THE YALE HINDI DEBATE

Born as a student’s idea in a Yale classroom, the Yale Hindi Debate has grown exponentially, from an ambitious venture to an intellectual, cultural, and social institution.
The debate was established as a Yale-only event in 2008, and now sees participation from faculty and students from USA’s preeminent schools, including Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU, Cornell, UCLA, Wesleyan, Rutgers, the University of Texas at Austin, and Wellesley College.

Meet the stars of YHD 2014

May 22, 2014 / Akhil Sud

Let's celebrate the speakers at the 2014 national round.

azza cohen

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jack newsham

carson carruth

kelly lyon

honey blakeman

jacob rinck

thibaud marcesse

justin ben-hain

suchi sundaram

suyash bhagwat

neha doshi

rishika dewan

saloni gupta

shalini gupta

razi zaidi

tanvi bikhchandani

ragini roy

vidya mahadevan

Photography at the event by Karthikeyan Ardhanareeswaran, Yale University

The Winners

Best Speaker, Native
Vidyalakshmi Mahadevan, Upenn
tied with
Tanvi Bikhchandani, Columbia

Second Best Speaker, Native
Gautam Chopra, Yale

Best Speaker, Non-Native Heritage Undergraduate
Rishika Dewan, Princeton

Second Best Speaker, Non-Native Heritage Undergraduate
Saloni Gupta, Rutgers

Best Speaker, Non-Native Non-Heritage Undergraduate
Carson Carruth, UT Austin

Second Best Speaker, Non-Native Non-Heritage Undergraduate
Azza Cohen, Princeton

Best Speaker, Non-Native Graduate
Justin Ben-Hain, Columbia

Second Best Speaker, Non-Native Graduate
Thibaud Marcesse, Cornell

Best Interjector
Shivani Bhatt, Yale