Year: 1995  Speaker: Madhavrao Gadgil Subject: Patenting Life

Year: 1994 Speaker:  G.Ram Reddy Subject: The Financing of Higher Education in India

Year: 1993 Speaker:  Raja J. Chelliah  Subject: An Essay on Fiscal Deficit

Year: 1992  Speaker: V. Kurien Subject: Agricultural and Rural Development in the 1990s and Beyond

Year: 1991  Speaker: B.S. Minhas Subject: Public Versus Private Sector: Neglect of Lessons of Economics in Indian Policy Formulation

Year: 1990 Speaker:  D.T. Lakdawala Subject: Indian Public Debt

Year: 1989 Speaker:  Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Subject: Eighth Plan Perspectives

Year: 1988 Speaker:  Sukhamoy Chakravarti Subject: Development of Development Thinking

Year: 1987 Speaker:  K.R. Ranadive Subject: Town and Country in Economy in Transition

Year: 1986 Speaker:  Manmohan Singh Subject: The Quest for Equity in Development

Year: 1985 Speaker:  Andre Beteille Subject: Equality of Opportunity and the Equal Distribution of Benefits

Year: 1984 Speaker:  M.P. Rege  Subject: Concepts of Justice and Equality in the Indian Tradition