali , andJashanjit Kaur from Yadavindra PublicSchool,Patiala.A Variety Entertainment programme was alsopresented by school students during the courseof the debates.…Taking Stock-Eminent judges watching the final round of the exciting debate49