The Literary Committee of C-Edge College, Dimapur organised a first public speaking championship, whose finale was held on August 27.
A press release from HoD of Management Studies & IQAC coordinator, C-Edge College Dimapur, Wapanginla Ao stated that the programme was chaired by Lipokmarla Imchen, asst professor of Management Studies. In the ‘introductory remarks,’ Wapanginla Ao mentioned that the road to the finale had been a gradual process of orientation on public speaking, audition and preliminary rounds where the contestants were mentored and moulded to become effective public speakers.
There were five finalists who competed for the championship. Anguka N. Achumi of BA I who spoke on the topic, the “Power of Words”, and he was declared the winner of the first public speaking championship. The runners up was S. Sorito Yimchunger of BA V who spoke on the topic “Create Yourself”. The other three finalists were Imnatemjen Longkumer of BBA III who spoke on the topic “Achieving Success”, Esther Sonar of BBA I on “Unconditional Love” and Imchakumla Longkumer of BBA III on the topic “Richness of Life”.
The contestants were judged on speech content, body language and voice clarity/modulation. The following were the judges for the championship — Dr. Chubatola Aier, principal, Daisy Shitio, academic dean and Imsuakum Longkumer, HoD of Economics.
The finale started with an invocation by Kaikho Loli, asst. professor of History department.