Literary and Debating Society (DebSoc)
Regular activities of the club:
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Conducting mock parliamentary debate sessions once in every week or two weeks.
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Participating in debates outside of IISER, in other fests mostly.
Recent activities of the club
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Conducting parliamentary debate learning sessions.
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Conducting mock parliamentary debate sessions.
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Holding a writing competition by the name "Collage".
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Conducting an event in the IISER Mohali cultural fest Insomnia 2015,by the name "Prometheus", which was an English-medium speaking based creative event, where the participants had to perform various tasks given on the spot.
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Conducting an online event for the same, by the same name.
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Preparing for restarting the IISERM magazine, 'Manthan'.
Aim of the club
[We fulfilled some of them this year, hope to fulfill more in the future]:
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Preparing good debaters (Medium: English).
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Holding debate workshops (depends on budget).
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Participating in more literary fests outside.
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Making "Prometheus" a regular in-house as well as inter-college event.
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Restarting IISERM Magazine and keep it going annually.
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Holding discussions on recent activities in IISER(s), and the important events around the world.
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Holding discussions on good books and/or movies and their connections to/influence on us.
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Forming a nice culture where you learn to express yourself in English through writing/speaking.
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Spreading IISER's name through English media.
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Changing the name of the club from DebSoc to something which includes the literary components.