The Asian School, Dehradun bagged the 21st Asian Challenge organized here on 21 April 2023 in the White House Court this evening. They stood entitled to the Rolling Trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 15,000/-. “Ann Mary School, Dehradun” emerged the first Runners–up and won cash prize of rupees 5,000/-.
As per the tradition The Asian School never competes for the trophy therefore the rolling trophy and the cash prize were awarded to Ann Mary School, Dehradun and the cash prize of rupees 5,000/- and the runners up trophy were awarded to The Asian School, Dehradun
The competition witnessed a participation of 20 students from 10 schools from the town.
The participants from, St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun St. Jude’s, Dehradun, RIMC, Scholar’s Home , Dehradun, Ann Mary School, Dehradun, Summer Valley Dehradun, Shri Ram Centennial School ,Dehradun, The Aryan School , Dehradun, Doon International School, Dehradun, and The Asian School, Dehradun spoke for and against the proposition-
“There Is No Justification For War”
The event was judged by Ms. Pallavi Gupta, (HOD, DCD), Ms. Neelum Sethi (HOD English Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy) And Mr. Jasmeet Kalra (Founder & CEO IDKA Education Naturoganics), motivational speaker.
The results of this Inter – School Debate were as follows:
Best Speaker – (For) Himangi Pant (The Asian School)
Best Speaker – (Against) Priyanshi Aggarwal (The Asian School, Dehradun)
Best Rebuttal – (For) Himangi Pant (The Asian School) & Siddhi Khurana (Shri Ram Centennial School )
Best Rebuttal – (Against) Priyanshi Aggarwal (The Asian School) & Ayush Goswami (RIMC School)
Best Team The Asian School
The Principal of The Asian School and the Judges lit the lamp and gave this occasion an auspicious beginning.
Speaking on the occasion The Judges Ms. Pallavi Gupta, Ms. Neelum Sethi and Mr. Jasmeet Kalra congratulated the winners and said that the topic was quite exciting and was eloquently dealt with by the students. They spoke in high volumes about the level of awareness, on the issue showcased, by the young participants.
Ms. Ruchi Pradhan Datta The Principal gave away the prizes to the winners. Also present on the occasion were Mr. Gagan Jyot Juneja, Director of The Asian School, Mr. Mukesh Nangia, Head Senior School, Ms. Prachi Mehrotra Head Mistress, , the entire faculty, students and guests.
The programme was jointly compared by Vasundhara Chaudhary, Naisha Dhyani And Master Divyaansh Nagra.
The event concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by the Head Girl ,Dishita Pandey.
