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SPECTRUM

Vaktavya
Vaktavya, the annual extempore competition conducted by
CII-YI which had its inception at
SIMSR last year, had its second
innings this year. The competition was started by CII-YI in 2011
with the objective of engaging
students to voice their views
about various ongoing issues as
well as to promote the YI theme
among the future leaders. The
theme adopted this year was
'Accelerating economic growth
through innovation, transformation, inclusion and governance'.
This year, Vaktavya invited
The Winner, Mihir Shah, SIESCOM receiving the Prize from Dr. Reena Mehta
registrations from other colleges
institute. The criteria for evaluation were coherence
in Mumbai as well like
of thought, fluency in speech and the use of correct
Wellingkar, SIMSREE and S.I.E.S College of
English. With some very thoughtful and insightful
Management Studies, apart from SIMSR itself. For
points provided by most of the candidates, the
the first round, the forty registered candidates had
judge had a really difficult time in selecting the
to provide a write-up on any one of the three
winners. Finally, Mihir Shah from S.I.E.S College of
provided topics. After a rigorous evaluation proManagement Studies was declared to be the
cess, the top 20 candidates were shortlisted for the
winner while Dax Fernandes from our own SIMSR
final round, held on 2nd September.
became the runner-up. The top 2 were awarded
prizes while the top 5 were awarded certificates
The finalists were given a topic and a thinking time
from CII-YI. Overall, the event was a great success
of 1 minute after which they were given 2 minutes to
and ended with the promise of even better things to
speak forth their views. They were judged by Mrs.
come in the succeeding years.
Reena Mehta, one of the esteemed faculty of this

The Vaktavya Team

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