GIM first Indian business school to reach Oxford University’s competition finals

Students of the Goa Institute of Management (GIM) have been selected for the final round of ‘Map the System’ global competition held at the University of Oxford. GIM became the first Indian business school to qualify for the competition finals. From a lineup of more than 1,750 students, GIM students were among the top 10% of participants selected for the finals.

For ‘Map the System’ 2025, students had to use systems thinking to analyse social or environmental issues . Students were required to conduct research and create presentations, with mentorship support from their institutions. For the global finals, students had to give a live presentation before an international jury, which consisted of social entrepreneurs, systems change experts, policymakers, and academicians.

The final round of the competition lasted three days, and included workshops, speaker sessions, and presentations. The top three teams will receive cash prizes. All the finalists have been told to pursue implementation of their ideas, to network with global changemakers, and to publish their research.

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GIM team for ‘Map the System’

At the ‘Map the System’ competition, Aryan Rajpal, Shubham Das, Dhruv Bhagat, Aditi Naringe, and Yash Kabra constituted the GIM team. All of them are second-year students of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). They presented their project titled “Mapping Access to Justice in India”, which was about the “multifaceted challenges surrounding legal access in the country”.

The GIM students went beyond commonly cited issues and investigated deeper structural challenges in the Indian judiciary, like limited infrastructure, outdated mental models, and lack of accountability, said an official statement.

For the ‘Map the System’ competition, the GIM students used the Iceberg Model and casual loop diagrams to highlight Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) as a potential change, offering “accessible and tech-enabled” solutions for the judiciary. Pravat Surya Kar, marketing area, and Andy Silveria and Karman Khanna, communication area, served as mentors to the team.

For the GIM team, the experience is also a chance for social innovation fellowships, future collaborations, and showcasing their work at academic and policy forums.