SEMESTER 5 2011
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
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| Shravya Amrutha Pratibha Lakshmi Aswathy Bhavya |
GROUP MEMBERS:-
LAKSHMI S NAIR
CK PRATIBHA
AMRUTHA T
ASWATHY S PILLAI
B SHRAVYA
BHAVYA G
PROJECT OBJECTIVE:-
The main objective of our project was to conduct various phases of debate and find out the best debating department in our college. We also considered this project as a pathway to build our confidence, leadership qualities, managerial and organizing skills.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:-
Debatus is a part of Student Social Responsibility Project sponsored by Corporate and International Relations(CIR). Debatus is an Inter Departmental debate competition. Through Debatus, we have tried to provide a platform for fighting for one's opinion. We have organized the competition in two phases. The first phase was Intra Departmental debate competition and the second being Inter Departmental debate competition.
FIRST PHASE:
The first phase was held in four sessions, for each of the four departments in our college i.e,
Computer Science Department
Electronics and Communication Department
Electrical and Electronics Department
Mechanical Department
From each above mentioned departments, we selected the best two debaters who proved that they are capable enough of representing their departments.
SECOND PHASE:
The second phase of Debatus was the Grand Finale, wherein the finalists from each department came together as a team and had to debate with the other departments.
From the grand finale we got the winners i.e the best debters in the department and the best department in debate.
TASKS IMPLEMENTED:-
We planned of conducting a debate competition, but the problem was none of us had much idea about debate, initially we thought of putting up a registration desk for registering about 30 participants for the event.We wanted to conduct at least 3 debates in our fifth semester as Biju swami challenged us that he will only approve our event as a successful event if we were able to conduct at least two debate sessions. We took it as a challenge and decided to conduct minimum three events with 30 participants and screen the best 15 out of them by conducting aptitude test, from which we will select the best 10 by conducting a 'Just a minute' session. But then we realized that we would not be able to handle such a huge crowd through a current affair quiz that we had conducted as a part of our CIR classes. The participants of the event i.e. our classmates were quite hostile and we were not able to manage the crowd which was so small as compared to the one which we thought of handling. So we decided to reduce the number of participants for Debatus. We discussed this idea with our friends and teachers and came up to the conclusion of dropping this idea, as a person who is good in aptitude may not be a good speaker or a debater.
We took suggestions from our class mates as well as our teachers Arun sir, Ramnadhan sir, Aji sir, Chandrashekhar sir, Shekhar sir and with the help and guidance of Col. Sir we came up with the idea of conducting inter departmental debate competition with four participants from each department. We decided to conduct the event in two phases i.e. four Intra Departmental debates and one finale to select the ultimate winners out of the winners.
We came up with a conclusion of selecting four participants from each department representing their branch. We went to all the classes(22) to announce and select the participants for the event. Three days were given to the participants to decide whom they wanted among themselves to represent their batch and later their department. We wanted one participant from each batch. But, there were cases when more than one participant approached us. So, we asked them to conduct a debate competition among themselves and select the best debater among them. We also gave them suggestion to conduct a voting in their respective classes in the presence of their class representatives.
Now, after getting the names of the participants we had to make sure that all these participants were able to speak on the given topics, so we called up a meeting for all the participants and asked the participants to pick a lot through which they would come to know whether they are speaking for the motion or against the motion. In this meeting we also familiarized them with the event,its rules and the kind of atmosphere they will face. We took their numbers so that we could give them the details of the competition and the topics, we gave topics to each participants a department three days before so that were able to speak . Since in our competition there were only four participants, even if one of the participant didn't speak our entire event will be effected. We went to each participant and made sure that they understood the topic. We also provided them with out laptops so that they can collect information regarding the topic.
The major problem that we faced throughout the event was getting Judges for the event, even though we informed them three-four days before some of them backed out at last minute. Initially, we had to run around looking for the judges, at last, CIR helped us to get one. But latter on, we prepared list of teachers whom we can approach or may be free.
Since Debatus was our first project, we faced many difficulties for making it a successful event. Initially, we didn't have much idea about debate, so we took the help of our faculties who were good in debate or were associated organizing and judging with debate competitions.
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE:
LAKSHMI S NAIR:
This event was definitely a very different experience, as i have never conducted such a event before. This event helped me a lot in improving my level of confidence, organizing skill, it made me more patient and I think now I am ready to face any challenge that comes around me. I want to thank CIR for providing us this opportunity to improve our skills in various areas.
