List of Debate Topics By CrazyEngineers

Debate Topics Collection

(All these topics have been discussed on CE over the span of last 5 years)

Have a look:

1. Is BE+MBA a better saleable combination today? | CrazyEngineers
2. Is GEN Y losing touch with their parents? | CrazyEngineers
3. Why Men Lie and Why Women Cry? | CrazyEngineers
4. Why is Women Cricket not so popular? | CrazyEngineers
5. Debate: Is cricket overtaking other sports? | CrazyEngineers
6. Does advertising influence our lives? | CrazyEngineers
7. Should social networking sites be banned in offices & colleges? | CrazyEngineers
8. Should there be a dress code in colleges or at workplaces? | CrazyEngineers
9. Nuclear family or Joint family? | CrazyEngineers
10. Do Engineers need management degree? | CrazyEngineers
11. TRP, SMS voting, Reality shows - fake or real? | CrazyEngineers
12. Nothing is good or bad-our thinking makes it so | CrazyEngineers
13. Do you think we'll be completely paperless by 2050? | CrazyEngineers
14. Need Vs Want - what takes more money out of your pocket? | CrazyEngineers
15. Is it okay to swtich jobs just for the heck of more money? | CrazyEngineers
16. Should there be a notice period for employees who resigned? | CrazyEngineers
17. Can entrepreneurship be taught in classrooms? | CrazyEngineers
18. Do we have to call MBAs as Professionals? | CrazyEngineers
19. Do employees feel that they are a part of 'family'? | CrazyEngineers
20. Reservation in educational systems?Do we need it? | CrazyEngineers
21. IT Job - Is it really worth the money it pays? | CrazyEngineers
22. Should there be a ban on reality shows or not? | CrazyEngineers
23. I was born intelligent, but education ruined me. | CrazyEngineers
24. Aliens- Exist or not? | CrazyEngineers
25. Should human cloning be legalized | CrazyEngineers
26. Can war be a solution to terror? | CrazyEngineers
27. Is honesty still the best policy? | CrazyEngineers
28. Should developing countries invest in space missions? | CrazyEngineers
29. File sharing websites - Good Or Bad? | CrazyEngineers
30. Do media reporters / journalists aid the terrorists? | CrazyEngineers
31. World Recsssion: A planned terrorist activity? | CrazyEngineers
32. Group discussion : India or west, which is the land of oppurtunities? | CrazyEngineers
33. Should independence day be a national *holiday*? | CrazyEngineers
34. Are we messing up with the nature? | CrazyEngineers
35. Email: Plain Text Vs. HTML : Which one is better? | CrazyEngineers
36. Is it okay to disclose your salary to your colleagues? | CrazyEngineers
37. Should all employees be treated equally? | CrazyEngineers
38. Do you think piracy is overraated? | CrazyEngineers
39. Should engineering colleges advertise placement records to attract potential students | CrazyEngineers
40. Debate: Are Degrees necessary for being successful? | CrazyEngineers
41. The Company Hierarchy - is it necessary? | CrazyEngineers
42. If change is for good - what about job loyalty? | CrazyEngineers
43. Whether IPL afftects normal cricket? | CrazyEngineers
44. Wolfram Alpha Vs. Google | CrazyEngineers
45. Difference between Theft, Software Copyright Infringement, File Sharing and Piracy | CrazyEngineers
46. Should there be upper age limit for politicians? | CrazyEngineers
47. Should we vote to illiterate MLA in India? | CrazyEngineers
48. Is country talent sold at cheaper rates via outsourcing? | CrazyEngineers
49. Do Gandhian Principles work in real life? | CrazyEngineers
50. Is astrology a science? | CrazyEngineers
51. Can a business grow big without being corrupt? | CrazyEngineers
52. What do you think about teenage parents?? | CrazyEngineers
53. Should Obama be given Nobel Peace Prize or not? | CrazyEngineers
54. Do you think summer internships are necessary? | CrazyEngineers
55. Is IT is the best field for money making for a engineer. | CrazyEngineers
56. Should a tomato be considered a vegetable or a fruit? | CrazyEngineers
57. Why didn't Linux succeed as a desktop OS? | CrazyEngineers
58. Do we really need desktop mail clients? | CrazyEngineers
59. Are 'Mission Statements' necessary? | CrazyEngineers
60. Is Roger Federer is the best tennis player in the modern era? | CrazyEngineers
61. Blogging Vs. Microblogging | CrazyEngineers
62. Social Networking Sites - Boon Or Bane | CrazyEngineers
63. Should people be made to pay for the news? | CrazyEngineers
64. Should university students be required to attend classed? | CrazyEngineers
65. Do we really need Twitter? | CrazyEngineers
66. MBA - Desire or Fad? | CrazyEngineers
67. Has technology made the world a better place to live? | CrazyEngineers
68. Do we really need non-latin Internet domain names? | CrazyEngineers
69. Is your salary an indication of your self worth? | CrazyEngineers
70. Can we make engineering sexy? | CrazyEngineers
71. Do we really need desktop mail clients? | CrazyEngineers
72. Can computers replace teachers? | CrazyEngineers
73. Is it okay to call Employees As 'Resources'? | CrazyEngineers
74. Performance Appraisals - Do we need them? | CrazyEngineers
75. It is impossible to eradicate corruption in the country. True or False? | CrazyEngineers
76. should class attendence be mandatory? | CrazyEngineers
77. Is Publicly Displaying Your Photos On Social Networks Okay? | CrazyEngineers
78. Should there be Wikileaks in India? | CrazyEngineers
79. Backward class reservation: Is it needed still ? | CrazyEngineers
80. Google is spoiling creativity and the ability to think? | CrazyEngineers
81. What's The Ultimate In Communication? | CrazyEngineers
82. Social Networking Sites Killing Email - True or False? | CrazyEngineers
83. Does Facebook consume lot of your productive time? | CrazyEngineers
84. Does Education System Assume Everyone Equal? | CrazyEngineers
    
