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Topics of various GDs performed in IIM B

- MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country.
- Are we raising a generation of burnt out children?
- 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.
- 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.
- Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.
- Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women.
- To sustain India’s integrity it is necessary to devolve more power to states.
- Women reservation in parliament is against the tenets of democracy.

Topics of Group Discussions performed at IIM C

- Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India?
- Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development.
- For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy.
- 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.
- TV Commercials should be banned.
- Politics and economics go together.
- Winning is not the important thing, it is the only thing.
- It is all the fault of the politicians.
- We need more management schools than primary schools.
- The medium of teaching in schools should be English.
- Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand.
- Advanced mathematics is of no use in every day life.
- Welcome back socialism.
- To survive in a civilized world one needs to be a hypocrite.

Topics of GDs performed at IIM L

- Film-makers are indulging in cinematic Fortitution in the name of folk culture.
- Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India.
- The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India’s trade.
- 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.
- Tryst with destiny - Has India redeemed its pledge.
- Indo-Pak relations – more rhetoric, less substance.
- Money is the sixth sense.
- All Education should be exclusively provided by the government.
- Indo-Pak relations – point of no return.

Topics of Group Discussions performed at IIM Kozikhode.

Women’s empowerment will lead to social development.
Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.

In one GD a paper clipping from one of leading newspapers was given and candidates were asked to read for 5 minutes and after that 15 minutes was given for discussion.

Paper clippings were :
Chinese goods - dumping or marketing.
‘A means of political awakening’.
The interviewer is checking whether the candidate can grasp the idea fast and discuss in detail on the topic.

IIM Kozhikode Other GD Topics

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.

Topics of GDs performed at SCMHRD !!

The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports.
IT boom in India.
Large Dams are a must for India’s development.
Leaders should be followers first.
Should the Government ban India from playing cricket match in sharjah? Justify.
Why more girls choose Human Relations Management.
Advertising and ethics.
IT: What does the future hold? Recommendation?
Conscription should be made compulsory.
Why is patriotism lacking in India?
What Ails India more – corruption or Overpopulation.
What should India do to preserve its IT command over the World.
India should not aspire to be a nuclear super power.
Bureaucracy is root cause of India’s social and economic problems.
Do B-Schools make business leaders or mere managers.

WTO – Effects on consumer – 40 mins
Kumbh Management / IT hype / Budget proposal – 40 mins
Honesty as a value is lost – how can it be regained? – 40 mins
Suggestions to reduce oil pool deficit – 40 mins
India – a nuclear state – pros and cons – 40 mins

Ethics in advertising .
Suggestions to Informatrion and Broadcasting Ministry to improve it’s services.
Divorce is a necessary evil.
Beauty contents: Is it justifiable?
How to make people listen.
Hype regarding boom in IT industry.
Corruption is a neccesary evil for success in any sphere of life.
Unethical advertising: where should the line should be drawn?
Tenets of effective communication.

Ceasefire in Kashmir will bring peace - 15 minutes
How can India achieve true democracy - 20 minutes
How to change people’s behaviour from being lazy, casual, pretentious.

In some GDs - a subjective topic is preferred over others. This list contains some of these topics categorized under different heads.

POLITICAL:

Should Indian Railways be privatized
Impact of Globalization on India
India’s Security Concern
Liberalization of Insurance Sector: Pros and Cons
Appropriateness of reservation policy in India
Public Sector Disinvestment
Privatization is the need of the hour in Indian Industry
The USA is the biggest threat to World Peace
Reservation for Women in Education & Service
Indian corporate are puppets in the hands of Indian Politicians
Is India’s increasing expenditure on defense justified
Should India make peace with Pakistan
Will more autonomy to states jeopardize the unity of the nation
If we were Planning Commission Members
How can the Indian Political system be improved
Rural Development is a political issue, rather than something of substance
Parliamentary democracy is an obstacle to economic growth in India
Can politicians survive without corruption
Criminalization of politics in India – Causes and Remedies
There should be reservation for the silent middle income population of India
A politician’s private life should not be the public’s conscience
Politicians & Industrialists nexus

ECONOMIC:

Infrastructure alone cannot improve India’s standing in the International arena
Globalization is bad for Indian companies
Infrastructure development is of prime importance for India in the next millennium
All nationalized banks in India should be privatized
Total Liberalization is the only way for economic development in India
In a country like India, Public sector is vital for national development
How much should India depend on IMF for loan
Is India’s expenditure on hi-tech areas justified from the social and economic point of view
India as you visualize in the year 2020
The finance minister has not done anything for the common man
India’s should emphasize more on SSI & MSI for employment
The fruits of economic policy can be reaped only if there is a strong political system
In the long run, the current economic policies will lead to MNCs dominating the Indian economy and society
Growing consumerism is an indicator of the nation’s economic prosperity
Invasion of MNCs is a drain on the resources of India
Family run businesses are the backbone of Indian Economy

EDUCATION:

Brain Drain is good for the country
All higher education in India should be privatized
Standardization of Textbooks is the best tool for national integration
The govt should stop funding IITs and IIMs and instead provide the funds to primary education
The present education system perpetuates inequality

