Year:  1958 Speaker:  V.K.R.V. Rao Subject: Some Reflections on the Rate of Saving in Developing Economy

Year: 1957 Speaker:  B.K. Maman Subject: Financing the Second Five-Year Plan

Year: 1956 Speaker:  S.K. Muranjan Subject: Reflections on Economic Growth and Progress

Year: 1955 Speaker:  P.C. Mahalanobis Subject: Some Thoughts on Planning in India

Year: 1954 Speaker:  W.R. Natu Subject: Public Administration and Economic Development

Year: 1953  Speaker: Laxmanshastri Joshi Subject: Indian Nationalism

Year: 1952  Speaker: A.D. Gorwala Subject: The Role of the Administrator: Past, Present and Future

Year: 1951 Speaker: M. Venkatrangaiya Subject: Competitive and Cooperative Trends in Federalism

Year: 1950 Speaker:  R.L. Dey Subject: Policy of Protection in India

Year: 1949 Speaker:  D.G. Karve Subject: Public Administration in Democracy

Year: 1948 Speaker:  C.D. Deshmukh Subject: Central Banking in India : A Retrospect

Year: 1946 Speaker:  J.V. Joshi Subject: India’s Sterling Balances