AMRUTHA T:
This project helped me a lot to improve my personality. By conducting various speeches my stage fear got reduced and my confidence level increased. Debatus helped me to build up my leadership quality and managerial skills.My group supported me a lot throughout this project. Really Debatus was a great experience for me.
CK PRATIBHA:
Debatus gave me a platform to improve my confidence level, communication and managerial skills. It was a wonderful experience, as a group, we all worked together. This is the very first time that I am ever conducting an event like this, which fortunately turned out to be a Grand Success!!
ASWATHY S PILLAI:
Debatus ,our event helped me to create a good platform for developing my communication skills and team work.I used to be so afraid to be on the stage before doing our project.But after that i got the confidence to be on the stage without any fear. So,use the chance to be on stage whenever you get the opportunity to be on stage.
BHAVYA G:
Debatus is a great opportunity to platform my managing skills.As the team is from my class i felt very comfortable working with them.I am very proud to say that i have conducted debates among the best debators of the college.
B SHRAVYA:
Debatus was a great opportunity for me to know about myself and my skills.Our team was too cooperative.
Now I became more confident that I can manage things.Finally our "DEBATUS" became a big success!!!
RESULTS ACHIEVED:-
From day one we wanted to make Debatus a successful event, we worked very hard to make sure it was one.Through Debatus, we got to find the budding debaters of the college from each department. Above all, we got to find the best debating department of our college, which is Computer Science Department; followed by Mechanical Department in the second position. Electronics and Communication Department and Electrical and Electronic Department got the third and fourth positions.
PROJECT LEARNING:-
Debatus not only helped us to find the best debaters from our college, but also helped us in building up our hidden talents. Most of them include building up our self-confidence, leadership qualities, managerial and organizing skills. We learned to work as a team. Initially it was difficult but gradually we adjusted as all of us had only one intention i.e to make Debatus one of the successful events conducted in our college. This event taught us to handle any situation with a smile on our face.
Debatus would not have been so successful without the help, coordination and encouragement from our friends and respected teachers. We would like to thank all of them for their full support throughout the project.
FEEDBACK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT:-
We got many interesting feedback from our participants, teachers and friends. Some of these were:
Aji A Nair(Faculty Coordinator of SSR Projects)
Swaminadhan Sir(Judge of Intra departmental debate)
Minu Man (judge- inter and intra departmental debate)
Amrita mam (judge for intra departmental debate )
Ramnadhan sir(judge for Intra and inter departmental debate)
Chandrashekhar sir(judge and guest for intra departmental debate)
Aswathy R Vijayan(Participant)
Bhaskaran (Participant)
Deepak(Participant)
Ravi Chandra(Participant)
Sharath(Participant)
Shruthy Preman(Participant)
Rohith O(Participant)
Bhupendra(Audience)
Anupam(Audience)
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank Aji Sir (Faculty coordinator) for his constant support and guidance. We would also like to thank Chandrasekhar Sir and Rajesh Sir for pointing out our mistakes as it helped us to improve our coordination skills and also make our event perfect.
We would like to thank all our Judges:
Minu Mam (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Amrita Mam (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Chandrashekhar sir (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Rajesh sir (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Ramnadhan Sir (English Department)
Shekhar Sir (Mechanical Department)
Swamynadhan Sir (Computer Science Department)
Shubhani Mam (Faculty of Banglore Campus)
Mahendran Sir (Placement Officer CIR DEPARTMENT)
We would like to thank ICTS and Facilities for their immense support.
We would like to thank all our Participants
Shruthy Preman (S1 EEE)
Shartath P (S1 ECE)
Rohith S Raj (S1 ME)
Vamshi (S1 ME)
Aswathy R Vijayan (S1 CSE)
Ravi Chandra (S3 EEE)
Praharshith (S3 ECE)
Aswathy MS (S3 ME)
Minarva Dutta (S3 CSE)
Lakshmi Devdas (S5 EEE)
Deepak VB (S5 ECE)
Bhaskaran (S5 ECE)
Arun G Nair (S5 ME)
Rohith O (S5 CSE)
Arvind A (S5 CSE)
Above all we would like to thank S5 CSE for their constant support and thanks for being their for us like true friend...
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK Col. ScR FOM BOTTOM OF OUR HEART BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE,SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TH5S EVENT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU SIR FOR BEING THERE FOR US AND TRUSTING US...
We would also like to thank CIR and Biju Ji for giving us this opportunity to improve ourselves in a fun way. Special thanks to Arun Sir (English Department )for helping us with the topics and Jyothy Mam(English Department) for helping us find judges and Binu Sir (Computer Science Department also the creator of Amritayanam Blog of our college) for helping us with the blog.
