Three Mysuru students attend debate camp in the U.S.

Five students from Karnataka, including three from Mysuru city, received scholarships, travelled to Cornell University, Ithaca, New York to participate in the International Summer Debate camp that concluded recently.

Among the students, three students – Ms. Amitha Prakash of Vidyavardhaka Sangha B.M. Sri Educational Institutions, Mysuru, Ms. Shreya Bharadwaj of Excel Public School, Mysuru, and Ms. Dia Ponnappa of Excel Public School, Mysuru – were from Mysuru. The other two students are Ms. Gowri S. Nayak of Little Rock Indian School, Udupi, and Ms. Avni Baliga of Ramaiah Vidyaniketan, Bengaluru.

“All 126 debaters from 14 countries, and from 25 States of the U.S. took part actively in the camp. Ms. Avni Baliga and Ms. Gowri S. Nayak from Karnataka were recognised and certified among the best-transformed debaters. ,” said a release from the Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies (VIIS), a unit of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM).