OPEN DEBATE SESSION ON ‘TECHNOLOGY HAS ENHANCED LIFE’ IN TECHIDEATE '16

-Arnay Shukla
Event Coordinator

The Panel of the debate.
On the mic speaking is Mr. Arjit Yadav

The philosophy club of MUJ, Sophia, organized and conducted an open debate session on the topic ‘Technology has enhanced life’ in the technical fest of the college, Techideate '16. The event was marked by the gracious presence of Dr. Anthony Savari Raj L, the Head of Department of Arts and the teacher coordinator of the Sophia club along with Dr. Gaur, Head of Department of Economics. Akash Dayal, the president of the club and Karishma Lala, the general secretary of the club added to the auspiciousness of the event by their presence. Also present was Mamta Bisht, the event coordinator, who played a pivotal role in conducting the debate.

Dr Gaur and Dr. Anthony

The session began at one o’ clock in the noon. The panel consisted of six members, having two students and one faculty member on each team. The team speaking for the motion had Mr. Hitesh Bakshi and Mr. Arjit Yadav as the speakers, led by the faculty member Ms. Ambika Bhagat while the team that stood against the motion had Prof. Mohit Jain leading with Mr. Chitwan Gautam and Mr. Kaushal Bansal as speakers. The session started with an introductory note by the moderator of the debate, Akash Dayal. In the meantime, a vote was taken amongst the audience, by Karishma and Mamta, asking them to vote whether they stood for the motion or against the motion.

The first speech of the session was given by Mr. Arjit, who made it impressing by putting up some really valid points and so it continued thereafter with the speech of one speaker from each side putting up their points and challenging the speakers on the other side. The last speech was given by Prof. Mohit Jain summing up his point of view and answering the points made by the opponents. Next followed the Q&A round, where the members of the audience asked the questions to the speakers and they tried their very best to satisfy the queries put while defending their stand. After this, the rebuttals took place where once again a there was a healthy discussion between the two teams and many questions were raised and the answers given. A final vote of the audience was then taken, and calculating the sway in the votes, Akash declared Ms. Ambika Bhagat and her team as the winner of the debate.

The event was concluded and vote of thanks was given by Akash, giving special thanks to Dr. Anthony for his permission to conduct the event, mentioning the efforts he himself put to make the event a success. The ending note was given by Dr. Anthony, citing the need of such a debate session during the ongoing Technical Fest and the technical era of which we all are a part of. He also made a note about the relationship among the philosophy and technology and how they are interrelated, and gave a slight but a significant difference between having a technique and a technology for doing it.

Thus, the event marked its end with a thunderous applause by everyone present.