The Ninth Time
The Yale University Art Gallery on Friday afternoon - Source: Akhil Sud, SM '16
Friday, 15 April
As spring sets foot in New Haven, so do Cornell, UCLA, Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, and NYU.
And we're ready for them.
Bonding over samosas -- a classic YHD reception.
Soon, our stage is set.
YHD President and Chairperson Akhil Sud, SM '16, with YHD plaques and banners, under pennants heralding our guests (courtesy of Americana Memories).
Our Faculty Co-ordinator opens the debate, before judges are introduced.
Professor Seema Khurana
Senior Lector
South Asian Studies Council
Yale
Our Judges
Dr. Shaheen Parveen
Lecturer
African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages & Literatures
Rutgers
Bhoomika Joshi
PhD Student
Anthropology
Yale
Shikhar Singh
PhD Student
Political Science
Yale
Our Stellar Speakers
Adam Willems, Yale
Connor Staggs, Princeton
Joseph Izaguirre, UCLA
Sam Aldridge, Columbia
Heta Patel, Rutgers
Neeraj Bajpayee, Princeton
Rishi Mirchandani, Yale
Shivani Patel, Rutgers
Zitni Kaul, NYU
Ankita Banerjea, NYU
Rahul Agarwal, Cornell
Sanat Khurana, Yale
Vipin Sharma, Cornell
An incredible a cappella performance by Yale's Sur et Veritaal
Awards
Best Speaker (Native) | Vipin Sharma, Cornell
Second Best Speaker (Native) | Sanat Khurana, Yale
Best Speaker (Heritage) | Zitni Kaul, NYU
Second Best Speaker (Heritage) | Shivani Patel, Rutgers
Best Speaker (Non-Heritage) | Sam Aldridge, Columbia
Second Best Speaker (Non-Heritage) | Joseph Izaguirre, UCLA
Best Interjector | Ipsitaa Khullar, Yale
Second Best Interjector | Gaurav Pathak, Yale
Dinner
Thank you, everyone, for a wonderful YHD 2016!
See you next year!
Photography at event by Bibek, Gaurav, and Priyankar, Yale University
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