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Introduction:
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
inaugurated ‘Digital India’ with the launch
of 'Digital India Week' campaign in the
national capital, with a view to sensitize
people of our country through the Digital
India Programme. Digital India is an
Umbrella Programme covering many
departments. It weaves together a large
number of ideas and thoughts into a single,
comprehensive vision so that each of them is
seen as part of a larger goal.
Being a proponent of technology and
digitization, SNDT WU is diligent about the
digital literacy and digital empowerment of
present and future students. In pursuance of
this, the University has created a road map
for the digital empowerment of its
stakeholders and has completed the
following:
- Connecting its three campuses viz. Churchgate, Juhu and Pune through a virtual tunnel.
- Creating WiFi connectivity on its
three campuses - in progress
- Intranet Portal using a platform -
‘Susmavad’ - for communication across
all the three campuses.
Several student centric applications are
being developed and deployed on all three
campuses.
The Contest:
SNDTWU is organizing a
Debate Competition, to provide the young
thinking minds of the university a
prodigious opportunity to portray their
debating skills.
The competition intends to foster the
ability of the student to look at issues
that concern her as the citizen of a country
with a glorious past which is on the
threshold of significant change brought in
technology and communication. It also aims
to reward young professionals whose
contributions and technological ideas will
definitely have a positive impact on society
in the near future.
Rules and Guidelines of the Debate Competition:
- Structure
- The Competition is divided into
Senior and Junior divisions (under
graduate, postgraduate).
Senior division
includes participants registered for
Masters/Post Graduate programmes and,
Junior Division includes participants
registered for any kind of undergraduate
programme.
- The participants should be
registered in any of the above-mentioned
courses in India and
should be a student
of SNDT WU
- Languages: English, Hindi and Marathi
- Topics:
- Digital Infrastructure as a
Utility to Every Citizen: a boon or
curse?
- Governance & Services on Demand:
a boon or curse?
- Will the Swachh Bharat Mission
(SBM) Mobile app help transform
cities into clean cities?
- Internet of things will make
life more comfortable?
- Is media creating or corrupting
generations?
- Will IT innovations make life
more comfortable?
- Should students be allowed to
use internet in classrooms?
- Should students be allowed to
use mobile phones in college?
- Can technology replace teachers?
- Digital India Campaign of the
Government will revolutionize the
India nation or be another political
gimmick?
- Procedure for Debate:
- Interested participants have to
register as a group of two.
- Colleges/Departments are
required to conduct internal
competitions at the college level
and
register names of the best team
for the University level Competition
on
http://goo.gl/forms/jkm2IzaVlm
- The preliminary rounds for the
conducted colleges and university
departments will be
conducted on the
8th August 2015
- The preliminary round for the
affiliated colleges will be
conducted on 12th August 2015.
- The Final round among the best 8
teams will be conducted in the Juhu
campus on 13th August
2015.
- Each team will have two members
and will get 2 minutes per
participants followed by open
discussion between the two teams for
5 Minutes.
- The Debate will be in the turn
court format.
- The Topic will be chosen from
the list provided above by lucky
draw on the day of the
competition
itself.
- Teams speaking for and against
the motion will be decided by lucky
draw on the day of the
competition.
- Criteria For Assessment:
- Content
- Clarity
- Structure
- Language
- Overall impression
- Contest Deadlines:
- Registration at
College/Department level : 02/08/15
- College/Department Level
Competition : 04/08/2015
- Registration for winners for
University Level Preliminary Round:
06/08/2015
- Preliminary Rounds for
University Depts./Conducted Colleges
(same day on 3 campuses to select 2
teams from each Campus) : 8/8/2015
- Preliminary Round for Affiliated
Colleges: 12/8/2015
- Final (8 Teams) : 13/8/2015
The Final day: Saturday, August
15, 2015
The winners of all the contests of Digital
India Campaign will be felicitated on
Independence Day by the hands of the Chief
Guest.
For any queries regarding the contest kindly
contact
debate@di.sndt.ac.in OR
admin@di.andt.ac.in
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