Nepal Wins Awards in Toastmasters Speech Contest in New Delhi

November 7: Nepal bagged various awards in the Toastmasters International District-level Speech Contest. Participants from Nepal won five out six awards in division level humourous and evaluation speech contests in New Delhi. Out of 11 contestants, five contestants from two areas of Nepal won trophies in humuorous and evaluation contests.

Both the 1st position winners of humorous speech from Nepal, Toastmaster Seema Golchha and evaluation contest winner Toastmaster Diptee Acharya, proceeded to district level contest, in which 12 divisions from across India contested for the awards. In the finals, Seema Golchha finished second and bagged silver trophy.

"In the history of Toastmasters movement in Nepal, this is the first time contestants participated in any international contests and have left a memorable impression," said Area Director Suman Shakya after the contests results.

Other Area Director from Nepal Ranjit Acharya said, "After sweeping five out of six awards in division I, being in district finals was a great achievement all together and on top of that winning second position in Humourous speech contest is a big pride for Nepal. We are all happy that Nepal has stepped in a big way to Toastmasters International arena."