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Leadership & Social Innovation Conference Mumbai

Published on January 28, 2025

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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.

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

BRE
  • 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

BRE
  • 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

BRE
  • Designing for Social Change
  • Primer on Innovation Development

Module 4: Crafting Ideas into Prototypes

BRE
  • 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

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

*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?

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Step 1: Ideation & SDG Familiarity:

Explore creative thinking techniques and gain insights into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to identify global challenges.

2

Step 2: Leadership Development:

Develop key leadership skills like communication, teamwork, and decision-making to drive impactful solutions.

3

Step 3: Design and Innovation Primer:

Learn the fundamentals of design thinking and innovation to create user-centric and practical solutions.

4

Step 4: Prototyping and Real-World Application:

Turn ideas into prototypes and apply them to real-world contexts, ensuring feasibility and impact.

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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.

All participants who attend the conference for all 5 days, will receive the following:
  1. Certificate of Participation from NYU Stern, signed by the mentor.
  2. Opportunity to get an LOR from the Mentor.
Participants collaborate in teams to develop innovative solutions for a global issue, applying leadership and entrepreneurial skills to create actionable strategies that drive real-world change and make a lasting impact.
On the last day of the program, students present their social innovation project in teams to an audience of 200 people. We invite students’ parents, school principals, counselors, the press, and a chief guest to be a part of this day.
The program will be conducted offline.
Unfortunately, we will be unable to share the recordings of the lectures, therefore we request all participants to attend all sessions.
Expect the program to be highly interactive and engaging. There are many group discussions, activities and competition. All the skill learning session & activities will keep the pace rapid so boredom won’t set in. We ensure a two-way interaction by providing enough time for questions, comments, and discussion. Breaks will be scheduled frequently so you can stretch, walk, talk, and grab a bite.
Please call us at +91-931-0450-013 or email us at info@bigrededucation.com for further information.
If you request to cancel 30 days before the program’s start date, a full refund will be issued. If you request to cancel 15 days before the program’s start date, you will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be granted for cancellations requested within 15 days of the program’s start date. All refunds will be processed within 2 weeks following the conclusion of the program.
Workshop fees are to be paid in full upon receipt of the acceptance email. We accept various forms of payment including Check, Money Order, Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Direct Deposit, and Wire Transfer.
If you fail to inform us that you cannot attend the program, you will be charged the entire course fee. No certification will be provided.
In order to have a consortium of like minded people, this program is selection based,and the selection rate is 10%. We are looking for students from all backgrounds and experiences. Whether you’re an active leader in your school already or are looking to become a more confident student, you’re a great candidate to apply. Students are selected based on the quality of answers on the application form. We encourage you to share personal experiences and stories.

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.

If you have missed the payment deadline, you can request an extension by calling us or emailing us at info@bigrededucation.com. Depending on the availability of seats, we will offer an extension.

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