Embarking on its journey since 2011, MIST Debating Society (MIST DS) has been actively contributing in the extracurricular activities of the students of MIST.  Over the years, it has evolved as one of the significant contributors in achieving recognition for MIST, on both national and international grounds. This club helps students prepare well for debating, public speaking, idea competitions- which includes brainstorming and keeping oneself updated about the ongoing issues of the world. It also helps a student prepare well for different presentations, interviews etc in both engineering and non- engineering sectors, which become a vital part of life in the long run.

Purpose of MIST DS:

Think out of the box’ has always been the agenda of MIST DS, which helps in shaping a student to excel in and pursue big dreams- when it comes to expressing oneself with proper logic, determination and skill. MIST DS provides a common ground for the enthusiasts and assists to enrich their Geist and Intellectualism.

Activities:

•    Idea competitions
•    Business case competitions
•    Debate tournaments (both English and Bangla)
•    Public speaking competitions
•    Knowledge-based quiz competitions
•    Debate sessions

An orientation program is held by the beginning of every academic year, which includes the announcement of the presidential panels, recruitment of new members from different levels/ departments and an introductory event with all of them.

Different workshops are held throughout the entire year to help students get motivated to start with a debating career or polish the skills of the existing ones, how to crack business cases and present them with proper analysis in case competitions

An intra university business case competition, which was based on the theme of ‘White Collar Challenge’- marked the beginning of this signature competition of DS. One team was declared to be the champion, out of a huge number of teams.

An Intra public speaking competition held specially for Level-1 and Level-2 students with an intention to remove their stage fright.

An intra university competition having Idea Generation and Business Case competition- segments. It was followed by a huge response, quality judges and exciting amount of prize-money.

MIST DS started collaborating with the Department of Science & Humanities in organizing the signature Inter Departmental Debate Competition of MIST, since 2019. Twelve departmental teams fight among each other via interesting motions and logical arguments- to be the Champion department and Runners-up department accordingly.

Different online sessions on the various formats of debate, e.g. Introduction to British Parliamentary Debate format etc are held from time to time, to keep the brainstorming and knowledge acquiring sessions active.