BANGALORE: One of the most significant moments in a parent's life is seeing their children shine in their careers and that is what a group of 15 students from Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton Boys School have done. The team bagged the best Large Delegation award at the Harvard Model United Nations held in Hyderabad, reports TNN.

The boys from classes 11 and 12 were asked to represent Russia in 12 committees at the four-day session. In this session, the participants had to highlight the ideologies of the nation on topics as assorted as the invasion of Afghanistan to diseases, and the reproductive rights of women. The global meet, went through archives and studied various aspects of the countries. Over 1500 students from 15 countries participated.

Sidhant Gupta, who also won the best delegate award in the World Health Organization committee said, "The challenge is to convince around 400 people in the committee and make them sign your resolution. It's like trying to get people to your side without insulting anyone. There's politics, there's lobbying. Apart from putting your public-speaking skills to use, you need to be diplomatic. There's a fine line between shouting and convincing. It's no mean feat."

The boys also revealed that the global meet was way more difficult than the local model UN. "Here, the number of times you can speak is restricted. Everyone gets an equal chance. Also, the chairmen are Harvard students who are thorough with their subjects. They know it all. You can't cook up things here, like some people do at other competitions where moderators are students themselves," said Aditya Siroya, best delegate in the social, humanitarian and cultural committee.

For most of these boys, participating in model UNs began at class 8 and then continued as a hobby by itself. The fascination only increased as the years went by.

As students get to know which country they have to represent almost two months before the competition. "We started preparing only a week before the event as we were busy with academics," said Harsh Gupta. 
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