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LAW COLLEGE DEHRADUN

AARAMBH – THE DEBATING SOCIETY
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR
2019-2020
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

S NO. ITEMS PAGE NO.

1 List of Functionaries 3
2 Events organized 4-7
3 Events participated 8
4 Photographs 9-11
 List of functionaries

S. Name Designation Designation

No. in the
Committee
1. Prof.(Dr.) Principal & Dean Patron
Rajesh
Bahuguna
Mr. Amit Asstt. Prof. in Chairperson
2 Kumar
Sociology
Chaudhary
3 Aman Singh Student Convener
4 Anannya Bhatt Student Convener
5 Twinkle Purohit Student Treasurer
6 Anushka Joshi Student Sr. Executive
Member
7 Jolly Singh Student Sr. Executive
Member
8 Simran Juneja Student Sr. Executive
Member
9 Shubham Bahuguna Student Sr. Executive
Member
10 Anupriya Poddar Student Executive
Member
11 Manu Kumar Singh Student Executive
Member
12 Manvi Agarwal Student Executive
Member
13 Nimit Saroha Student Executive
Member
14 Ananya Gosain Student Member
15 Apurva Latiyan Student Member
16 Bhawna Shah Student Member
17 Mansi Singh Student Member
18 Oinak Singh Bahadur Student Member
 Events organized

1. Debater of the year

26th February 2019

Topic: THBT All Legislative and Parliamentary Elections should be conducted

simultaneously in India

On 26 February, Aarambh - The Debating Society Law College Dehradun

Faculty of Uttaranchal University organized its flagship event the 3 rd edition of
‘Debater of the Year’ academic session 2019.
The event was graced by the benign presence of Hon’ble chief guest Shri.
Jitendra Joshi, Dr. Abhishek Joshi Director of Student Affairs and I.T. services,
dignified patron Dean and Principal Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna and Prof.
(Dr.) Poonam Rawat H.O.D. (Law) .The judging panel comprised of-Mr.
Kumar Ashutosh H.O.D. (Humanities and Language), Mr. Aman Rab
Advocate, founding partner of Rab & Rab associates and Mr. Pradeep Sati ,
Freelance journalist. A total of 10 debaters inspired the crowd with their
beautiful and persuasive speeches.

The gathering was addressed by Dean and Principal, Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh
Bahuguna of Law College Dehradun where he emphasized the need to debate,
its importance and how it helps budding lawyers. He praised the debaters as
well as Aarambh-The Debating Society for organizing The Debater of the Year.
The crowd was also addressed by Mr. Rab and Mr. Sati, treasured alumni of
Aarambh, who praised the debaters and shared their insights on how debating
works. Mr. Kumar Ashutosh shared his experiences with debating and thanked
the crowd.

Nitish Kumar and Saumya Singh won the title of ‘Debater of the Year’ and
received cash prize of Rs. 2100 each. Due to the brilliant performance of all the
debaters, the Hon’ble chancellor awarded all the participants with a cash prize.
The event concluded with the national anthem.

2. 3rd Edition of Concours De Debate,2019

29th March 2019

Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal applauded Aarambh – The Debating Society of
Law College Dehradun for taking up a topic which is immensely ignored but of
utmost importance to the country, defense indigenization.
The Debate was on the motion ‘THBT the defense inigenisation program does
more harm than good.’
Speakers for the motion spoke that the economy of India is not ready for such a
big program and that our programs do not match up to the global standards. A
speaker raised a point that there are several programs such as Tejas which took
32 years to be incorporated.
However, a speaker against the motion rebutted by saying that the delay was
due to India being new to the concept. The against speakers also asserted that
during the 1960 crisis period of India ,indigenous aircrafts were still being
produced and therefore, the efficiency of the defence indigenization program
cannot be questioned.
In general, speakers for the motion believed that the politicization of the
program is a major cause for the downfall of the program.However, in general,
speakers against the motion believed that India’s geopolitical condition requires
for it to attain a hegemonic status such as that of China which may be attained
through Defence Indigenisation.
A total of 50 debaters participated in the debate.
Jamia Millia Islamia,s Reem Qamar and Chandan Prakash Bharadwaj were
crowned the best English and best Hindi Speakers respectively. Aligarh Muslim
University bagged the best English team while Jamia Millia Islamia baaged the
best Hindi team.Jamia Millia Islamia claimd the rolling trohy for the 3 rd Edition
of Concours De Debat,2019.
3. Srijan’2019
22th April 2019