ENVIRONMENT:

Pollution is a price you pay for economic development
Developed Countries are damaging the eco-system of the earth
Urban pollution has been blown out of proportion
Economic development at the cost of Ecological Degradation

ETHICS AND LAW:

Is cloning of humans ethical
What should be the objective of a company – profits or customer
Are ethics and business compatible
Entry of MNCs & their business ethics
Principles of Mahatma Gandhi; are they valid today?
Social justice and equity is more important than economic equity and justice
The constitution of Indian needs to be re-looked at

TECHNOLOGY:

Computerization in India may lead to labor unrest
Technological growth is more important than social cohesion for the advancement of a nation
Excessive computerization is stealing jobs from the people

MBA:

Our country needs more MBAs than technocrats
Professional management is a must to attain targeted growth
Indian Management should find its own ethos, American & Japanese paradigms wont work
Public sector should be handed over to independent professional managers
Will the mushrooming of MBA institutes in India produce professional managers
Management graduates are more interested in salaries & jobs rather than management as a course

SOCIAL:

Can India still boast about being a secular country
The demand for foreign brands has overtaken that for our home grown brands
Vada-pav vs. Mc Donald Burger
Communism has lost its relevance
Cinema is at most entertainment with a degenerating effect
Journalism should be out of the premises of censorship
In our society, leadership should be entrusted to the youth ad not to the old
Educated Indian lacks national commitment
Beauty contests don’t fit into the Indian culture
Terrorism is like a virus – very easy to spread, very difficult to contain
Television! An idiot box or knowledge provider
Are we producing a generation of burnt out children
We have exchanged our golden heritage for a pair of blue jeans
TV and Cinema have more evil effects than beneficial

SPORTS:

Is cricket hampering the growth of other sports in India
The making of great sportsmen requires a good infrastructure
The future of Indian Sport

Topics of GD performed at IIMs.

- 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.
- 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?

Topics of GDs performed at IIFT & MDI.

IIFT GD Topics:

Benefits of professional integrity.
Bilateralism vs multilateralism.
Ecology and tourism.
Technical Modernization and job employment do not go hand in hand.
Can politics be delineated from sports?
Can International boundary be dissolved?
India makes nuclear bombs, but cannot make quake resistant houses.
Role of money in elections.
Fast changes in Information Technology— excitement or agony?
India makes nuclear bombs, but cannot make quake resistant houses.
Role of money in elections.
Fast changes in Information Technology— excitement or agony?

MDI GD Topics:

Modern cinema is a boon to the Indian society.
Reservation is necessary for social transformation.
Education or empowerment leads to a quicker.

List of some Important GD Topics.

1. Premarital sex.
2. Role of UN in peacekeeping.
3. Effect of cinema on Youth.
4. Environment MAnagement.
5. Is China better than India in software.
6.Should SONIA gandhi be made the PM.
7. BPOs in INDIA.
8. Govt contribution to IT.
9. Will punch lines rule the Advt.
10. US war on Iraq-justified or not.
11. Is China a threat to Indian industry.
12. India or West , which is the land of opportunities.
13. Water resources should be nationalised.
14.”BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY”
15. Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
16. Education in India compared to Foreign nations.
17. Is it necessary to ban COCO COLA in India.
18. What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good or bad)
19. Are studies more benifitial in India or in Abroad.
20.”UN’s peace activities” and “America’s war on Iraq”.
21.”Environment-Whose Responisibility”.
22.Is China a threat to the indian software industry.
23.Role of UN in Peace keeping
24.War on Iraq.
25.About Hockey being the primary game in India.
26.Can America occupy Iraq.
27.Cricket should be banned or not.
28.IS CHINA A THREAT TO INDIA.
29.Present state of Indian Cricket team.
30.Love marriage/Arranged marriage.
31.Advantages of Co-education.

Hot GD Topics:

1.How to deal with international terrorism.
2.Should we pursue our policy of dialogue with Pakistan?
3.Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
4.Are Mobile Phones Boon or Bane?
5.Love Marriage vs Arranged Marriage

Skills required to be developed - to succeed in a Case Study round with flying colours.

Comprehension: Students need to grasp the detail of the case, often with limited time available, and to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information.

Analysis: Students need to break the case study into its constituent parts and examine the relationship between the parts.

Problem diagnosis: Often it is unclear what the problem is and why it is a problem and, indeed, who it is a problem for.

Problem solution: Case studies often require the generation and evaluation of different options. A key question is often ‘What would happen if X did this?’

Application of theory: Often a case involves the application of general managerial or ethical concepts or theory to a specific example.

Use of quantitative tools: A case may encourage the application of quantitative data so that students can understand how such data can be used Presentation skills: An important part of any case study may be the presentation of findings either orally or in the form of a written report. A key management skill is communication and the suitability, feasibility and acceptance of solutions may be tested.
Team-working skills: It is rare that managers work in isolation and most managers’ work in teams for at least part of the time.

The case study method can help develop skills required for working in teams. A good case will generate discussion, allow the students to form opinions and provide the material to defend those opinions. During discussion new insights are likely to emerge; as we indicated earlier, there are usually no right or wrong answers to case studies