India’s young innovators are proactively looking at technology as a tool to solve everyday challenges around them. From a Class 12 student rethinking plastic waste management in Golaghat, Assam, to school students exploring solutions for hearing loss and road accessibility in Gandipet, Hyderabad. The challenges are local, but the impact is scaling nationwide through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

As part of its nationwide 100-city rollout, Samsung India conducted its flagship Solve for Tomorrow Design Thinking Workshops at Furkating Senior Secondary School in Golaghat and the Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT) in Hyderabad. The workshop inspired 74 students in Assam and 173 students in Hyderabad, bringing together 247 young innovators across these diverse geographies.

The workshops introduced participants to human-centred innovation framework, equipping them with practical tools to identify grassroots challenges, understand user needs, and develop technology-led solutions with meaningful social impact. This initiative encourages youth to pioneer scalable innovations across four core pillars: AI for a Better Tomorrow, Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport-Tech.

At Furkating Senior Secondary School, 16-year-old Jafrein Rahman applied the design thinking framework to this community’s waste problem. “Plastic becomes difficult to recycle when different types are mixed together at the point of disposal,” he said. To solve this, Jafrein conceptualized smart waste bins integrated with sensors and QR code-based guidance systems to drive proper segregation at the source, ultimately reducing the volume of waste reaching landfills and local water bodies.

At CBIT Hyderabad, the workshop inspired 14-year-old A.K. Ashritha to focus her attention on hearing health. In the same cohort, 13-year-old students T. Nithya and T. Sreelaasya examined the daily mobility challenges faced by visually impaired individuals, senior citizens, and people with limited mobility, exploring intuitive tech-driven interventions to make road crossings safer and more accessible.

For these students, the workshops provided a structured pathway for innovation, transforming everyday observations into scalable solutions that address local needs while creating broader social impact.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, the expansion of Solve for Tomorrow to 100 cities this year, having already engaged over 2,500 students through its Design Thinking Workshops, reflects its continued investment in youth-led innovation and its commitment to advancing Atmanirbhar Bharat, Skill India, Digital India and Startup India.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 are open until July 3, 2026. The top four winning teams will receive incubation grants worth ₹2 crore, along with mentorship and prototyping support through FITT, IIT Delhi.

To register your idea, visit: samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow

As Hyderabad continues to evolve as a leading technology hub, the city is also navigating the challenges of rapid urbanisation, including river pollution and growing volumes of urban waste. Addressing these issues requires innovative thinking, local insights and a generation of young changemakers equipped to design solutions with lasting social impact.

To nurture this mindset, Samsung India hosted a specialized Design Thinking Workshop for 236 students at the Sreenidhi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, under the fifth edition of its flagship Samsung Solve for Tomorrow initiative. The session introduced participants to human-centric Design Thinking principles, empowering them to deeply understand community needs, identify local challenges, and engineer purpose-driven, technology-led solutions.

The workshop is part of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow’s nationwide outreach across 100 cities in 2026. The programme encourages young innovators aged 14–22 to transform grassroots observations into scalable ideas across themes including AI, healthcare, education, sustainability and sport-tech.

Drawing inspiration from the challenges already existing around them, students in Hyderabad shifted their focus to the city’s rivers. “The real danger in our rivers isn’t the plastic we can see; it’s the microscopic pollutants that stay hidden until the damage is already done,” said A. Sharanya Rao, a third-year Electronics and Communication Engineering student at Sreenidhi Institute of Engineering & Technology. Her solution monitors water quality in real time, automatically alerting authorities the moment contamination crosses safe limits.

At the same time, in order target municipal waste management, fourth-year student V. Jyoshna engineered an intelligent dustbin that automatically segregates waste at the point of discard. She pointed that recycling often fails the moment food, plastic, and paper go into a single bin together, and by automating segregation right at the start, her team aims to drastically improve urban recycling rates.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, the massive expansion of Solve for Tomorrow highlights the company’s position as a definitive leader in youth development. By nurturing entrepreneurial talent, this purpose-driven initiative directly partners in India’s growth story, contributing to national priorities like Atmanirbhar Bharat, Skill India, Digital India, and Startup India.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 remain open to individuals and teams aged 14–22 until July 3, 2026. To register your idea, visit www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow.

