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THIMUN Singapore   MUN Award Winners


 THIMUN Singapore, one of the premiere international MUNs offered by the THIMUN Foundation was an insightful learning
 experience. The Chairs, Presidents and Deputy Chairs contributed to an atmosphere of mutual exchange of ideas, opinions and   ABMUN
 beliefs. Delegates were encouraged to debate and deliberate at all moments, be it amendments, resolutions or through bloc
 politics. The opportunity for developing crucial real-world skills such as public speaking, critical thinking and decisiveness with the   Best Delegate
 overall online experience was extremely enriching for all involved. The international implementation of a dedicated Web-App made   Ojas Bajaj - Cold War Summit
 the entire 5-day conference efficient, with a multitude of   Outstanding Delegate
 resources effectively collated in a single location, easing   Hridank Garodia - DISEC
 the processes for lobbying, viewing resolutions and
        Honourable Mention
 sending in amendments. Perhaps most of all, THIMUN was
        Yash Muthalia - Futuristic United Nations Office
 made successful by the presence of delegates from several   on Outer Space Affairs
 ethnic and national backgrounds, leading to a wide variety
        Aanya Shah - Special Economic Crisis Summit
 of perspectives presented and broadening the world view
 of all involved. It was truly liberating to interact with   Saachi Gupta - ECOFIN
 several individuals with unique, diverse upbringings and   Verbal Mention
 thought processes, fostering a sense of international-  Ishaan Surve - ECOFIN
 mindedness.
 Param Davda and Aditya Ankhad, IGCSE Grade 10
                                                                 CMUN


 Junior DAIMUN                                                   Outstanding Delegate
                                                                 1.  Dhruv Kapadia       Legal Committee
 Over the 16th and 17th of September, 128                        2.  Naiessha Nayyar   Legal Committee
 students of Grades 7 and 8 participated in
                                                                 Honourable mention
 Junior DAIMUN, exposing them to the world of
 MUN and Press in preparation for the                            1.  Arhaan Desai        Futuristic African Union, 2029
 upcoming DAIMUN 2022 conference. The                            2.  Tejas Chakrabarti   Pakistan National Assembly
 conference was run by the leadership team of
 DAIMUN 2022 and welcomed more than 100
 delegates. Three committees were in
 session over the course of the conference:   SpringMUN
 the Commission on Sustainable
 Development, the Disarmament and
 International Security Committee, and the
 Human Rights Council. These committees
 tackled global issues such as the question
 of the social crises in the Horn of Africa
 (CSD), measures to prevent corporate
 human rights abuses (HRC),
 and curbing the increase in excessive military expenditure
 (DISEC). Delegates worked together to vote on resolutions, a
 few of which passed successfully! The Press team at Junior
 DAIMUN 2022 comprised of four main departments: writing,
 illustration, layout, as well as videography and photography.
 They worked to release two issues of the Junior Daily MUNtra
 as well as a compelling after movie made by the videography   Honourable Mention  Best Young Delegate  Outstanding Delegate
 and photography department that beautifully summed up the   Aryana Barai - Russia UNHRC  Tiana Dalal - Delegate of Venezuela DISEC  Arjun Kulshreshtha - India DISEC
 success of Junior DAIMUN 2022!  Tithi Agrawal - South Africa UNHRC  Pratham Jalan -  Co-delegate of Switzerland  Bose Sullivan Kaikini - Timothy Gribben - SFA
                                        Shruti Swamy - CTC Delegate of Israel

           SISMUN

           Best Delegate                            Outstanding Delegate
           Anoushka Tandon - Merchant of Venice     Riddimma Sampat and Tisha Chadda - Merchant of Venice
           Agastyaa Goradia - UNGA                  Aanya Shah - UNGA
           Aditya Padgaonkar and Naiessha Nayyar -  Rushaan Agarwal and Atishaya Gupta - Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
           UNHRC and UNHCR                          Hrishita Shah - NATO
           Sachchit Jha and Ayaan Shah - Lok Sabha and   Special Mention
           Rajya Sabha                              Tithi Agrawal and Ishaan Surve - UNHCR and UNHRC


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