February 23, 2022

With an objective to provide positive learning experience and to develop communication and leadership skills, the inauguration and the first meet of CAN Gavel Club was held on Wednesday, 23rd July 2022 at 2:30 PM in Room No 5. The theme chosen for this meet was “The Power of Words”. The presiding officer, Prof. Pushpalatha, Faculty, Commerce and Management Department was the chief guest who inaugurated the CAN Gavel Club and declared the Club meet open.

The following were the key roles played by different functionaries for the day – Toastmaster, Pre-prepared Speakers, Pre-prepared Speech Evaluator, Table Topic Master, Table Topic Speakers, Table Topic Speech Evaluator, Grammarian, Ah Counter, Word Master, Message Master, Timer, Overall General Evaluator.

Mr. Joyston Mario Saldanha of III BBA was the Toastmaster for the evening. The Club meet began with invocation. After her words of welcome, he called upon Mr. NishanthShetty of III BBA to introduce the word for the day. “Mortify” was the word introduced and was expected to use throughout the speeches.Key functionaries were then introduced by the toastmaster.It was then time to hear the Pre-prepared speakers who were ready to present their speeches. Ms. Jeena, Ms. Sanjana of II BBA, Mr. Sampreeth of III Bcom and Mr.AkshayBhat of II Bcom were the pre-prepared speakers for the day. Ms. Aarti Goad of III Bcom evaluated the Pre-prepared speakers and gave her constructive inputs.

Followed by the pre-prepared speeches were Table Topic Speeches. Mr. Joyston the toastmaster introduced table topic master Mr. NarasimhaBhat of II BBA, who then took over and briefed the rules and regulations for the Table Topic session. Ms. Shilpa of III BBA, Ms. Maithri, Mr. Deepak, Mr. Saisanketh of III Bcom and Mr. Manish of II Bcomwere the table topic speakers. They were evaluated by the Table Topic Speech Evaluator Mr. Shrihari of III Bcom.

It was then time to sum up the meet where Timer, Ah Counter, Grammarian came up with their summative report and Mr. Neel Goradia of III Bcom the Overall General Evaluator made his general evaluations and also suggested points for the improvement of upcoming meet.

It was then time for the announcement of accolades for the day and were awarded with a winner certificate, a sash and pinned with a golden star.

The following were the winners of first CAN BBA Gavel Club meet.
1.Best Pre-prepared Speaker of the day–Mr. AkshayBhat (II Bcom)& Mr. Sampreeth (III Bcom)
2.Best Table Topic Speaker of the day –Mr. Manish (II Bcom)
3.Best Key Functionary of the day – Mr. SumukhAcharya (III Bcom)
The Co-presiding Officer, Faculty Mr. Hardik P. Chauhan gave an overall review. The evening came to an end with vote of thanks proposed by the toastmaster Mr. Neel Goradia and the meet was adjourned