vegetarianism being redundant to the conditions under which eskimos live mukherjees inaugural address was followed by director arindam sils who argued that before understanding the countrys politics and history debating creates an opportunity for one to understand oneself we have to cultivate an interest in educating ourselves to be responsible human beings we have to first learn to ask the right questions he said charged with these inspiring messages the auditions for bengals second speak for india competition began with each candidate speaking on various topics for a minute the debating points included political corruption overdependence on technology unemployment induced by artificial intelligence among others the winner for 202324 will be awarded a cash prize of rs 25 lakh the runnerup will receive a prize of rs 15 lakh while the remaining six finalists will get rs 35000 each launched in 2014 speak for india was initially envisioned as a csr initiative by the federal bank speaking at the event sabu r s vicepresident and zonal head of federal bank kolkata explained how the initiative grew over the years last time we had over two lakh participants making speak for india one of the largest debating platforms in the country he said the platforms launch to promote the youths voice coincides with the legacy of federal bank aiming for inclusive voices just like speak for india federal bank too was launched in kerala federal bank was started 90 years ago in kerala by advocate k p hormis it is in tribute to his memory that we started this programme as a csr initiative sabu said santhosh kumar vc vicepresident and regional head of federal bank kolkata added that with the global centrality of india because of its g20 presidency debating and oration are gaining importance for the next generation