For quarter finals and semi finals:

The selected teams must be prepared and Knowledgeable in all the given subjects.

All subjects are to be studied in the Indian context.

The debates will be between three teams at a time. The total duration of each debate will be 18 minutes. Each team (any of the team members may speak) is given a maximum of one minute per argument. A total of 6 minutes will be made available for each team in slots of 1 minute each.

The debate will be based on a statement given approximately two hours before the time of debate for the concerned teams. Two teams will take on one side of the debate whereas the third team will be on the opposite side. The side taken by a team is decided on the basis of blind draw.

Team names per debate will be announced at 9 am at the venue on the day of the event and the call number and time of each debate will also be given. The first debate will start in approximately two hours after the first announcement of the first statements.

During the debate after the completion of the argument by each team or at the expiry of the one minute time, or whichever is earlier, the opportunity will pass on to the next team. On completion of the arguments, or on completion of six rounds, or on expiry of 18 minutes stipulated per debate, or whichever is earlier the debate will be concluded and the judges will complete evaluation.

Any team may finish their arguments at any stage, any round or at any time within the stipulated time. If all the three teams finish the arguments early then the debate will be deemed concluded. No extension of time will be given to any team after the debate is over, however interesting or incomplete the argument maybe. At the end of the debate, the highest scoring team among the three teams per debate is declared the winner for the debate.

Likewise there will be 9 debates involving all the selected 27 teams.
A total of 9 teams only will be selected for the pre-finals. The same process shall be repeated.