PHOTOS, VIDEOS:-
photos
videos
BLOG ADDRESS:-
www.debatus.blogspot.com
PROJECT OBJECTIVE:-
The main objective of our project was to conduct various phases of debate and find out the best debating department in our college. We also considered this project as a pathway to build our confidence, leadership qualities, managerial and organizing skills.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:-
Debatus is a part of Student Social Responsibility Project sponsored by Corporate and International Relations(CIR). Debatus is an Inter Departmental debate competition. Through Debatus, we have tried to provide a platform for fighting for one's opinion. We have organized the competition in two phases. The first phase was Intra Departmental debate competition and the second being Inter Departmental debate competition.
FIRST PHASE:
The first phase was held in four sessions, for each of the four departments in our college i.e,
Computer Science Department
Electronics and Communication Department
Electrical and Electronics Department
Mechanical Department
From each above mentioned departments, we selected the best two debaters who proved that they are capable enough of representing their departments.
SECOND PHASE:
The second phase of Debatus was the Grand Finale, wherein the finalists from each department came together as a team and had to debate with the other departments.
From the grand finale we got the winners i.e the best debters in the department and the best department in debate.
TASKS IMPLEMENTED:-
We planned of conducting a debate competition, but the problem was none of us had much idea about debate, initially we thought of putting up a registration desk for registering about 30 participants for the event.We wanted to conduct at least 3 debates in our fifth semester as Biju swami challenged us that he will only approve our event as a successful event if we were able to conduct at least two debate sessions. We took it as a challenge and decided to conduct minimum three events with 30 participants and screen the best 15 out of them by conducting aptitude test, from which we will select the best 10 by conducting a 'Just a minute' session. But then we realized that we would not be able to handle such a huge crowd through a current affair quiz that we had conducted as a part of our CIR classes. The participants of the event i.e. our classmates were quite hostile and we were not able to manage the crowd which was so small as compared to the one which we thought of handling. So we decided to reduce the number of participants for Debatus. We discussed this idea with our friends and teachers and came up to the conclusion of dropping this idea, as a person who is good in aptitude may not be a good speaker or a debater.
We took suggestions from our class mates as well as our teachers Arun sir, Ramnadhan sir, Aji sir, Chandrashekhar sir, Shekhar sir and with the help and guidance of Col. Sir we came up with the idea of conducting inter departmental debate competition with four participants from each department. We decided to conduct the event in two phases i.e. four Intra Departmental debates and one finale to select the ultimate winners out of the winners.
We came up with a conclusion of selecting four participants from each department representing their branch. We went to all the classes(22) to announce and select the participants for the event. Three days were given to the participants to decide whom they wanted among themselves to represent their batch and later their department. We wanted one participant from each batch. But, there were cases when more than one participant approached us. So, we asked them to conduct a debate competition among themselves and select the best debater among them. We also gave them suggestion to conduct a voting in their respective classes in the presence of their class representatives.
Now, after getting the names of the participants we had to make sure that all these participants were able to speak on the given topics, so we called up a meeting for all the participants and asked the participants to pick a lot through which they would come to know whether they are speaking for the motion or against the motion. In this meeting we also familiarized them with the event,its rules and the kind of atmosphere they will face. We took their numbers so that we could give them the details of the competition and the topics, we gave topics to each participants a department three days before so that were able to speak . Since in our competition there were only four participants, even if one of the participant didn't speak our entire event will be effected. We went to each participant and made sure that they understood the topic. We also provided them with out laptops so that they can collect information regarding the topic.
The major problem that we faced throughout the event was getting Judges for the event, even though we informed them three-four days before some of them backed out at last minute. Initially, we had to run around looking for the judges, at last, CIR helped us to get one. But latter on, we prepared list of teachers whom we can approach or may be free.
Since Debatus was our first project, we faced many difficulties for making it a successful event. Initially, we didn't have much idea about debate, so we took the help of our faculties who were good in debate or were associated organizing and judging with debate competitions.
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE:
LAKSHMI S NAIR:
This event was definitely a very different experience, as i have never conducted such a event before. This event helped me a lot in improving my level of confidence, organizing skill, it made me more patient and I think now I am ready to face any challenge that comes around me. I want to thank CIR for providing us this opportunity to improve our skills in various areas.
AMRUTHA T:
This project helped me a lot to improve my personality. By conducting various speeches my stage fear got reduced and my confidence level increased. Debatus helped me to build up my leadership quality and managerial skills.My group supported me a lot throughout this project. Really Debatus was a great experience for me.
