[Solve for Tomorrow] 5 Tips for Filing a Winning Application for the Program

Indian leg of Solve For Tomorrow has come up as a huge success with more than 10,000 applications received this far. Announced earlier last month, this CSR program is a flagship initiative calling for innovative ideas to turn into reality. The nationwide innovation competition is inviting participants from the 16-22 age group, with last date to apply – July 31.

You only have three more days to file your application, so here are the top 5 tips for filing an impeccable application for Solve For Tomorrow –

1. Clearly Explain your Problem Statement
Description of the problem holds the aces to your initial impression. The participants’ problem statement must clearly define the thematic area it belongs to and address the issue they are trying to solve. Ensure that your application is under 200 words yet explains the issue and its positive impact on specific communities.

2. List Design Thinking Details – What Makes You Different
Design Thinking is a journey to understand users, challenges, and assumptions and create solutions which can be prototyped and tested. While filing the application, you must briefly list each detail to convey a step-by-step approach to offer a holistic solution. Also, do not forget to state what makes your idea stand out from the existing innovations.

3. Emphasize the Social Impact of Your Suggested Solution
Social impact driven by your initiative plays a vital role in getting your application selected to move forward in the program. A brief but clear explanation of the social impact of your suggested idea is, therefore, necessary for your application. Include all the ways in which your idea will help transform communities and solve challenges for them.

4. List Down Prior Experience
While filling out the application, you must remember that any prior experience in innovative domains to implement your idea is a good add-on. Solve For Tomorrow application asks the participants to explain their previous works to innovate and solve societal challenges.

5. Elevate Your Ideas
To elevate your idea, you must explain your plan of action and what it demands to transform into a successful solution. While filling out the application, you will also need to select the top three things you will need to take your idea to the next level. You can choose from business skills, tech skills, confidence, funding, and networking, among others, based on your requirement. This will give a fair understanding to the jury about how you plan to take your idea to the next level and turn it into a working solution.