Youth in Ahmedabad Want to Solve Problems around Poor Management of Healthcare Data, Poor Sanitation, and Crop Damage

At an education and innovation roadshow organized by Samsung India in Indore young college students came forward and identified problems that people and society are facing in the state and the country, pledging to Solve for Tomorrow.

Students in Ahmedabad said they want to solve real-world problems such poor management of healthcare data, poor sanitation, lack of employment opportunities for gig workers, better supply chain management for agricultural produce and crop. They said they require a platform such as Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow education and innovation competition that can guide and support them in turning their ideas into action and help transform people’s lives.

The event, which was organized to talk about Samsung’s global CSR program Solve for Tomorrow, was attended by over 200 students in Ahmedabad alongside the young innovator from the city – Mr. Suraj Singh, Founder, Academix that is a skill-tech based start-up which imparts knowledge and technical skills to young students that would empower their professional journey and careers.

The innovator, who currently runs a successful skill-tech based social enterprise, spoke to the students about his experiences of success and failure and his vision to transform communities around him.

The inaugural edition of Solve for Tomorrow is inviting applications from youth in India aged 16-22 years in the areas of Education, Environment, Healthcare, and Agriculture. Youth can send in their ideas to participate in the program till 5 pm on July 31, 2022.

So far, over 8,000 teams from across the country have registered for the innovation competition in which three national winners will get mega support of up to INR 1 crore and mentoring support for six months to take their ideas to the next level under the expert guidance of IIT Delhi.