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Taivas events · 2026–27

Championships. Bootcamps. Camps.

Every stage a Taivas student can stand on this season: the National Speech and Debate Championship, two-day bootcamps on university campuses, holiday camps, and the new batches starting online. Dates, venues and fees in one place.

NSDC 2026 What's coming upCalendar
  • 1Championships
  • 4Bootcamps
  • 2Camps
  • 2Batch starts
  • 1AI Labs
A student speaking at a podium microphone while others wait their turn
Four junior debaters wearing medals on stage
Students in a lecture theatre smiling at the camera
NSDC · Grand Finale25 October · IIT Bombay, Powai campus

Happening now · Edition I · 2026

National Speech & Debate Championship 2026

With the IIT Bombay Debating Society · West Zone edition

Every student trains. Every student competes. The top 50 in the country walk onto the IIT Bombay campus.

Open to
Grades 3 to 12 · any school, any board, any city in India
Format
Solo debate, 1v1 · conventional and impromptu
Fee
₹2,999 per student
Registrations
Closed
See NSDC 2026 Brochure

NSDC 2026 is complete. Congratulations to every finalist, the next edition is announced here first.

  1. Early bird closesDone · Sun 20 Sep
  2. Registrations closeDone · Wed 30 Sep
  3. Stage 1 · TrainingLive, online · Everyone attendsDone · 3–4 October
  4. Stage 2 · Online qualifiersOnline, judged · Everyone competesDone · 11 October
  5. Stage 3 · Grand FinaleIIT Bombay, Powai campus · The top 50 onlyDone · 25 October

What's on

What is coming up this season.

Dated events first, then the ones we are still setting dates for. Register interest on any of those and you hear before it goes public.

The calendar

Every date, month by month.

November 2026

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All of November 2026

  1. Sat 14 Nov – Sun 15 Nov · Bootcamp

    SLS Pune campus bootcamp

    Back at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, for another edition.

    Symbiosis Law School, Pune

    Register → Add to calendar

  2. Sun 15 Nov · AI Labs

    Master AI in 30 Days · Demo Day

    Cohort 1 presents what they built, live, with parents watching.

    Live online

    See the programme → Add to calendar

  3. Fri 20 Nov · Batch start

    6 new online batches start

    Foundational Juniors · Foundational Seniors · Intermediate Juniors · Intermediate Seniors · Advanced Juniors. Mon · Wed · Fri slots, live online with a Taivas coach.

    Live online

    See batches → Add to calendar

  4. Sat 21 Nov · Batch start

    2 new online batches start

    Foundational Juniors · Intermediate Juniors. Sat · Sun slots, live online with a Taivas coach.

    Live online

    See batches → Add to calendar

  5. Sat 21 Nov – Sun 22 Nov · Bootcamp

    BITS Goa campus bootcamp

    Our first bootcamp at BITS Pilani, Goa campus.

    BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

    Register interest → Add to calendar

  6. Sat 28 Nov – Sun 29 Nov · Championship

    NSDC South · NSDC South Zone

    The South Zone championship, with the debating society at IIT Madras.

    IIT Madras, Chennai

    See the championship → Add to calendar

Want one of these at your school?

We run inter-school championships, MUNs, bootcamps and camps on school campuses, end to end. Or register interest for the next open event and hear the dates first.

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