Election post
Hey Everyone!
My name is Kanva Thakeria and a lot of you would know me as one of the Convenors of the Debating Society for this year and I have had the pleasure of helping to organise UCL's President's Cup alongside my fellow Convenors. During this election cycle I am running to be the Vice President of the Debating Society and I look forward to organising a range of exciting events in my role as VP if I am elected!
As you may be aware, the primary role of the VP is to help organise an array of Public Debates for the society and I have drawn up a tentative list of possible societies with whom I hope we can collaborate to run these debates. I hope to not only work with one society at a time but also help ignite a broader discourse at these events by working with multiple societies in a similar field on the same event to bring together a wide range of perspectives at the same event.
I do not hope to dismiss however how challenging this might be but with my experience and support from committee I am confident we can have some truly great debates! My role as convenor, especially in organising tournaments, has allowed me to see the challenges of actually organising a competition and my learnings from other members in committee on how to actually organise an event is something I aim to carry forward as VP. Moreover my time debating at national level for India and then for UCL as well I believe puts me in good stead to understanding what goes into making these events a success.