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ISDS Leads India to Historic Global Victory at WSDC 2025
July 22- August 1, 2025, India Crowned World Champions at WSDC 2025 in Panama; Sweeps Individual Speaker Awards
Four Wins in Five Years: ISDS Reigns at ICYD 2025
May 4, 2025 – The Indian Schools Debating Society (ISDS) achieved another milestone at the International Competition for Young Debaters (ICYD) 2025, winning both the Open Championship Trophy and the ESL Championship Trophy.
Team India finish as Quarterfinalists at WSDC 2023
From July 18-28, Team India attended the first in-person WSDC held in the last four years in Hanoi, Vietnam. Team India finished at the Championship as Quarterfinalists, bowing out in a close 4-3 split to the Team from Scotland.
ISDS achieves a hat-trick at ICYD, with another win in 2023
Earlier, on the 30th of April 2023, ISDS fielded 4 teams from various schools in India to compete in the ICYD 2023 Finals Day held at Cambridge. Hitishaa Goyal (15) and Akhilesh Palakodeti (14) won the Championship!
ISDS Gets Featured in The Wire
By The Wire: ISDS – The Organisation Behind India’s Rise as Debating World Champions
Indian teenagers win the ICYD 2022
By The Telegraph Online: Team India, represented by Hitishaa Goyal and Rasmika Rangarajan from the Indian Schools Debating Society (ISDS), have been crowned champions of the International Competition for Young Debaters (ICYD) 2022.
Team India Wins at WSDC 2019
The World Schools Debating Championship 2019 was held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 24th to 31st. For the first time in ISDS history, Team India have emerged world champions.
Mini Worlds Chennai 2019
Mini Worlds Chennai 2019 was the first international World School Debating Championship (WSDC) style tournament to take place in Chennai, India between 19th and 21st July, 2019, where 12 national debating teams from around the world participated.
Indian Debating Squad for 2019 announced
Students finished a 5 day selection camp that took place in Chennai from 29th Dec, 2018 to 2 Jan, 2019 where the talented squad for 2019 was selected.
Team India meets with Shri Prakash Javadekar
Team India meets with Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development.