Heritage School, Kolkata was adjudged the Best Speaker in the Finals while Loyola School, Jamshedpur were the runners-up. The 2015 level II debate was won by Aayush Rathod and Shrutika Mane of the Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane and was held in Dehradun. Loyola School, Jamshedpur was the 2nd Runners-Up in this category too. 2016 The first round of the debate in 2016 was on July 15. The National Round was held on September 25. Loyola School, Jamshedpur was the only school to have qualified for both the category 1 and Category 2 of the debate. The National Winners for Category 2 were Nitya K Nair and Megha N Nair from L'ecole Chempaka, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Best Speaker was Nitya K Nair. The national runners-up were Adarsh Sriram and Shivali Shah from Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai. 2018 Round 1 – Regional The first round of debate of the year 2018 was conducted in the following schools and zones with the topic mentioned accordingly. National Finals 2018 With the Diamond Jubilee of the council, the Frank Anthony memorial all India inter school debate competition's National finals were hosted in the Frank Anthony Public school, Delhi. The seniors round saw schools from all across India. The topic was "Famous dropouts are the ones that contribute most to society". The National champions were St. James' School Kolkata, represented by Rustam Biswas and Souti Mukhopadhyay. Souti Mukhopadhyay also won the award for best speaker in the finals. 2019 ROUND 1 – REGIONAL Category (II) – Class IX & X Round 2 – Zonal''' ▼ Round 3 – National Finals The National Finals for the Frank Anthony memorial all India inter school debate were held in Kolkata on 25th September 2019. The senior round had schools from all across India, such as the Shriram Aravalli School, Delhi, and the Heritage school and defending champions St. James' School from Kolkata. The topic given was "The right to dissent is an integral part of any democracy". After a fiery round of debating, St. James' School was crowned National Champions for the second year running. The Heritage School was second runner up. The Best Speaker award went to Souti Mukhopadhyay, who is the only person to have won best speaker twice consecutively in the national finals of debate's long and prestigious history. References Asian debating competitions Schools debating competitions