85. Entrepreneurs are born vs. made - Debate Reloaded | CrazyEngineers
    
86. Is Online Privacy A Big Deal In Today's Times? | CrazyEngineers
    
87. Is Government Ban On Social Networking Sites Justified? | CrazyEngineers
    
88. Is Group Discussion an effective method of selecting candidates in corporate? | CrazyEngineers
    
89. Should Yahoo Invest More In Building Great Software Than Advertising? | CrazyEngineers
    
90. Is Pure Mathematics dying a slow death in India? | CrazyEngineers
    
91. Should Every Currency Have Unique Symbol? | CrazyEngineers
    
92. Should engineering drawing be taught to every engineering student? | CrazyEngineers
    
93. Is it OK to open blocked sites in college/office? | CrazyEngineers
    
94. Does "Ahimsa" work in modern times? | CrazyEngineers
    
95. Can passions change? | CrazyEngineers
    
96. Workshops on Aptitute Development - Are those really worth it? | CrazyEngineers
    
97. Do you think we are responsible for the world economic recession? | CrazyEngineers
    
98. Is the recession over? | CrazyEngineers
    
99. Keeping all your data in cloud - is that smart? | CrazyEngineers
    
100. CAT 2009 Disaster: Isn't it management failure? | CrazyEngineers
     
101. Are newspapers dying? | CrazyEngineers
102. Higher education india or abroad?? | CrazyEngineers
     
103. "Does MBA kill entrepreneurial spirit?" | CrazyEngineers
     
104. Should students be burdened with the pressure of board exams? | CrazyEngineers
     
105. Do we really need BE/BTECH to do ME/MTECH and why ? | CrazyEngineers
     
106. Can Personality be developed? | CrazyEngineers
     
107. Do we really need cheer-leaders at Sport Events? | CrazyEngineers
     
108. Do Employees Enjoy Corporate Politics? | CrazyEngineers
     
109. Lamp in our house, but giving light to the neighbours. Is it justified? | CrazyEngineers
110. How far is dependency good? | CrazyEngineers
     
111. Will Google Me Be Successful? | CrazyEngineers
     
112. Do marks define the capability of a student? | CrazyEngineers
     
113. It's good to have a girlfriend or not ? | CrazyEngineers
     
114. Will the era of WristWatches end? | CrazyEngineers
     
115. How true is the proverb " Too many cooks spoil the cake"? | CrazyEngineers
     
116. Will Physical Books be gone in 5 years? | CrazyEngineers
     
117. Do you think machines are slowly gaining control over mankind? | CrazyEngineers
     
118. Is There Any Room For Innovation On The Internet? | CrazyEngineers
     
119. Ragging In Engineering Colleges: Do we really need to ban it? | CrazyEngineers
     
120. Moral Search Engines: Do we need them? | CrazyEngineers
     
121. Is it fair to say that LINUX OS is 100% secure. | CrazyEngineers
     
122. Is China a threat to India? | CrazyEngineers
     
123. Do women make better teachers than men? | CrazyEngineers
     
124. Is English is necessary to get developed | CrazyEngineers
     
125. IITs, Innovation & Their Contribution To Indian Technology Scene | CrazyEngineers
     
126. Do you think Indian engineering education system needs an upgrade? | CrazyEngineers
     
127. Firefox Vs. Chrome Vs. Opera Vs. IE Battle | CrazyEngineers
     
128. Should Wikipedia Have Ads To Sustain Itself? | CrazyEngineers
     
129. Youth Participation In Politics - Will it change anything? | CrazyEngineers
     
130. Is it safe to upload photos on the Social Networking Sites? | CrazyEngineers

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Nice work.I am sure there will be good responses😁

whoa! thats quite a huge list 😀

Good job😀Now its easy for us to have a look at it😀

A lot of old debate topics were very good ones.

You can still put your opinions on them.
(I see a lot of debate masterminds on CE. 😀 )

What a collection!

Very useful information friend,

Thanks a lot.......

Mega List. Need to update it. 😁

A long list! It must take times to do this. It's pity that these old topics are new to me since I'm a new member.

Vivien.hugo

A long list! It must take times to do this. It's pity that these old topics are new to me since I'm a new member.

