Since 2019 · 25,000+ students

Taivas Debate Club

Debate and public speaking ·
Grades 1 to 12

We teach school students to speak clearly, argue fairly and think on their feet. Live, in batches of ten, coached by people who compete.

Book a free trial class See every programme

A Taivas coach teaching a standing group of senior students

Why the club exists

Most students have plenty to say. Very few are ever taught how to say it.

School gives a child one chance a year to stand up and speak, usually in front of forty classmates, usually without a coach. Taivas started in 2019 as one mentoring session to change that, and it is still the point: make world-class debate and public speaking training available to every student in India, not only the ones at schools with a debating tradition.

Our mission: Give every school student in India a coach, a small room and a stage, so they learn to speak with confidence and think with clarity.
What we want for your child: To hold a room. To think while being challenged. And to be wrong well, which is where the real learning starts.

How we teach

Four things stay the same in every Taivas programme, online or in person.

1
Every child speaks in every class
Batches are capped at ten. In a room that small nobody can hide, and nobody has to wait a month for their turn.
2
Coaches who compete
Our coaches debate on national circuits themselves. They teach rebuttal the way they use it, not from a textbook.
3
A stage every term
In-class rounds, a showcase at the end of the term, and championships for the students who want them. Competing is optional. Speaking well is not.
4
Progress you can see
Every class is recorded. Every term your child is scored on four skills, and you get a certificate and a written report.

Every programme, in one place

One main programme, online. Around it, the ways to do more: a centre near you, a weekend on a university campus, a holiday camp, a championship.

Open now · 10 batches
Grades 5 to 12
Debate and Public Speaking Programme
Live online · 3 classes a week · 3-month term
The main programme. Public speaking, debating and general knowledge in three levels, placed by a free trial class.
See the programme
Coming soon
Grades 1 to 4
Young Speakers Academy
Live online · 2 classes a week · three levels
Voice, stories and first speeches. The gentlest way in for younger children: Explorer, Speaker, Champion.
Join the waitlist
Grades 5 to 12
Classes at a centre
Noida · Gurugram · Chandigarh · one class in the room, one online
Stand up in a real room every week and keep practising from home in between.
See the centres
Next: IIM Bangalore, 17 and 18 October 2026
Grades 5 to 12
Campus bootcamps
Two days on a university campus
Seven sessions from a first speech to a real debate competition, with parents in the audience.
See the bootcamps
Grades 4 to 12
Holiday camps
Summer and winter · online and in person
A camp in every school break, with every child speaking every day and a showcase at the end.
See the camps
First cohort announced soon
Grades 7 to 12
MUN training
Alongside the Debating Programme
Two days as a country's delegate: research, speeches, negotiation and a resolution the room votes on.
Register interest
Grades 3 to 12
National Speech & Debate Championship
With the IIT Bombay Debating Society · Grand Finale 25 October
Every student trains, every student competes, and the top fifty finish on the IIT Bombay campus.
See the championship
Grades 1 to 12
In your school
Inside the timetable, on your campus
The same programme run for a whole school, with a rubric report for every child and a showcase every term.
For schools