The ILS Debating Society is delighted to share that the 14th Justice V. M. Tarkunde National Parliamentary Debate, held from 13th to 15th February, 2026 at ILS Law College, Pune, concluded on a truly memorable note.
Over three days, the competition brought together participants from institutions across India including NLUs, IIT Bombay, GLC, SLS Pune, St. Xaviers, College of Engineering Pune etc. and followed the Asian Parliamentary format (3v3), engaging in enthusiastic participation. Over the course of three days, teams competed in the Open and Novice categories, supported by an experienced adjudication panel. Owing to the large number of participants, there was a Novice break for lesser experienced debaters along with an Open break. The top 6 teams, with the highest number of wins and cumulative speaker scores qualified to the pre semi-finals held on the 15th February 2026. The top 2 novice teams qualified for novice finals held on the same day.
The Adjudication Core for this year’s tournament comprised Aarohi Bharadwaj, Prashasti Saxena, and V Sayiram, who ensured the smooth and fair conduct of the tournament.
We are pleased to announce the results and congratulate all winners of this year’s edition of ILS PD.
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The Open Winners – Ram is Our Impact Sub (Government) comprising Raghav Dagar, Siddharth Misra and Shishir Jha.
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The Open Runners-up – Odia impact sub to reach finals (Opposition) comprising Aniket Patra, Ojas and Vishwa Raghav Raj.
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The Novice Category Winners – RSS (Opposition) comprising S N Subhashree, Shubhra Shevkar, Rayan Tarapore.
The Open Winners were awarded a cash prize of INR 30,000 with an additional INR 5,000 per person and the Winner’s Trophy. The runner-up were awarded INR 27,000 with an additional INR 2,000 per person and a trophy. Additionally, Aniket Patra won the Best Speaker Award and was awarded a cash prize of INR 9,000. The Novice Category Winners were awarded a cash prize of INR 9,000 and the Novice Winners Trophy. Anant Gulati was awarded Best Adjudicator Award with a cash prize of INR 9,000. Tanishka Vaishali won the award for Best Internal Adjudicator.
We extend our sincere congratulations to all winners and participants.
We are grateful to our esteemed adjudicators for their invaluable time and expertise, to our faculty coordinators for their constant guidance, and to every participant who contributed to the vibrant spirit of the tournament.
The organising committee for this edition comprised of Anushree Kumar (Convenor), Aarohi Bharadwaj, Snigdha Mukherjee, Riya Kadu, Nidhi Modiyani, Srijan Mukhopadhyay, Sushant Gorde, Tanishka Vaishali, Trisha Bangari, Aaditya Babhulkar, Aakriti Bhatnagar, Aditi Vibhute, Agam Singh Gill, Krisha Bhargava, Prarthana Bhat, Radhika Dahalkar, Sukhaddhi Kadam, and Suryansh Masand.