Topic: Legal Discussion Forum on the Necessity of Compulsion of Aadhar

card.
On 22nd April, Law College Dehradun organized the 3 rd edition of Srijan a legal
discussion forum, under the aegis of Aarambh-The Debating Society.
The event was marked by the benign presence of dignified patron, Dean and
Principal Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahugana and Prof. (Dr.) Poonam Bhagat H.O.D.
(Law). The event started with a few beautiful words from Hon’ble Dean and
Principal Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna where he explained the origin of Srijan
and why is it conducted. Srijan composed of 2 panels, Panel 1 comprised of
YPS and Legal Aid Society and Panel 2 of MCS and Aarambh-The Debating
Society. Each Panel presented their views on Aadhar, its necessity, pros and
cons.
The gathering was addressed by Mr. Bahuguna at the end of the discussion
where he provided further insight on how healthy legal discussion is needed to
spread awareness about different topics in the college.
The legal discussion yielded light on the need for Aadhar, its history, benefits
and uses, short comings and drawbacks and ways to fix them. It helped spread
the knowledge and awareness required around such a contentious topic.
4. Intra Mural Debate Competition
18th October, 2019

On 18th of October 2019,Aarambh-The Debating Society of Law College

Dehradun, Faculty of Uttaranchal University organised the Intra-Mural Debate
Competition 2019. The topic of the Debate was” THBT Strict laws against Mob
lynching is the need of the hour”

The Chief guest for the event was Dr. Abhishek Joshi,Director,Student Affairs
and I.T. Services. The event was also graced by the presence of Prof. (Dr,)
Rajesh Bahuguna, Dean and Principal and Dr. Poonam Rawat,H.O.D. Law.

The judging panel comprised of Mr. Kumar Ashutosh,H.O.D. Humanities and

Languages, Dr. Lakshmi Priya Vinjamuri and Ms. Smriti Uniyal.

A Total of 14 participants competed in the final round of the competition.The

winning prize was given to Ishu Bharadwaj(in english) and Parth Narayan
Singh(in hindi).

5. Shashtra-Samuh (Lit Fest 2020)

This was an Inter-Collegiate Literary Festival held in 2020 through virtual
platforms. The event was held in the last week of June 2020. It consisted of
three events- Argumentative Essay Writing Competition, Short Story Writing
Competition, Poetry Writing Competition. From registration to final
submission, the entire event took place online. The result for the same was
declared through the official page of the society on facebook. Students
participated in huge numbers. The event was a great success

6. VICHARDHARA 2020
On 11th July, 2020, AARAMBH- The Debating Society in collaboration with
its knowledge partner YOGYA- empowering society organised
VICHARDHARA 2020. It was an online webinar hosted on the Zoom platform
which was chaired by two keynote speakers Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri,
former judge, Supreme Court of India and Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna,
Hon’ble vice chancellor (officiating), Uttaranchal University. The session also
marked the presence of Prof. (Dr.) Poonam Rawat, Principal Law College
Dehradun and Mr. Amit Kumar, Chairperson of AARAMBH the Debating
Society. The session was also joined by many participants from across the
country.
The topic for the session was Alternative Dispute Resolution- an alternative
to traditional approach.The session started with welcome address to the
speakers and acknowledgement of their achievements by the moderator for the
session, Jolly Singh. The topic was first addressed by Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh
Bahuguna where he spoke about Introduction to ADR. The Second Address to
the topic was given by Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri where he spoke about
mediation and its scope in India. After the respective address to the topic by the
keynote speakers, Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna cleared the doubts of the
participants by answering to the queried questions. The session was concluded
by vote of thanks given by the chairperson of AARAMBH- The Debating
Society.
 List of events participated

1. On 14th September a team of Aarambh, comprising of Anannya and

Twinkle Purohit, were declared as the Best Team thereby the Winners,
among the 34 other teams that participated in the Debate from various
law colleges around the country. The National Legal Debate was
organised by Gitaratan International School Centre for legal studies.
Photographs