Topics for the discussion

Contents of Topics ( Expectation from the Speaker )

1.       Define what it is?

2  What are aim/objectives ?

3 What it describes ?

4.       How is it relevant?

5.     What it shows/says and explain it with instances?

6. What is your opinion towards it?

7.       Conclude
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Topics

Should Nepotism: Hiring relatives or acquainted, be promoted or allowed in the

Why should companies recruit freshers in the organisation?

Can you suggest any change in the selection process of companies?

Role of employment agencies or exchanges in India

Economics & Business

How to Deal with High Oil Prices?

Multinational Corporations: Are they Devils in Disguise?

Are Indians Less Quality Conscious?

Is the Consumer really the King in India?

Commercialization of Health Care: Good or Bad?

Is there any Point in having a Business Strategy when the World changes from Month to
Month?

Is the Patents Bill Good for India?

Is the Business of Business only Business?

Public Sector being a Guarantor of Job Security is a Myth

Capitalism is a very Flawed System but the others are so much worse

How can a Business get rid of the Bad Name that it has earned?

Government Pumping Money into the Economy is not the Solution for our Economic
Problems

Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

Is MNCs Superior to Indian Companies?

Advertising is a Waste of Resources

Privatization will lead to Less Corruption

Should India break Diplomatic Ties with Pakistan?

Use of Force by Banks to Recover Loans

Skilled Manpower Shortage in India

Technology Creates Income Disparities

In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking rather than
doing.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order?

Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment?

Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become fatally addictive
in larger doses.

Should businessmen run the finance ministry?

Should important services like transport be left to market forces?.

What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory bodies. Trade can help the poor?

Water resources should be nationalised

Are Co-operatives Relevant in Today's Global Environment?

Indian villages - our strength or our weakness?

Space Missions are a Wastage of Resources for a Resource-Starved Nation like India

Satyam Scandal would Impact Foreign Investments in India

Private Participation in Infrastructure is Highly Desirable

Developing Countries need Trade, not Aid

Poverty in Third World Countries is due to Prosperity in First World Countries

Indian Economy: Old Wine in New Bottle!

Is Globalization Really Necessary?

What shall we do about our Ever-Increasing Population?

Banning of Trade Unions will be Beneficial in Growth of the Economy

Why can't India be a World-Class Player in Manufacturing Industry as it is in IT & BPO

We Need Drinking Water and Not Coke & Pepsi in Rural India

Rise of Regional Blocs Threatens Independent Nations like India Should the public sector be
privatized

 Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional

 Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India.

 In an over-regulated society corruption is inevitable.

 For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized
economy.

 The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports. (SCMHRD)

 The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India's trade.

 Computers result in unemployment

 With IT replacing middle level management, software jobs are more lucrative than MBAs

Men resent women power at work place

 Youth in India are becoming greedy by the day

 MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country

 India should be reorganized into smaller states.

Managerial skills learnt from classroom can never match those learnt from experience.

 who is responsible for eve TEASING: Boys or Girl.

 Banning smoke in public place is a right decision

 Should India stop trade and all relations with Pakistan?

 western culture adopted by india fair or not?

 Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state.

 Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.

 Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women.

Women empowerment - A cause for increasing divorce rate in India

 Mobile phone a ban or a boon.

 Foreign Television Channels Are Destroying Our Culture.

Euthanasia: To Do Or Not To Do.

 Education and Success - Is There A Correlation?

 Valentine day is harming our culture.

 Kohinoor must be returned to India.

The government should stop funding the IITs and the IIMs and, instead, divert the funds to
primary education.

Profit is the only business of business.

Democracy has hampered India's progress.

 Principles of Mahatma Gandhi; are they valid today?.

Growth and integrity are poles apart.

 Advertising is all glitter and little truth.

Government should reduce defence expenditure and spend more on social sector.

Computers result in unemployment.

Consumer satisfaction should be achieved at any cost.

Managers do not add value to the society.

Democracy is the only way to a sustained economic growth.

Should youth indulge in politics?

Liberalisation in 1991 was a forced one.

Democracy is a luxury in India.

Business Ethics.

Infrastructure and India.

Effectiveness of economic embargo on Iraq.

The parliamentary form of democracy has failed in India.

Consumer satisfaction should be achieved at any cost.

Managers do not add value to the society.

Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India.

Knowledge is the awareness of one's ignorance.

Virtue has its own reward.

Is the job of a manager to do the right things or to do things rightly?

Coke and Pepsi should be driven out of India.

Can religion be kept out of politics?

International embargo: the US is going too far.

'Tryst with destiny' ' has India redeemed its pledge?

Is India ready for e-commerce?

Has the time come to eradicate the nuclear weapons?

All education should be exclusively provided by the government.

Tryst with destiny - Has India redeemed its pledge.

Should the public sector be privatised?

 China and India are similar nations with contrasting ways

 Value based politics is the need of the hour

 Religion should not be mixed with politics

 How to deal with high oil prices

 Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing

 Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise?

 Should there be private universities?

 Drugs, tobacco and alcohol consumption have become rampant within the youth
nowadays. Should we treat these youngsters or it needs punishments like
incarceration?
 Work sharing by the male and female members at home. Are females overburdened at
home after long working hours?
 Impact of technology and mass media on society with reference to the increasing
crime rates. How is technology responsible for alienation and depletion of human
values?
 Role of child parenting in the 21st century social world.
 Does religion create intolerance?
 What can be done to save ourselves from the RF (radio frequency) radiation which is
spreading at lengths through the increasing use of cell phones?
 Abortion….the illegal killing of an innocent human being!!! Should it be made legal?
 “Eye for an Eye” versus “less expensive punishment than death”……should death
penalty be made legal?
 Requirement of informed consent in case of homosexuality (same sex attraction). Is it
necessary?
 Consciousness on animal health and the role of habitat conserving.
 Is euthanasia an appropriate response to the unbearable pain of a terminally ill person
who desires to die?
 Bride burning and dowry still continues to be an integral part of India.
 The Age of Information…people on the two sides of the coin….learned literates and
urbane and those without the enlightenment and illiteracy.
 Are we paying the price of nature?
 Generation X-will they determine our future or will fade into oblivion?

1. Inflation versus growth.

3. Growth versus development.

4. Fiscal deficit and its impact on Indian economy.

5. Social overhead capital versus Directly productive activities.

6. Land acquisition in India.

7. Role of Informal sector on Indian economy.

9. Impact of outsourcing of services on Indian economy

10. Exchange rate devaluation and its impact

11. Removing of public subsidy.

12. Rationing of LPG.

13. FDI in retail sector