Verbattle is organized in three zones namely

North Zone - Hubli

West Zone - Mangalore

Central Zone - Bangalore
     respectively.

Hundreds of teams are expected to participate. A team consists of two students.

An entry fee of Rs. 500/- is charged per team. The amount shall be paid vide DD drawn in favor of Verbattle, payable at Bangalore .

Entry of teams only through the schools.

The participants will meet two conditions. They should be studying in a class from 7th to 10th and should be in the age group of 12 to 16 years.

State level preliminary with a total of 81 teams selected from the 3 zones, and all the other final stages will be held in Bangalore .

Cash Prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- plus a lot of other useful prizes for the winning team.
Two finalists cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- each and other prizes.

The event will be telecast on Udaya News Channel. The show will be capsuled in a highly viewer friendly manner and will be shown on Sunday mornings at 9 am for half to one hour over the period of conduct of the tournament.

The main organizer is T V House, experienced in producing TV shows and entertainment events.

Deepak Thimaya, eminent TV host, is the chief consultant and chief resource person.

The tournament will involve many eminent personalities in different capacities as advisors, patrons, and     friends of the event.

Finals will be held in Bangalore either in Kanteerava Indoor Stadium or the Palace Grounds.

The grand final will see the best three teams competing against one another for the grand prize.

Verbattle aims to popularize debating among students, promote free speech and become a platform for     excellence in debating. Verbattle believes that debate is not 'shouting match'

Participants may win more points if they:

Speak relevantly with either acceptable or refutable substantiated points are not be vicious and vile

present arguments in coordination and in synchrony between the teammates in the team by     demonstration of extreme fairness, justice, decency and the highest standard of human evolution.

have a sense of time and understand the timing of the argument. (Those who speak in between would be     disqualified.)

 

The speakers should express themselves:

In a coherent manner

Without elaborate or dramatic gestures

Without grammatical mistakes

Without slurring or tripping on words

 

Desired qualities in a debater - The debaters should be: