Our Students
Student-led initiatives
We are inspired by the purpose and passion of our students who are focussed on applying innovative thinking in the area of business for development. We seek collaborations with student clubs and initiatives, that have the potential to evolve how we think about business.
- INDspire Speaker Series: Shri Piyush Goyal (Minister of Commerce and Industry of India)
At London Business, Shri Piyush Goyal opened with a debt of gratitude to an LBS professor, Sumantra Ghoshal. The two met in December 1999, on a seven-day train journey (Palace on Wheels) across Rajasthan organised for faculty from the world’s leading business schools. Goyal, then an investment banker, was one of the few non-academics on… - INDspire Speaker Series: Shri Sanjay Malhotra (Governor of Reserve Bank of India)
In a conversation at London Business School, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra returned repeatedly to one idea: trust. He described it as fundamental to institutions, arguing that resilience depends not only on policy frameworks, but on whether people believe in the institutions managing them. Across a wide-ranging discussion on inflation, geopolitical shocks,… - Beyond Capital: How Blended Finance and Homegrown Innovation Are Reshaping East Africa’s Development Ecosystem
On the London Business School East Africa Social Impact Trek across Kenya and Tanzania, one idea surfaced again and again across very different organisations, sectors, and conversations: money alone is not the problem. East Africa is not short of entrepreneurs with ideas, communities with unmet needs, or even, increasingly, investors with capital. What it has… - PROJECT AASHA 2026: DELIVERING REAL IMPACT FOR INDIA’S SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
On 14th May 2026, Project Aasha 2026 team and Experiential Learning team hosted an evening presentation and reception to mark the close of its ninth Project Aasha cohort. The event was hosted by project co-leads Anushree Sharma, MFA2026 and Rishi Ghiraiya, MiM2026, who facilitated the programme from its January kick-off through to final delivery . The… - What the LBS Impact Summit Taught Me About Scaling Good
There is a moment in event organising when the agenda you spent months building starts to take on a life of its own. When we designed the LBS Impact Summit 2026, hosted by the Social Impact Club at London Business School with the support of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, we structured it… - 24TH Africa Business Summit: From Potential To Prosperity- Building Africa’s Next Growth Chapter
The 24th Africa Business Summit, organised by the Africa Business Club at London Business School (LBS) with the support of the Wheeler Institute, brought together influential leaders and a new generation ready to translate Africa’s potential into prosperity. As the event unfolded on May 2, 2026, one question cut through every conversation: how long can…
Student voice
In support of our students, we provide them with a reflective platform and a space where they can generate debate as long-term agents of positive change.
- Paradise at What Price? Rethinking Tourism as a Development Model
I was catching a sunset at a boutique hotel on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, sipping rosé on a terrace done up in the cutest pink and terracotta. The Sri Lankan staff were lovely. The drinks were cold. And the aesthetic was impeccable. Then the owner came out to greet guests: a British expatriate, or immigrant,… - Building from the Ground Up: Where Innovation Meets Impact in Nepal
A couple of months ago, as part of the LBS Global Business Experience, I spent a week in Kathmandu – an immersive week exploring entrepreneurship. Nepal is not even considered an emerging market; it is classified as a frontier market, meaning its financial markets are still in the earliest stages of development, with limited access to capital,… - What the LBS Impact Summit Taught Me About Scaling GoodThere is a moment in event organising when the agenda you spent months building starts to take on a life of its own. When we designed the LBS Impact Summit 2026, hosted by the Social Impact Club at London Business School with the support of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, we structured it…
- Narrowing the Gap to Safe Births: LBS research using data to improve the odds of safe birth in rural Africa
Jérémie Gallien is the author of several research papers that address healthcare problems in developing economies. He is collaborating with an academic team hailing from London Business School and other institutions in the USA and Liberia and an implementation team of people from the Ministry of Health in Liberia on a research project on reducing… - The Edge of Equity: Deploying Adaptive Learning Tools in Low-Connectivity Classrooms
The World Bank’s ‘Learning Poverty’ crisis presents a staggering challenge: the majority of ten-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries cannot read a simple text.[1] This is not simply an access problem. Even children who are in school are not receiving teaching adapted to their needs. For too long, development agencies have wrestled with a seemingly… - Planting Trees in Nicaragua: Tackling Dust Storms & Supporting Sustainable Peanut Supply Chains
Communities on the outskirts of León, Nicaragua have faced a dire environmental and public health challenge that has intensified over the past decade. Large-scale deforestation and intensive peanut farming have removed natural windbreaks, leaving soils exposed to strong seasonal winds. The result is tolvaneras, or dust storms, that darken the sky, disrupt daily life, and…