Never mind. You can always post your opinion on any of these Debate topics. 😀

This thread has more than 11,000 views but very few replies on the on-going debates. Y U NO go up there and shout your thoughts?

realy nice work

Alright. I think this list needs an update. Have made this post sticky.
I will edit the first post with names of debate topics and add the best viewed and commented debate topics to this list.
👍

Do share the list with your friends, peepul!

Looks like the links in the first post all point to the old forum format, which is no longer used. I will update the posts with titles and links.

Thanks for this awesome collection @Ankita Katdare

Thanks. I am still in the process of updating all the discussions to new URLs. 😀 Will complete it in next week.

Here are some more I recently came across:

1. Is animal testing for medicinal drugs justified?
2. Is media censorship effective?
3. Is peer pressure harmful or beneficial to individuals?
4. Is it worth going after nuclear energy as alternative source?
5. Is competition good in our education system?
6. What would you rather be : honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
7. Is job hopping a good practice?
8. Social Media Marketing - Is it a lost cause?
9. Is dictatorship bad when the solution proposed is for betterment of society?
   
10. Will self-driving cars become a necessity in future?
    
11. Challenging the present technology to redesign and reuse the past technology?
    
12. Free Basics By Facebook Vs. Net Neutrality
    
13. Is buying medicines online a good or a bad idea?
    
14. Are engineers solving problems or just creating new ones?
    
15. Will the machines kill us eventually?
    
16. Can India Progress Without Adapting English Language?
    
17. The 'Earth Hour' Debate - To Follow Or Not To Follow
    
18. Is eCommerce Killing Retail Stores and Malls?

@Rucha Wankhede Could you share a list of debate topics that you think should be included in this list? The more the merrier.

Just completed editing the first list to reflect all the important topics we discussed in earlier years. Here is a short list of debate topics discussed in 2015 -

1. Is it okay to swtich jobs just for the heck of more money? | CrazyEngineers
2. Net Neutrality - Good or Bad? | CrazyEngineers
3. Should Twitter Get Rid Of 140 Characters Limit? | CrazyEngineers
4. Are IITs the superior most? | CrazyEngineers
5. Internet was supposed to reduce waste of time - Is it working? | CrazyEngineers
6. How important are team events ? | CrazyEngineers
7. Challenging the present technology to redesign and reuse the past technology! - Why? | CrazyEngineers
8. Is dictatorship bad when the solution proposed is for betterment of society? | CrazyEngineers
9. Should Facebook have a 'Dislike' button? | CrazyEngineers
10. Will self-driving cars become a necessity in future? | CrazyEngineers
11. Can self-driving cars work in India? | CrazyEngineers
12. Free Basics By Facebook Vs. Net Neutrality | CrazyEngineers
    
13. Is there any Science or Truth in Astrology? | CrazyEngineers
    
14. Is buying medicines online a good or a bad idea? | CrazyEngineers
    
15. Is the Internet worth saving in India? # Net Neutrality | CrazyEngineers
    
16. Are engineers solving problems or just creating new ones? | CrazyEngineers
    
17. Will the machines kill us eventually? | CrazyEngineers
    
18. Can India Progress Without Adapting English Language? | CrazyEngineers
    
19. Can you learn how to learn? - Debate! | CrazyEngineers
    
20. 85% of your financial success is due to your personality - Agree or Disagree? | CrazyEngineers
    
21. The 'Earth Hour' Debate - To Follow Or Not To Follow | CrazyEngineers
    
22. Are online classrooms the future of schools and colleges? | CrazyEngineers
    
23. Is eCommerce Killing Retail Stores and Malls? | CrazyEngineers
    
24. Are our textbooks and education system in general getting obsolete? | CrazyEngineers
    
25. Does industrial development always happen at the cost of environmental degradation? | CrazyEngineers
    
26. Buy engineering projects online for final year - Cool or Not? | CrazyEngineers

Hey, Ankita
some topics I thought might help-
Will come up with more, and post soon.
*Is poor Research output and environment from our country the reason for our backwardness on international scene?
*Capitalism 101 under the garb of philanthropy- is it truly justified? #Free basics
*Uniform civil code- should it be implemented?

Time to update this list. @Debasmita Banerjee @Jash Mota @Ashish Nanda any suggestions of your own?

Would quantum computing be enough in itself or would it still have to work with the legacy processors, as a Qbit in itself isn't measurable.

Before I post my topics, I would like to know if there is any limitation on the type of topics.

GD topics
Men are for on mars: women are from venus
Brain drain
Yellow is green
Pink lases in my black shoes
Education for politicians
Indo pak relationship
Gene editing - pros and cons
Soft porn movie should be released in India or not
Should be jailed Rubi rai or not.

Here are some more topics we can have discussion on :

1 .Absolute Success Is Luck. Relative Success Is Hard Work.

2. Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds.

3. How to Stick To Good Habits Every Day.

4. How To Train Your Brain To Think In New Ways.

5. Why Life Always Seems To Get More Complicated.

6. Do We Always Leave Room For The Unexpected?

7. Art Of Continuous Improvement. 

8. Work-Life Balance - Upsides & Downsides.

9. Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More.

10. Does Setting Goals Always Works?