Here are Three Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Top 50 Teams Who Want to Help the Differently-abled and Develop an Eco-Friendly & Inexpensive Sanitary Pads

Samsung’s Gen Z education and innovation competition Solve for Tomorrow got over 18,000 registrations from youth across cities, towns and villages in India, highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of Bharat.

Samsung and its knowledge partner IIT Delhi selected the top 50 teams for the next phase of Solve for Tomorrow. Samsung had asked participants to send in their ideas in 4 theme areas – Education, Environment, Healthcare and Agriculture.

Of the top 50 teams, 31 teams sent in ideas around solving problems in healthcare, from developing monitoring devices, diagnostic aids and special aids for the differently abled to improvements that help medical and ambulance services, and ideas around menstruation.

In the second part of this series on our Top 50 teams, we spoke to three teams that worked on solutions around health and hygiene:

Team Divyang

Vaibhav Kumar and Pritish Deb, two youngsters from Odisha, care for the differently-abled. Their idea for Solve for Tomorrow is a machine that will help people with disabilities be independent when it comes to washing up and doing other hygiene related work.

Vaibhav Kumar and Pritish Deb from Odisha

They will reuse water tanks, pipes, springs with a wooden frame to create an automated tap like lever system using which the differently-abled would be able to take a bath, drink water and wash up all by themselves. They would not need a caretaker to be around for 24×7 help.

Team Udaan

Prisha, Anupriya and Vanalika from Andaman & Nicobar Islands want to help under-privileged women with their menstrual health. Present day sanitary pads are both expensive and non-biodegradable. The trio wants to develop an eco-friendly sanitary pad that will also be cost effective.

Prisha, Anupriya and Vanalika from Andaman & Nicobar Islands

The team is working on developing eco-friendly, affordable and washable sanitary pads using shredded sugarcane waste produced in sugar factories.

Team Alpha Squad

Bharti, Diya and Saurav from Rajasthan are developing a web-based application that will connect women who do not have access to feminine hygiene products to donors who wish to help them.
The trio will use their experience in UI/UX design as well as full stack web development to create the app.

Bharti, Diya and Saurav from Rajasthan