17th Skyline Crossfire Inter-University Debating Competition

Dubai, UAE, March 04, 2018:  SP Jain School of Global Management has bagged the 1st Place of the recently concluded 17th Crossfire Inter-University Debating Competition organized by Skyline University College on February 28, 2018 at SUC Multi-Purpose Hall. A total of 12 teams consisting of 24 speakers from 8 universities in the UAE has participated in the competition.

The esteemed panel of judges of the event were: Mr. Sushil Maratha, General Manager at Maax Solutions FZ LLC and Toast Master; Mr. Mandar Agshikar, General Manager At Ajhinkkya FZE and Toast Master; and Mr. Ahmad Elkabany, Corporate Affairs General Manager – CISCO, Middle East.  

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Crossfire and we extend our sincere appreciation to all our external judges and the participating universities. 

COMPETITION RESULT:
1st Place - SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, Divya Shishodia and Amartya Majumdar
2nd Place - AMITY UNIVERSITY DUBAI (Team 1), Safa Mansoori and Hooshna Kasad
3rd Place - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI – (Team 2), Gabrielle Branche and Serra Okumus

BEST SPEAKER AWARDS: 
1st Place - Amartya Majumdar of SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
2nd Place - Gabrielle Branche of AMITY UNIVERSITY DUBAI 
2nd Place Safa Mansoori of NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI
3rd Place - Tanya Sharma of AMITY UNIVERSITY DUBAI