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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Students from Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women won the Elihu Yale Inter-Collegiate Debate 2019, conducted by the Indo-American Association, Chennai, on Monday. The competition was held in association with the Consulate General of United States of America, Chennai, and Women’s Christian College. Safa Tabassum and Mayura from Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women won the first place, while Shilpa Srinivasan and Sharada Sharma from WCC, and Shaina Dewan and Parth Guptha from the Great Lakes institute of Management, were the runners-up. “Yale will always be a symbol of the connection between Chennai and USA,” he remarked. Governor Elihu Yale, during his time as the Governor of Madras, was responsible for the establishment of Mayor’s Court, a precursor to the Corporation of Madras, said Burgess..