Fact Sheet

1. What is Verbattle Senior ?

Verbattle is the biggest State Level Debate Competition in English for College Students. Verbatte Senior follows Verbattle, held for two years now, for school children in Karnataka.

2. Who is organizing Verbattle Senior ?

The main organizer is T V House, a media company, experienced in producing T V shows & entertainment events. Verbattle Senior is being organized in association with the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Govt. of Karnataka.

3. When is Verbattle Senior?

Verbattle Senior will be conducted from the 1st to 11th of February, 2007.

4. How many teams are expected to participate in Verbattle Senior?

Invitations are sent to more than 3000 institutions. A min of 1000 teams are expected to participate from all over Karnataka Including the number of teams participating in the selection rounds at the institution level, not less than 5000 students would have participated in the overall process of the event.

5. Where are the different stages of the event going to be held?

All the events will be held in Bangalore .

6. How many members should a team consist of?

A team should consist of two students.

7. Is there any entry fee? If yes, how much?

Yes, an entry fee of Rs. 500/- is charged per team.

8. When will the registration begin?

Registration will begin on 12 th Dec. 2006.

9. Will individual teams be allowed to participate on their own?

Entry through institutions is desired, but independent teams with authorization letter from the institution will be allowed. But the team will be recognized by the name of the institution. Both the team members should be from the same institution( that is, in case the institute has many units/ branches the members of the team shall belong to the same unit or branch, though they may study in different classes or disciplines in the unit).
 
10. Is there an age limit for the participants?

They should be in the age group of 16 to 24 years as on 1st February, 2007.

11. What are the prizes offered?

A cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- plus a lot of other useful prizes are offered to the winning team. The other two finalist teams will receive a cash prize of Rs. 30,000/- each and other prizes.

12. Will the event be telecast on T V?

Verbattle for two years was telecast at prime time on Udaya News Channel. This year too the show will be capsuled in a highly viewer friendly manner and will be shown on Sunday nights at 9.00 p.m. in a TV channel in Karnataka for half to one hour over the period of conduct of the tournament.

13. Who is the target audience, and what numbers of young people does Verbattle Senior hope to reach?

Youth in the age group of 16 to 35 years are the target audience and anyone interested in knowing the views of the youth of today too could be interested in the event. Even with a minimum of 1000 youth attracted to each team by way of college association and cheering interest a minimum of ten lakh youth could be viewing the show on ground, on tv or informing themselves about the contest over the course of the event.

14. Who conducts the debates?

Deepak Thimaya, eminent T V personality, is the chief consultant, promoter and the chief resource person for Verbattle. He will also supervise and conduct the debates.

15. On what basis would the debates be judged?

The judges would award marks for logic, arguments, language, presentation, correctness, accent, body language, presence of mind and time management.

15. What are the desired qualities in a debater?

The debaters should be confident, self assured, well read, open minded, sensitive, sensible, affable, accommodative, intelligent and quick thinking.

16. What is the aim of Verbattle?

Verbattle encourages young minds to think freely, process thoughts aptly, convert them into simple language and present the argument logically; with clarity in speech, a highly acceptable accent, audible voice and corresponding gestures. The broader aim of Verbattle is to encourage youth to develp into right thinking citizens of a healthy society.

17. Who are the people / departments associated with Verbattle?

Eminent personalities and well-known organizations are associated with Verbattle.

18. Where should I contact for more details?

You may contact the helpline number for more details: 988 64 64 64 1, or visit the official website www.verbattle.com

19. Who is sponsoring the event this year?

Verbattle was sponsored by Britannia Tiger biscuits last year and was called Britannia Tiger presents Verbattle 2006. In the two years, many sponsors including Wockhardt Hospitals, HDFC Home Loans, MSIL, BMTC, Karnataka Bank, Amber Valley Residential School and many others have lent support.