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Trivium
Trivium is an annual debating tournament conducted by the Speakers Association and Study Circle of the PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, for teams from Universities all over Asia. It is one of the largest inter-varsity Parliamentary Debating tournament in India with over 400 participants.The debates is held in the Asian parliamentary 3-on-3 format. The 4h Edition of the debate is slated to be held from 30th August - 2nd September 2013.

Introduction
The four day event this year from 30th Aug to 2nd Sep will be seen hosting a number of colleges from not just across the country, but colleges from other countries such as Bangladesh will also be a part of the tournament. Through the past three years, PEC has emerged as a college known not just to host one of the best debating tournament s in the country, but to have one of the best break-night parties as well. This Asian Parliamentary Debate tournament opens the debate season each year, and being an open tournament, gives each and everyone a chance to participate and win the enormous cash prizes which it offers, and distributes on the last (the fourth) day of the tournament, something which is not common amongst the debating circuit in India.

Trivium has a history of calling the best debaters and judges in tbe country as its Adjudication Core such as Prabhat Kiran Mukherjea (ex-NLSIU B), Eashan Ghosh (ex-NLSIU B, ex-Oxford), Uttara Gharpure (ex-NLSIU B), Yama Verma (ex-NLSIU B), Prasun Bhaiya (ex-RVCE), Arjun Bolangdy (ex-RVCE), Ritwik Agarwal (ex-Hindu), and Neelakshi Tiwari (ex-Hindu). All these, and many other adjudicators who show up at Trivium have performed extra-ordinarily at international debating tournaments such as Worlds-WUDC, EUDC, Asians BP, et cetera.

Format to the Event
The debate follows a 3-on-3 format, with one team forming the Government, and the other the Opposition. The judging of the debates is done by the adjudicators who are students from the participating colleges.The tournament is run by a team consisting of the Chief Adjudicator (CA), Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) and the organisation committee of the college debating society.