WSDC 2015

A completely new and otherwise inexperienced Team India won the first 6 debates in a row, going on to be the 15th best team overall and the 3rd best ESL team  in the world. They eventually lost out in the octofinals to Singapore, the team that went on to win the tournament undefeated. Art Ward also went on to adjudicate the semi-final.

• Aniroodh Ravikumar: Aniroodh is currently studying Physics and Computer Science at Cornell University, and is among the 4 Indian students in the country to receive the prestigious Tata scholarship. He was part of the Indian team at WSDC 2015 that was adjudged the 3rd best ESL team in the world and the team at AWSDC 2016 that won the tournament.
• Tejaswini Krishnaprasad: Tejaswini is pursuing a degree in law at Durham University in the UK. She was also a part of the Indian team at WSDC 2015 that was adjudged the 3rd best ESL team in the world and the team at AWSDC 2016 that won the tournament
• Sudarshan Shrikanth: Sudarshan is pursuing law at Jindal Global Law School, Haryana, receiving the prestigious studentship after securing the All India rank of 93 in the LSAT examinations. He was a part of the Indian team at WSDC 2015 that was adjudged the 3rd best ESL team in the world.
• Hemanth Chakravarthy: Hemanth represented India at WSDC 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2017, he was ranked the 8^th best ESL speaker in the world.
• Thejashri Madhav Supriya: Thejashri was part of the Indian team that was the 15th best nation overall and the 3rd best English as a Second Language nation at WSDC 2015, Singapore.

Amrithavarshini Venkatesh

Amrithavarshini Venkatesh: Varshini has been associated with ISDS first as a debater on Team India (in 2008 and 2012) and now as a coach (starting 2014). Varshini graduated from the IIT Madras Humanities programme and consulted on international development efforts with the Dalberg Advisors Mumbai office before joining ISDS in full time capacity as Executive Director.

Art Ward

Art holds a Masters degree in law specializing in Intellectual Property from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He completed his BCL Clinical law degree at University College Cork in 2009. Art convened the World Universities’ Debating Championships, in June of 2008. Art was a Grand Finalist and 9th Best Speaker at the World Universities’ Debating Championships (WUDC) held by Koc University, Turkey in 2010. He served as a Deputy Chief Adjudicator at the 2012 WUDC in Manila, Philippines, and as Chief Adjudicator of the 2012 European Universities’ Debating Championships (EUDC) held in Belgrade, Serbia.