PRME Chapter India’s i5 awards celebrate individuals and institutions leading the way in responsible management education. The results were announced after evaluations by an external international jury. The award was presented on December 12, 2025, along with the Social Impact Awards at the SPJIMR campus, Mumbai. The event witnessed an enthusiastic response, with 88 applications from 63 institutions across the country.
Award categories
The i5 awards were given in the following categories:
Sustainability centres
To celebrate the work done by
sustainability centres.
Research excellence
To honour research that advanced sustainability and responsible business practices aligned with the UN SDGs.
Student initiatives
To recognise initiatives of students that yielded social or
environmental benefits.
2025 Award winners
i5 Awards category ‘Student Initiatives’ winner : Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, for the initiative: “Chitkara Mandi: Empowering Villages, Enriching Hearts — The Story of Jansla.” Received by Manisha Kumari on behalf of her fellow students Aditya Dhuria, Diya Soni, Kanika and Damanpreet Kaur
Finalists
i5 Awards category ‘Sustainability Centres’ winner: LEAD College. Received by Dr. Thomas George K., Director, LEAD College.
Finalists
i5 Awards category ‘Research Excellence’ winner: Kalpana Balakrishnan, Dean, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
Finalists
The awards were presented by Chandrika Parmar, Director of the Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) and PRME India Chapter Chair.
About i5
i5 (Impactful 5) was an innovative pedagogy developed by the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in partnership with The LEGO Foundation and Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, with the aim of rethinking the terrain of business. The i5 project aimed to develop, innovate, and share pedagogical approaches that helped business school students develop the skills needed for positive social impact.
The i5 characteristics aimed to:
Make
learning meaningful
Facilitate
active engagement
Design
for iteration
Develop supportive
social interaction
Foster joy and
well-being