Eloquence and Excellence

Apoorv Gupta of Class 10 A and Sudarshan Manikantan of Class 9 A of Team DAIS were one of 4 teams of the Indian Contingent that were selected by ISDS (Indian Schools Debating Society) to participate at the Finals Day of ICYD (International Competition for Young Debaters) at Oxford University, UK.

The ICYD is the world's most prestigious British Parliamentary Debate competition for U15, hosted by Oxford Union and Cambridge Union alternatingly. The Finals Day was held at the Grand Chambers of Oxford Union on 20th April. After four rounds of debating, Team DAIS defeated other high school teams from London, Korea, Canada, etc, and qualified for the ESL Finals. Sudarshan Manikantan bagged the Best Overall Speaker and the Best ESL Speaker award, whereas Apoorv Gupta won the Second Best Overall Speaker and the Second Best ESL Speaker award.