CK PRATIBHA:
Debatus gave me a platform to improve my confidence level, communication and managerial skills. It was a wonderful experience, as a group, we all worked together. This is the very first time that I am ever conducting an event like this, which fortunately turned out to be a Grand Success!!
ASWATHY S PILLAI:
Debatus ,our event helped me to create a good platform for developing my communication skills and team work.I used to be so afraid to be on the stage before doing our project.But after that i got the confidence to be on the stage without any fear. So,use the chance to be on stage whenever you get the opportunity to be on stage.
BHAVYA G:
Debatus is a great opportunity to platform my managing skills.As the team is from my class i felt very comfortable working with them.I am very proud to say that i have conducted debates among the best debators of the college.
B SHRAVYA:
Debatus was a great opportunity for me to know about myself and my skills.Our team was too cooperative.
Now I became more confident that I can manage things.Finally our "DEBATUS" became a big success!!!
RESULTS ACHIEVED:-
From day one we wanted to make Debatus a successful event, we worked very hard to make sure it was one.Through Debatus, we got to find the budding debaters of the college from each department. Above all, we got to find the best debating department of our college, which is Computer Science Department; followed by Mechanical Department in the second position. Electronics and Communication Department and Electrical and Electronic Department got the third and fourth positions.
PROJECT LEARNING:-
Debatus not only helped us to find the best debaters from our college, but also helped us in building up our hidden talents. Most of them include building up our self-confidence, leadership qualities, managerial and organizing skills. We learned to work as a team. Initially it was difficult but gradually we adjusted as all of us had only one intention i.e to make Debatus one of the successful events conducted in our college. This event taught us to handle any situation with a smile on our face.
Debatus would not have been so successful without the help, coordination and encouragement from our friends and respected teachers. We would like to thank all of them for their full support throughout the project.
FEEDBACK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT:-
We got many interesting feedback from our participants, teachers and friends. Some of these were:
Aji A Nair(Faculty Coordinator of SSR Projects)
Swaminadhan Sir(Judge of Intra departmental debate)
Minu Man (judge- inter and intra departmental debate)
Amrita mam (judge for intra departmental debate )
Ramnadhan sir(judge for Intra and inter departmental debate)
Chandrashekhar sir(judge and guest for intra departmental debate)
Aswathy R Vijayan(Participant)
Bhaskaran (Participant)
Deepak(Participant)
Ravi Chandra(Participant)
Sharath(Participant)
Shruthy Preman(Participant)
Rohith O(Participant)
Bhupendra(Audience)
Anupam(Audience)
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank Aji Sir (Faculty coordinator) for his constant support and guidance. We would also like to thank Chandrasekhar Sir and Rajesh Sir for pointing out our mistakes as it helped us to improve our coordination skills and also make our event perfect.
We would like to thank all our Judges:
Minu Mam (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Amrita Mam (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Chandrashekhar sir (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Rajesh sir (CIR DEPARTMENT)
Ramnadhan Sir (English Department)
Shekhar Sir (Mechanical Department)
Swamynadhan Sir (Computer Science Department)
Shubhani Mam (Faculty of Banglore Campus)
Mahendran Sir (Placement Officer CIR DEPARTMENT)
We would like to thank ICTS and Facilities for their immense support.
We would like to thank all our Participants
Shruthy Preman (S1 EEE)
Shartath P (S1 ECE)
Rohith S Raj (S1 ME)
Vamshi (S1 ME)
Aswathy R Vijayan (S1 CSE)
Ravi Chandra (S3 EEE)
Praharshith (S3 ECE)
Aswathy MS (S3 ME)
Minarva Dutta (S3 CSE)
Lakshmi Devdas (S5 EEE)
Deepak VB (S5 ECE)
Bhaskaran (S5 ECE)
Arun G Nair (S5 ME)
Rohith O (S5 CSE)
Arvind A (S5 CSE)
Above all we would like to thank S5 CSE for their constant support and thanks for being their for us like true friend...
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK Col. ScR FOM BOTTOM OF OUR HEART BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE,SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TH5S EVENT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU SIR FOR BEING THERE FOR US AND TRUSTING US...
We would also like to thank CIR and Biju Ji for giving us this opportunity to improve ourselves in a fun way. Special thanks to Arun Sir (English Department )for helping us with the topics and Jyothy Mam(English Department) for helping us find judges and Binu Sir (Computer Science Department also the creator of Amritayanam Blog of our college) for helping us with the blog.
PHOTOS, VIDEOS:-
photos
videos
BLOG ADDRESS:-
www.debatus.blogspot.com
