The 2025 team was comprised of:
- Veda Kalra (Captain) [Vasant Valley School]
- Tejas Pugalia [Saint Xavier’s School]
- Uday Vir Khosla [The Shri Ram School, Moulsari]
- Manveer Pratap Rathore [Emerald Heights International School]
- Avni Kaur Chadha [Emerald Heights International School]
Team India 2025 finished as the World Champions at the World Schools Debating Championship under Veda Kalra’s captaincy. Team India’s campaign demonstrated consistency and control across the tournament. In the preliminary rounds, the team faced New Zealand, Estonia, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, Pakistan, and the USA, finishing with a 7–1 record to place third overall. In the knockout stages, they advanced past New Zealand in the octofinal, Bangladesh in the quarterfinal, and Hong Kong in the semifinal, before securing the title against Australia. Uday Vir Khosla was ranked second-best open speaker and best ESL speaker of the tournament, Veda Kalra placed third-best open and second-best ESL speaker, and Tejas Pugalia placed fourth-best open and third-best ESL speaker.