Team India are World Champions!
Team India, selected and trained by ISDS won the World Schools Debating Championships 2019 that took place in Bangkok, Thailand between the 24th and 31st of July.

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AN OVERVIEW OF OUR IMPACT

6000
Yearly ecosystem(1) student reach across 55+ cities
150
Volunteers supporting us yearly as of 2023
54
Representation of girls in our direct programming
33
Tier 2/3 city representation in our direct programming
13
Championships won historically, including WSDC(2)
7
Total 'World's Best Speaker' awards in WSDC and ICYD(3)
85
Team India alumni entering a top univ.(4) for undergrads
9
Average participation feedback across ISDS programmes

Note(s): (1) Ecosystem reach refers to direct reach through enrollment in our programmes and indirect partner programming and downstream effects (2) The World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) is the most prestigious debating tournament for school students in the world, where students represent their countries (3) The International Competition for Young Debaters (ICYD) is the largest, most prestigious under 15 debating tournament hosted by the Cambridge and Oxford Unions (4) Top 10 in the country that the institution is in (5) Yearly data is calculated based on 2023


The Indian Schools Debating Society (ISDS) is a not-for-profit organization, powered by the Ramco Group of Companies, that aims to take competitive debating to students across India. Since its inception in 2008 in Chennai, when a mere 5 schools came together to learn debating, ISDS has taken on activities every year to encourage students bloom into mature and politically involved problem solvers.

A pioneer in bringing the ‘World Schools Debating Championship’ format of debating to India, ISDS continually trains young Indians with the assistance of the best debaters from around the world, creating a new pool of ever growing fierce Indian debaters that are eager to give back.

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