IIM Sirmaur students Himani Singh, Akash Arora, Manish Nanda, and Prathmesh Ranjan Khillare, along with IIM Sirmaur faculty member Dr. Vanessa Gaitree Gowreesunkar (Associate Professor, Tourism Management and Chairperson MBA TTHM), have been awarded the Best Paper Award for their work 'Sustainable Tourism and Culture: Success stories and the way forward for less popular destinations in India'.

The paper was submitted under the theme 'Diversity & Sustainability - Opportunities and Threats in Tourism' to DSOTT 25, held at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, between the 4th and 6th of June 2025.