Samsung India brought its flagship Solve for Tomorrow Design Thinking Workshop to Bokaro, where 450 students from Chinmaya Vidyalaya learnt how to apply human-centred design to everyday problems, developing technology-led ideas to improve accessibility and civic services.

Held as part of Samsung’s nationwide 100-city outreach, the workshop encouraged students to begin with empathy—understanding the people affected by a problem before designing a solution. Participants explored how observation, research and design thinking can transform local challenges into scalable innovations.

One of the ideas came from Class 10 student Aditya Narayan Singh, who conceptualised a wearable assistive device to help visually impaired people navigate safely. Inspired by the difficulties faced on crowded streets and uneven roads in Bokaro, the concept uses sensors to detect obstacles and alerts users through audio prompts or vibration.

Another student team proposed CivicBin, an AI-powered platform that enables citizens to report civic issues such as damaged roads and water leakages. Using image recognition and natural language processing, the platform automatically routes complaints to the relevant civic department while providing real-time updates on their resolution.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is the company’s flagship innovation and education programme for young people aged 14–22 years. Through Design Thinking Workshops being conducted across Bharat, Samsung is equipping students with innovation and entrepreneurial skills while encouraging them to develop solutions under four themes—AI for a Better Tomorrow, Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability and Sport-Tech.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, the programme is being expanded across the country to strengthen grassroots innovation and ensure that young people from every region have access to the tools and mindset needed to solve real-world challenges.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 are open until July 3, 2026. The top four winning teams will receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore through FITT, IIT Delhi, along with mentorship, prototyping support and access to India’s startup ecosystem.

For generations, Gujarat’s entrepreneurial spirit has powered businesses, industries and community-led progress, making it one of India’s most dynamic centers of innovation and opportunity. Bringing this spirit of problem-solving to the next generation, Samsung India conducted a Design Thinking Workshop under its flagship Solve for Tomorrow (SFT) 2026 programme in Adani Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad, where over 108 students explored how technology and human-centred design can be used to solve real-world challenges.

The workshop, part of a nationwide 100-city rollout, introduced participants to Samsung’s Design Thinking framework, helping them identify local challenges, understand user needs and transform observations into scalable, technology-driven solutions.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung India’s flagship innovation and education programme for young people aged 14–22 years. The fifth edition encourages participants to develop solutions across four themes — AI for a Better Tomorrow, Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport-Tech.

During the Ahmedabad workshop, students developed ideas addressing a range of community challenges. Saanvi Nair, a Class 9 student from Adani Vidya Mandir, applied sustainable engineering principles to rural logistics after identifying a pressing storage deficit.

“Workers and farmers in villages often struggle to store grains, water and food,” she said, inspiring her concept for an eco-friendly, portable solar-powered refrigerator.

Focusing on tech-enabled preventative wellness and consumer safety, fellow student Vaishvi Kashti shared “Many doctors say that we are getting sick from eating food that has harmful substances or ingredients,” leading her to propose an intelligent, real-time scanning device to validate food quality.

Similarly, targeting industrial automation and risk mitigation, Kruti Rana highlighted that “Industries and factories often catch fire easily because of some technical issues in their machinery,” driving her to conceptualise an automated IoT-alert system to pre-empt mechanical failures.

The solutions emerging from the workshop reflected the diversity of innovation opportunities across Gujarat. From sustainability and food safety to industrial automation, students showcased how local challenges can become starting points for impactful innovation.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, it is significantly expanding the scale of Solve for Tomorrow through Design Thinking Workshops across Bharat, creating opportunities for young innovators from diverse backgrounds to build future-ready problem-solving, innovation and entrepreneurial skills.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 remain open until July 3, 2026. The top four winning teams will receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore through FITT, IIT Delhi, along with mentorship, training, prototyping support and access to India’s startup ecosystem.

