Is theoretical knowledge important or Practical Skills will be sufficient to execute a job

Both are important, as to perform practical basic theory should known & to prove theory / theorem practical is the only way . 

Thanks for invite Greeshma,

You have already said theoretical knowledge alone is not sufficient.

A Practical skilled person can surely take the process forward at best the speed and reach, may be limited. The reverse may not work meaning a theoretically sound person may fail in application.

In any case theories are written after thorough practical verification only. 

Both practical skills and theoritical knowledge is required for executing any work to perfection

I think practical knowledge requires to be recognised. You must have seen an illiterate person repairing the complicated machines and by using the different parts of various machines inventing a new machine. so from where they came to know. they don't have any degree but still possess the caliber to experiment and generate machines. Although you cannot always guarantee the practicality from a person with theoretical knowledge yet the uneducated can sometimes prove more useful. thats why we say be practical.

Thanks Greeshma for referral, Now a days i feel there will be one more place is required to put our views in the debates, since some one have to take a neutral stand in most of the debates. As Mr. Ramesh, Mr. Naushad and others said both are interlinked, How one will get practical experience if he dont know the theory, so both are required

Both are ok at there own places but priority goes to practical. With the practical knowledge one can improve himself and learn a lot but with the theoretical he has to learn from the books and then has to apply in practical.

To execute a job both theoretical knowledge and practical experience both important but it also depends on the type of job. Mostly in technology oriented job theoretical knowledge is more important where as in job like marketing, experience is more important than the theoretical knowledge.

THEY ARE MARRIED !

Its like asking ... CAN A MAN HAVE A CHILD WITHOUT A WOMAN ?

Theory when backed with Practical Experience is always a deadly combination. Lets take an example of most of the MBA's churned out by various colleges & institutes... when they are Fresh Out, they are as lost as Fish without Water. They do not know the actual market scenario. Imagine an Engineer who has not felt a Machine & worked on it ? What will be His Situation when He is put in a Factory directly ?

Let the Marraige continue...

Happy Debating Friends !  

Both are completely inter linked. Without proper knowledge, one can not become master in skills.

Both are inter linked. Without proper knowledge, one can not become master in skills.

Both are inter linked. Without theoretical knowledge, one can not become a master in skills.

Both are required.

However, Merely practical knowledge will leave you struggling sometimes as it is purely empirical. Theory backs you up on why things work the way they do. Practice tells you how.

In some tasks it may be 98% practice and 2% theory and in some it may be the other way around. 

Whatever it is both are required. One is definitely incomplete without the other.