Salil Singh is an internationally acclaimed debate coach and academic trainer who has trained debate teams from four countries and over a hundred schools in India. Having been an active member of the college debate circuit in his day, he has gone on to forge a career in the field, with the ultimate objective of making the joys of logic, reasoning and public speaking known to students and schools who would find such exposure hard to come by. Having started coaching school debate teams for national and international tournaments in his teens, he is the recipient of a Coach of the Year award at the World Scholars Cup Global round 2014.
Naimish Tripathi is an advocate, writer and a creative director. Having graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia, he has been active in the Indian debate circuit for over 10 years, right since his school days. He works as the Content Head for Behes which is India’s largest debate platform for school students and has trained and conducted debating tournaments for students from over 3000+ schools across more than 50+ cities in India and five other countries. Having honed his skills over the years, Naimish has successfully spearheaded numerous projects for organizations such as the United Nations Women amongst others.
Eshan Butalia who had his first encounter with debate happened in primary school, while continuing debating through his school school days his first major recognition came in winning the KV nationals in 2016-2017. He is also a graduate in Media and Mass Communication from Manipal University. Having worked with companies like SportsKeeda and most recently being an assistant brand management consultant with News 18, he has significant experience in public speaking and argumentation. Being active in debate circuits in school and college in his time, he has joined the team full time to reach out to and train more and more students across the country.
Vaishnavi Kaplesh when her mother said "bas behes karwalo isse" vaishnavi took it upon her to do just that. A media student at VIPS, IPU now - she had been an enthusiastic "ipad debater" - iPad in hand, panic-preparing caselines in debate rooms - all paying off as she was a behes medalist throughout. Straight out of school, she became a Behes Intern - often seen in her natural habitat at NCR rounds - collecting scoresheets, ushering debaters, making announcements, congratulating absolutely everybody. Now a part-time member at Behes, no matter her workload, she will always find time to greet you at rounds if you ask for it.
