The Planning Forum

The Planning Forum is a society dedicated towards spreading awareness about affairs that concern our world today. Towards this end, we carry out a number of activities, which include but are not restricted to:

• Inviting guests to speak at college

• Conducting interviews of prominent personalities

• Organization of career-oriented activities

• Publishing of a print journal

• Organization of exposure trips outside India

Talks

The Planning Forum has invited numerous personalities to speak at college. The purpose of these talks is to allow students to interact directly with people who have the power to change our society. The usual format for these talks is a short address by the guest, followed by a long question-and-answer session, where students have the opportunity to question the guest either on what he or she may have said, or on any issue that they may be involved in.

Past guests have included former Prime Ministers, diplomats, ministers, social activists, fashion designers, sportspersons and many others. Click here to see a complete list of guests.

Interviews

The Planning Forum occasionally conducts interviews of personalities who we feel an interaction with is necessary, even if they are unable to speak at college.

Career-oriented activities

The Planning Forum has recently made a foray into organizing activities that will both make students more employable and help them choose a career for themselves.

 Banking and finance is a specific topic of a career-oriented activity that The Planning Forum organized in 2000. Named the Investor Challenge program, The Planning Forum tied up with Capitalmarketacademy.com, Citibank, Birla Sun Life AMC and Kothari Pioneer to begin a stock market trading competition. Students from college who applied for this program were formed into teams, each attached to one of the above financial institutions, and conducted fictitious stock trading. While obviously of greater interest to students of economics, this program was open to the entire college student body.

Publishing of journal

Every year, The Planning Forum comes out with a print magazine that publishes articles on issues of contemporary interest. The whole idea is to provide a platform for students and others to air their views on issues of concern to society today. Contributers include not only students of St. Stephen’s College, but also students from other colleges in Delhi and abroad, along with prominent personalities.

Organization of exposure trips outside India

The Planning Forum organizes an annual exposure trip for members of The Planning Forum and, on a very limited basis, for other students of the college.