Critical Thinking × Communication
The quiet kid who wins on rigor, not volume.
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Weekly sessions direct with Founder, Stanford University and Goldman Sachs alumnus Mr. Kacholia. Tournaments with Harvard Debate Council in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai.
Weekly live online sessions. Year-round exclusive access to prestigious global online tournaments. In-person championships in partnership with the Harvard Debate Council across India. Three programs, integrated pathways.
India's only championship in exclusive partnership with the Harvard Debate Council. Three cities this June: Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai. Day 1 is the SDI Workshop with Mr. Kacholia. Days 2 and 3 are the Championship rounds. Choose Growth Track (no wins or losses, coaching debriefs) or Championship Track (with rankings).
Mr. Kacholia's uniquely non-competitive speech and debate course. Live online weekly sessions for holistic development over 3 years with 36 structured communications, debate, economics, academic and life skills. Designed for beginners. Different grade-based sections. Many SDI students start with FC and later move into GC, growing at their own pace.
Mr. Kacholia's elite program for debaters aiming for national and global level competitiveness. Live online weekly classes, build national rankings, year-round exclusive access to prestigious global online tournaments. By interview. An incredible 200+ GC students have won international awards at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Michigan, Northwestern, the Tournament of Champions, and more. SDI is among the top globally performing teams, and unmatched in South Asia.
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9 core skills build weekly, blending skills work, topic knowledge, research, proprietary debate drills, interactive discussions, and testing. 3 reinforcing clusters. Layering yearly.
A few capabilities that emerge when two skills deepen together. What we observe in our students over time.
The quiet kid who wins on rigor, not volume.
Understands a view they personally disagree with.
Interviews like a college senior by year four.
The round falls apart. They don't.
Asks deeper questions. Teachers notice.
Reads harder texts. School writing improves. Test scores rise.
Sees the opening. Builds the plan around it.
Reads the room. Adjusts the pitch. Lands it.
Compound returns from any starting point. This is not a race. The real winning is in what our students become capable of over time.
Intellectual depth compounds when students engage in real global issues, not simple ones used by impromptu debate formats.
Rigorous US Research-based debate with Harvard Debate Council.
Every SDI × HDC Championship event includes online prep, one day of live workshop with Mr. Kacholia, and two days of live debates. Select Growth or Competitive Tracks at Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai.
Winning happens over time. The real victory is who each child becomes along the way.
Every weekly class taught by Mr. Kacholia. Stanford University and Goldman Sachs alumnus. Two-time US State Debate Champion. Decades of global finance, policy, and institutional leadership brought to every class.
Only India program producing US National Champion and top US ranking alumni in the most rigorous research-based debate formats. An incredible 200+ students with wins at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, Michigan, Northwestern, and more.
The Harvard Debate Council is a student-led organization of Harvard College, well-recognized globally for over a century of leadership in US research-based public policy debate.
Two minutes to apply. Weekly admissions for FC and GC. Seats for Live Events at Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai this June.