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Published on January 28, 2025
Leadership & Social Innovation Conference Mumbai

5 Day journey to turn your ideas into impact!

9 am to 3 pm IST

9th - 13th June 2025

INR 80,000 + GST

Grades 8-12

Oberoi International School, JVLR Campus, Mumbai
A special course fee of INR 70,000 + GST is available exclusively for OIS students.
Do Any of these apply to YOU?
I want to make a difference, but I have no idea where to start!
I’ve got an idea, but finding the right mentors, teammates, or resources feels impossible.
I know exactly what I want to do, but I need help turning my vision into reality!
If you nodding your head right now, we’ve got just the program for you! Keep Scrolling to know details!
Discover practical tools for social innovation and realise the impact one person can make. This program will be a turning point for YOUR academic journey.
What is the Leadership & Social Innovation Conference?
Platform to Transform Your Ideas into Impact
What if you could be part of an experience that empowers you to turn your big ideas into real-world impact? What if your project could spark change and open exciting new opportunities? Welcome to the Leadership and Social Change Innovation Conference, where passion meets purpose, and ideas meet action. For the first time, NYU Stern is bringing this incredible program to India, offering an unmatched chance to learn and grow.


A Dynamic 5-Day Journey to Change & Lead
Led by Dustin Liu—a trailblazer in education, innovation, and design thinking, this dynamic, hands-on workshop helps you address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relevant ways. You’ll define your vision and turn it into action, tackle challenges with creative design thinking, refine your ideas, and present them confidently. Your final project will be a stepping stone to real-world impact and future opportunities.
Meet Your
Mentor
Meet Dustin Liu, a Taiwanese-American and proud New Yorker passionate about helping students thrive. As Senior Associate Director at NYU Stern’s Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing (IPF), he leads programs, builds partnerships, and helps students align their goals with a bigger purpose.
He’s taught design thinking at Stanford University, helping students tackle life’s big questions and create meaningful paths forward.
Dustin has also worked at top schools like Cornell, Harvard, MIT, and the University of Chicago, bringing together diverse ideas to inspire and empower students to think big.
Dustin Liu - Senior Associate Director


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What will YOU learn?
Module 1: Setting the Foundation

- Community Building & Container Setting
- Creativity Warm-Up (Late Nite Art)
- Introduction to UN SDGs
- Localizing SDGs
- Introduction to Design Thinking
- Design Sprint
- Defining Final Project
Module 2: Leadership Theory x Practice

- Strengths-Based Leadership
- Conflict Styles
- Adaptive Leadership
- Designing for Behavioral Change
- Practical Wrap-Up
- takeaways to guide your project development
Module 3: Developing the Innovation

- Designing for Social Change
- Primer on Innovation Development
Module 4: Crafting Ideas into Prototypes

- Empathy
- Articulating the problem
- Brainstorming for Prototype
- Rapid Prototyping
- Work Time on Innovations
- Peer Feedback
- Impact Gaps Canvas
- Models of Social Change
- Conceptualizing End States
Module 5: Final Showcase

- How to Pitch
- Work Time
- Pitch Presentations to Expert panel & Feedback
- Closing Celebrations & Certificate Distribution

I learnt how I can make an impact to many people’s live and become a changemaker.
-Amina Patel, BRE Alum
*Since this is the inaugural edition of the conference, the testimonial above is from a similar BRE program where students engaged in a social impact project.*
What will YOU do?
Step 1: Ideation & SDG Familiarity:
Explore creative thinking techniques and gain insights into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to identify global challenges.
Step 2: Leadership Development:
Develop key leadership skills like communication, teamwork, and decision-making to drive impactful solutions.
Step 3: Design and Innovation Primer:
Learn the fundamentals of design thinking and innovation to create user-centric and practical solutions.
Step 4: Prototyping and Real-World Application:
Turn ideas into prototypes and apply them to real-world contexts, ensuring feasibility and impact.
Step 5: Feedback, Pitching & Graduation:
Refine solutions with feedback, master pitching strategies, and celebrate achievements with a graduation ceremony.
Social Innovation Projects



*Since this is the inaugural edition of the conference, the projects above are from a similar BRE program where students engaged in a social impact project.*
Hear from Your Mentor
You have Questions? We have Answers!
Can’t find an answer? Email us at info@bigrededucation.com
The Leadership & Social Innovation Conference by NYU Stern is for high school students passionate about using business and leadership to create social change. Ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs and problem-solvers, this conference equips you with the skills to turn ideas into impactful solutions and become a change-driven leader.
- Certificate of Participation from NYU Stern, signed by the mentor.
- Opportunity to get an LOR from the Mentor.
You need to fill the application form on the program page and fill the three questions. Upon submission of the form, you will receive an acceptance email in 5-7 business days.
This is a high in demand program, and we usually receive 2000 applications for 150 seats from around the world. For this reason, we are unable to send out rejection emails to applicants.