Debating competition organized

From our Staff Correspondent

DIBRUGARH, Sept 20: Tridip Narayan Baisistha of Tezpur University has bagged the first prize of Rupees seven thousand in cash in the All Assam Inter College Debating competition, organized by the Duliajan College Students’ Union in association with the Duliajan unit of the All Assam Students’ Union in memory of those students who sacrificed their lives during Assam Agitation, held yesterday at Duliajan College Auditorium. All total 15 participants from various educational institutions of the State took part in it. The topic of the debate was– “In the opinion of the house intellectuals have failed to give right direction to the youths of Asom”. The second and third prize won by Nabanit Hazarika of Sivasagar College and Priyanka Sarma of Women’s College of Tinsukia respectively. Dr Neeta Kalita Baruah of the Education Department of the Dibrugarh University (DU) aptly conducted the competition as speaker while Nasmeem F Akhtar of Department of English, DU, Prateek Choudhury, Department of English, Dibrugarh Hanuman Bux Surajmal Kanoi College and senior journalist I Ahmed of Dibrugarh acted as judges of the competition. THE SENTINEL