Speech on the spot is a great way of building personal development on many levels such as boosting confidence, critical thinking, personal satisfaction, building leadership skills, learning performance skills etc.With an aim to celebrate the WORLD MICROBES DAY, the Department of Microbiology in association with IQAC conducted ‘SPEECH ON THE SPOT’ competition in online mode for the students of UG and PG microbiology on 17.09.2021 from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. The program was coordinated by Dr. Anjanadevi I. P, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology. The topic was on different microbial species and was given just 4 minutes before they were given a chance to present it. Majida M, Shanooba K and Shanida T P of second semester PG Microbiology secured 1st, IInd and IIIrd place respectively.