Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Gets Overwhelming Response With Over 50,000 Registrations; Applications to Close on May 31, 2023;

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Samsung India’s national education and innovation competition Solve for Tomorrow has seen overwhelming participation from youth across India with over 50,000 registrations coming in from across India. Youth, especially from smaller towns of the country, such as Begusarai, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Jalpaiguri, Khurda, North 24 Parganas, Madhubani and Pathanamthitta have sent in their ideas, highlighting their growing desire to find innovative technology solutions to solve real-world problems that will have a positive social impact on the lives of people around them.

The top 3 teams in the competition stand a chance to win INR 1.5 crore to turn their ideas into action. Youth can apply for Solve for Tomorrow till 5 pm on May 31, 2023 on www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow.

The flagship CSR program of India’s largest electronics brand recognizes the power of innovative solutions and their ability to transform lives, and is inviting ideas from youth aged 16-22 years around 4 key themes – Education & Learning, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Wellness and Diversity & Inclusion.

So far, 49% of ideas have come around the theme of Education & Learning while 28% of the youth have chosen Environment & Sustainability as the theme behind their innovative ideas. 18% of the applications have come under the theme of Health & Wellness and 5% under Diversity & Inclusion. 73% of those who have sent in their applications are in the 18-22 year age bracket.

Youth from across India have sent in their ideas to solve real-world problems around e-waste management, recycling of marine plastic waste, circular economy, climate change, agricultural yields, providing clean water, healthcare costs, mental health, accident prevention, improving teaching systems in schools and colleges and job creation in rural areas.

As the next step, Samsung will select the top 30 teams (individuals or teams of up to 3 members) from among the applications received. These top 30 teams will be trained and mentored by Samsung and its partners – Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT Delhi and MeitY Startup Hub at a residential bootcamp at IIT Delhi, helping participants enhance their ideas.


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