SPJIMR participants selected for St. Gallen 2025
March 21, 2025
We are delighted to announce that 11 participants from our full-time management programmes have been invited to the 54th St. Gallen Symposium and welcomed into the Leaders of Tomorrow community. Each year, 200 new members are selected for the Leaders of Tomorrow community, which is made up of over 1,500 active members and 10,000 alumni worldwide. Students are called to participate in ‘The Global Essay Competition’ by submitting their essays on the specified topic. The topic this year was: Global power is shifting. What’s your innovative idea to address a related risk or opportunity?
The essays submitted by SPJIMR 11 ranked among the top 100 globally, with four participants —Vishal Thakur, Saloni Chhabra, Shivam Agrawal, and Sai Karthik Kumar Dharanikota—being listed among the top 25. The SPJIMR 11 include:
| Student name | Programme |
|---|---|
| In top 25 | |
| Vishal Thakur | PGDM |
| Saloni Chhabra | PGDM-BM |
| Shivam Agrawal | PGDM |
| Sai Karthik Kumar Dharanikota | PGPM |
| In top 100 | |
| Anuj Batra | PGDM |
| Vaibhav Raghavan | PGDM |
| Rukhsar Aariz | PGDM(BM) |
| Akshita Sharma | PGDM |
| Vansh Agarwal | PGDM |
| Aarthika Ravichandran | PGPM |
| Meet Dave | PGPM |
The St. Gallen Symposium offers a unique opportunity for cross-generational debates, bringing together 300 of the brightest young minds and 600 senior leaders worldwide. Participants have the chance to present and debate their ideas, be inspired by world-renowned speakers, and gain fresh perspectives on the year’s key topic. Additionally, attendees become part of an exclusive global community, enhancing their personal and professional growth. The selection of our students among the global 100 and top 25 underscores SPJIMR’s commitment to nurturing thought leaders with a global perspective.
At SPJIMR, we pride ourselves on offering our students global platforms that foster leadership, critical thinking, and cross-cultural collaboration. The SPJIMR team, comprising the ADMAP Committee BSC INTEX team, faculty-in-charge Prof. Debraj Ghosal, and students led by Anoushka Arora and Eesh Gupta, facilitated SPJIMR participation in the 2025 edition of the symposium. This marks the third consecutive year that our students have excelled at the symposium. Learn more about SPJIMR at the St. Gallen Symposium.