The inaugural issueWe are pleased to write the editorial for the IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and Innovation's (IJSBI) inaugural issue. In 2020, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bodh Gaya (IIMBG) adopted Mindfulness and Social Responsibility as its core values, which sought to be promoted through academic excellence in learning practices and research. IIMBG's journal IJSBI is an endeavour in this vein to promote research and practice of these core values that can help businesses and society function sustainably and innovatively simultaneously.By this point, the IIMBG has consolidated its position in the NIRF rankings and is expanding quickly in terms of student enrolment in its five programs, faculty size, research output and several academic activities like international conferences that are gaining popularity among academics. The Editorial Advisory Board, Associate Editors and Editorial Review Board all include diverse individuals. The new journal's launch was enthusiastically endorsed by the Board of Governors of the IIMBG.The journal has benefited greatly from the cooperation with Emerald Publishing Limited, which was successful this year. As a result, we quickly went from discussing the journal's concept with the publishers to publishing its first issue. The Almighty God, the editorial board, the peer reviewers and the teachers and staff members of the institute, who are unwavering in their support for the journal, are to be credited for this quick pace.The IJSBI covers economics, finance, marketing, human resources, organizational behaviour, information technology, operations, data analytics and entrepreneurship. It is established to provide pertinent policy, research and societal implications on business innovations. The journal also accepts papers on business and humanity's sustainability, happiness and mindfulness. IJSBI will specifically publish articles in all management domains that have consequences for business innovations and business management practices by developing new theories, models or econometric techniques. The first call for papers in this area was published in April 2021 and noted that IJSBI is a bi-annual international journal with double-blind peer review.IIMGB launched IJSBI as an open-access journal, so anyone can read the research published in this journal for free. This is because other researchers can build upon the published work, broadening the field. The IIMBG holds that all researchers are morally obligated to share new knowledge with other academicians or researchers. The dissemination can only take place to the greatest extent if it is widely accessible, which is only conceivable if it is freely available. There will be no publication fees for writers because the IIMBG wholly funds the journal's publication.By making their articles freely accessible to everyone, writers who publish in the journal will be rewarded, and their research will be more widely disseminated.Our efforts have paid off as there have been a tremendous number of contributions from researc...