Group Discussion Topics
This is a list of topics given for GD at various top B-Schools in the previous years.
IIM Bangalore
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.
India should be reorganized into smaller states.
Growth and integrity are poles apart.
Managerial skills learnt from classroom can never match those learnt from experience.
Government should reduce defence expenditure and spend more on social sector.
The UN has not served any purpose in the last decade.
Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state.
IIM Calcutta Industrial growth in the next millennium will depend a lot on how we tackle the environmental issues.
Food comes first, ethics later.
In India democracy is nothing but politicised monarchy.
New Delhi should not be the capital of India.
Industrial growth and environmental care do not go hand in hand.
TV commercials should be banned.
To survive in the civilized world one needs to be hypocrite.
Money is the sixth sense without which one cannot enjoy the other five.
Advanced mathematics has no value in life.
Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand.
Welcome back socialism.
Information Technology
IIM Lucknow 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?
Religious fundamentalism is more dangerous than regionalism.
International embargo: the US is going too far.
India-Pakistan relation: has it reached a point of no return?
'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.
IIM Kozhikode Science and not rhetoric underpins the National Policy.
Human rights impedes economic programme.
Women empowerment is the basis for social development.
Subsidies for higher studies should be done away with.
IIFT Benefits of professional integrity
Bilateralism vs multilateralism
Ecology and tourism
MDI Modern cinema is a boon to the Indian society.
Reservation is necessary for social transformation.
Education or empowerment leads to a quicker.
FMS 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.
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.
Topics that have appeared in IIMs in the last five years Indo-Pak differences are so deep-rooted that Kashmir is only being used as an excuse.
Violence is a prerequisite for progress.
Underdevelopment — fate, mismanagement or oppression?
Our country needs more technocrats and less managers.
Management education is a luxury for a poor country like India.
Ends justify the means.
Is war with Pakistan inevitable?
Will computerization make a robot of all human beings?
Women make better managers than men.
Do computers dehumanize society?
Success comes not so much by solving problems as by exploiting opportunities.
All higher education in India should be privatized.
What will the present budget be like?
Management education should make job seekers job creators.
To prevent India from disintegrating, more autonomy should be given to the states.
Talk of social responsibility in the private sector is sheer hypocrisy.
Political crisis and the Indian economy
Corruption is an economic lubricant, and hence may not be all that bad.
The Indian economy is in shambles.
GDs as a means of selection by the IIMs are a farce.
Is greed an essential human quality?
Pollution control is a luxury for India.
Engineers joining management is a national waste.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but fanaticism is the mightiest of all.
Has the Indian political structure outlived its utility?
No one studies for an MBA. Everyone studies for a job.
Parliamentary democracy is an obstacle in the path of growth of the Indian nation.
Do we need graduate engineers at all?
This is a list of topics given for GD at various top B-Schools in the previous years.
IIM Bangalore
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.
India should be reorganized into smaller states.
Growth and integrity are poles apart.
Managerial skills learnt from classroom can never match those learnt from experience.
Government should reduce defence expenditure and spend more on social sector.
The UN has not served any purpose in the last decade.
Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state.
IIM Calcutta Industrial growth in the next millennium will depend a lot on how we tackle the environmental issues.
Food comes first, ethics later.
In India democracy is nothing but politicised monarchy.
New Delhi should not be the capital of India.
Industrial growth and environmental care do not go hand in hand.
TV commercials should be banned.
To survive in the civilized world one needs to be hypocrite.
Money is the sixth sense without which one cannot enjoy the other five.
Advanced mathematics has no value in life.
Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand.
Welcome back socialism.
Information Technology
IIM Lucknow 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?
Religious fundamentalism is more dangerous than regionalism.
International embargo: the US is going too far.
India-Pakistan relation: has it reached a point of no return?
'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.
IIM Kozhikode Science and not rhetoric underpins the National Policy.
Human rights impedes economic programme.
Women empowerment is the basis for social development.
Subsidies for higher studies should be done away with.
IIFT Benefits of professional integrity
Bilateralism vs multilateralism
Ecology and tourism
MDI Modern cinema is a boon to the Indian society.
Reservation is necessary for social transformation.
Education or empowerment leads to a quicker.
FMS 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.
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.
Topics that have appeared in IIMs in the last five years Indo-Pak differences are so deep-rooted that Kashmir is only being used as an excuse.
Violence is a prerequisite for progress.
Underdevelopment — fate, mismanagement or oppression?
Our country needs more technocrats and less managers.
Management education is a luxury for a poor country like India.
Ends justify the means.
Is war with Pakistan inevitable?
Will computerization make a robot of all human beings?
Women make better managers than men.
Do computers dehumanize society?
Success comes not so much by solving problems as by exploiting opportunities.
All higher education in India should be privatized.
What will the present budget be like?
Management education should make job seekers job creators.
To prevent India from disintegrating, more autonomy should be given to the states.
Talk of social responsibility in the private sector is sheer hypocrisy.
Political crisis and the Indian economy
Corruption is an economic lubricant, and hence may not be all that bad.
The Indian economy is in shambles.
GDs as a means of selection by the IIMs are a farce.
Is greed an essential human quality?
Pollution control is a luxury for India.
Engineers joining management is a national waste.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but fanaticism is the mightiest of all.
Has the Indian political structure outlived its utility?
No one studies for an MBA. Everyone studies for a job.
Parliamentary democracy is an obstacle in the path of growth of the Indian nation.
Do we need graduate engineers at all?
