Public Speaking Competition

IMT-D, 7th Oct., 2009- IMT’s Corporate Community organised a simulation public speaking event, with the topic of “Peak Oil Era”, discussing whether the worldwide oil reserves are coming to an end. The idea of the event was to make people speak at official business events and conferences, promote public speaking and to prepare the students for participating in business events and conferences. There were some hiccups in the organisation, but the idea and intention were noble.
Around 4 pm, when the speakers and judges arrived, the event started rolling. There was a brief introduction given by a member of the Corporate Committee, and the speakers were called on the floor. The speakers were Aditya Kumar, Gaurav Tyagi, Amandeep Singh Kohli and Subhanshu Garg, all from the 2008 batch. Their preparation and presentation was high in standard and flow. The research and data collected was extensive and the facts presented intriguing. Every one of them presented their opinion with clarity and was confident in the way he conducted the speeches. Overall performance of the speakers was impressive, to say the very least. Their presentations are available with the Media Committee.
The topic chosen, The Peak Oil Era, was interesting and relevant in terms of content. People chose to argue different sides of the oil debate. Interesting facts came up, like the one that it’ll be another 140 years before the world runs out of Oil reserves. A contradicting fact, USA Today reported that we only have 14 years of reserves. Interesting insight into Oil as an energy source. The speakers presented clear sited facts and figures regarding the oil reserves in different countries, discussed consumer behaviour in the industry, discussed the reasons and speculations behind the threat of diminishing oil reserves and briefly provided conclusions about various factors affecting these results.
Overall, the small event served the purpose of giving the speakers a chance to practise speaking on such business related and current issues, experience a business competition scenario and get the opportunity to work on an important business issue. IMT and the Corporate Committee are planning to host many more such events in the near future, and we hope for them to be successes.

Team METH...!!