The Indian MBA

A lot of interesting events have happened this year in the business and political world.

The first few months of 2008 saw the crude oil prices touching record heights, leading to high inflation and commodity prices. This affects petrol and diesel prices in India. Read up on the debate on raising the fuel prices Versus the government absorbing the full cost, reducing duties, etc. Read up on fuel pricing in India, how the government owned oil PSUs make the losses, and get subsidized by the oil bonds again by the government. This can be a hot GD topic.

Towards the end of January, stock markets around the world plunge on growing fears of US recession, and the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis. Read up on the whole subprime crisis, defaulting the bad loans, etc.

Rising food and fuel prices trigger riots and unrest in the Third World. Countries like Zimbabwe have suffered terribly. Expect a tricky question - How would you handle the situation if you were Zimbabwe's president?

June 27 - After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from daily duties to concentrate on philanthropy. Expect a few questions or a hot GD on humanitarian side of a business.

August 8–24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing, China. This prompts a group discussion topic - How do Sports affect businesses?

October 3 - Global financial crisis - US President George W. Bush signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law, creating a 700 billion dollar Treasury fund to purchase failing bank assets. Read up on differing views on whether the government should save the banks.

October 22 - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launches Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on a lunar exploration mission. What are your views on expenditure on space exploration, as against taking economic measures to help businesses?

November 4 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President-elect. Expect questions / group discussion on leadership and diversity.

November 26 - November 29 - A series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India kills 188, and injures at least 294. Draws the whole world's attention towards global terrorism, lapses in Indian security / law enforcement agencies and their capabilities. Expect a group discussion on how terrorism affects economy and businesses. If the panel decides to throw something provocative, expect the topic - "Should India attack Pakistan?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_economics

Swine Flu has become a pandemic. What steps should you, as a leader of an organization take in the event of such a pandemic, contagious and deadly disease?

Nice explanation i found some topics want to share with u guys

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 and 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


I hope above GD Topics will help you.

first i would arrange a workshop for them which will explain how it can be infected what precautions should v take n its treatment and if anybody is contaminated then i would give him/her leave with full payments n also try to help him/her financially and mentally

as ths becomes a very harmful disease in all around the world we should take a appropriate step.first of all we all must be aware of its symtms and the causes of ths diseas which is the most imp thng.because if we know the reason of it thn v can take precautions for it...............and atleast some 5will reduce ths causes

I think Climate Change and recent controversy in Copenhagen summit in Dec, 2009 and over the reports by Nobel Prize winning International Panel on Climate Change, headed by an Indian, Mr. R.K.Pachauri, would be oft-repeated topics in most b-schoold GDs.

Year 2010 has (till date) seen a series of terrorist attacks on many places world over. Jan 1st saw a suicide bombing attack in Pakistan. Feb 13th saw an attack on the German Bakery, Pune. Expect a discussion topic on solutions for terrorism, or whose responsibility it is to provide protection from terrorism - public, businesses or the government.

February 3 saw the sculpture L'Homme qui marche sold for a record US$103.7 million. Expect a question on your views on commercializing art.

hello to All
everybody suggests that be initiator n concluder in the GD. so in a group of 10 or more people. it is not necessary that we don,t get any chance to do this. so in this case what can be done???