The 2026 USA Leadership Tour by India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.) concluded on 26th September covering Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco in about 20 days. The tour was designed around direct interaction with people and institutions that students would typically encounter through textbooks, lectures and news reports. Students had the opportunity to ask questions directly and understand the work behind some of the organisations they study.
The program brought students into conversations with leaders across science, technology, business, academia and public policy. Among the speakers who met the delegation were Nobel Prize-winning virologist Charles M. Rice, National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler, entrepreneur and investor Vinod Khosla and a surprise meet and greet with Jimmy Fallon.
The itinerary included visits to Google, Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks, HP, Cisco, Intel, L’Oréal and Nasdaq, along with sessions at some of the world’s top universities that is Harvard, MIT, Stanford, NYU and Dartmouth.
Students also visited the United Nations around the United Nations General Assembly sessions, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and NASA, as well as organisations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation, Dow Jones and The Washington Post. Other engagements include Toyota, Nokia, SAP, ServiceNow and Bain & Company.
“There is only so much leadership one can learn from a textbook,” said Rishabh Shah, Founder of I.I.M.U.N.” Bharat of today demands global thinkers who can take the best from the world and make our country better. This is to ensure that this happens”
The 2026 tour builds on I.I.M.U.N. ‘s inaugural USA Leadership Tour in 2025, which covered five cities and included more than 40 engagements with universities, global institutions, technology companies and financial organisations. The delegation also met Second Lady Usha Vance during the programme.
They will now embark on a Switzerland Study Tour with 50 Indian students in 2026.
