VALLINAM 1.0

DEBATE WORKSHOP
"உணர்வ துடையார்முன் சொல்லல் வளர்வதன் பாத்தியுள் நீர்சொரிந் தற்று"

Debating builds a confident and courageous citizen. It is also a soft skill highly valued by employers, helping in the career development of the student.
Vallinam 1.0, a debate workshop conducted for 34 students from 5 schools, facilitated by experienced and award-winning debaters as the sixth project of Kavigai Foundation was executed successfully on 3rd of March 2018.

Schools Attended :

  • St.Anne’s Balika Tamil Vidyalayam, Colombo-13
  • Good Shepherd Govt Tamil Girl’s School, Colombo-13
  • Vivekananda College, Colombo-13
  • Ramakrishna Vidyalayam, Colombo-06
  • St.Anthony’s Boys Tamil Vidyalayam, Colombo-13

Honorary Speaker : MR. RAJENDRAN KOGULANATH

  • Head / News 1st – Tamil Division
  • Former Debate Captain of Vivekananda College, Colombo-13

Vinu Indrakumar

  • Undergraduate, Earth Resources Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Former Debate Captain, National Runners Up 2012 of Jaffna Hindu College

Sarangan Janakan

  • Undergraduate, Computer Science Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Former Debate Captain of Koneswara Hindu College, Trincomalee

Pragatheeswaran Vipulanandan

  • Undergraduate, Bio Medical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Former Tamil Debating Captain of St. Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia

Ajanthasingam Jegasingam

  • Undergraduate, Computer Science Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Former Debate Captain of Colombo Hindu College, Colombo-04

Hamshan Gnanadash

  • Undergraduate, Earth Resources Engineering, University of Moratuwa
  • Former Tamil Debate Captain, English Debater of St. Thomas’ College, Mt.Lavinia
  • Champion of Individual Speaking & Runners Up in Tamil Debating (Western Province)

We, from Kavigai have planned to conduct more workshops in the Vallinam series, around Sri Lanka. To make your school a part of this, please contact us!

We sincerely thank the following volunteers of Kavigai who worked hard to organize this event and make it a success:
Karthiga (Civil-UoM) | Lowhikan (Civil-UoM) | Braveenan (ENTC-UoM) | Bavatharny (DCPE-UoM) | Lavinan (ENTC-UoM) | Sarangan (EE-UoM) | Thanujan (ERE-UoM)