For more information and to apply, visit:www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow

The Design Thinking Workshops introduced participants to Samsung’s human-centred innovation framework, equipping them with practical tools to identify everyday challenges, understand user needs and develop technology-led solutions with meaningful social impact.

Held in Army Public School, Ratnuchak Jammu and Government Degree College Baramulla the workshops encouraged students to explore innovation opportunities across digital accessibility, community development, education and smarter civic infrastructure.

The workshops forms part of Samsung’s nationwide effort to expand innovation opportunities beyond metropolitan centres. As part of Solve for Tomorrow 2026, Samsung is conducting Design Thinking Workshops across 100 cities spanning Bharat, enabling young innovators from diverse backgrounds to build future-ready problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills.

Among them was Zamin Anayat Lone from Government Degree College Sopore, Baramulla, who conceptualized a mobile application designed to improve accessibility and emergency response through SOS alerts and live-location sharing features.

“The workshop taught me that innovation begins with understanding people and their experiences. It encouraged me to think about how technology can be used to create meaningful solutions that positively impact communities,” said Zamin.

The workshops also inspired participants to examine how technology could strengthen public services and improve quality of life. Gagandeep Singh from Army Public School, Ratnuchak explored technology-enabled approaches to support more efficient waste management systems, while Garima Yadav, a Class IX student, examined how digital platforms could help students access career awareness and skill-development opportunities.

The ideas emerging from the workshops reflected the growing innovation potential of Jammu & Kashmir’s youth. Participants demonstrated how Design Thinking can transform everyday observations into scalable solutions that address local needs while creating broader social impact.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung India’s flagship innovation competition for young people aged 14–22 years. The programme encourages participants to develop solutions under four themes — AI for a Better Tomorrow, Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport-Tech.

As Samsung celebrates 30 years in India, the company continues to invest in nurturing the country’s next generation of innovators by bringing innovation, mentorship and entrepreneurial opportunities closer to students across Bharat.

The programme will culminate with the top four winning teams receiving incubation grants worth INR 2 crore through FITT, IIT Delhi, along with mentorship, training, prototyping support and access to India’s startup ecosystem.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 are open until July 3, 2026.

To apply, visit: samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow

As digital platforms continue to transform the way Indians access everyday services, young innovators are increasingly exploring how emerging technologies can create more seamless, efficient and user-centric experiences. At Samsung Solve for Tomorrow’s Design Thinking Workshop held at New Era School, Ghaziabad, students examined how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help shape the future of India’s rapidly growing digital delivery ecosystem.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung India’s flagship education and innovation programme designed to empower the country’s next generation of innovators to build technology-driven solutions for real-world challenges. Open to youth aged 14–22, the initiative encourages participants to transform ideas into impactful innovations across four themes: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport-Tech.

More than 300 students participated in the workshop, where they were introduced to Samsung’s Design Thinking methodology — a human-centred approach that encourages participants to deeply understand user needs before developing solutions.

Among the participants were science students Disha Garg and Rashi Sharma, who chose to explore opportunities within the evolving digital delivery ecosystem. Rather than beginning with a predefined solution, the duo focused on understanding the experiences of customers, delivery partners and service providers to identify areas where technology could further enhance convenience, transparency and user experience.

Using insights gathered through empathy mapping, stakeholder analysis and problem-definition exercises, they conceptualized an AI-enabled application designed to facilitate better information flow and decision-making across different stages of the delivery journey.

“Through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, we learned to look at people before looking at technology. The Design Thinking Workshop helped us understand how innovation starts with identifying real needs and understanding different perspectives,” said Disha Garg, a student at New Era School, Ghaziabad.

“The workshop challenged us to validate every idea through user insights. It showed us how AI can be applied thoughtfully to improve everyday experiences and create meaningful impact,” added Rashi Sharma.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, the company is significantly expanding the scale of Solve for Tomorrow 2026. Through Design Thinking Workshops being conducted across 100 cities spanning Bharat, Samsung is equipping thousands of young people with the skills to identify grassroots challenges, develop human-centred solutions and transform ideas into scalable innovations. The initiative reflects Samsung’s belief that the next wave of innovation can emerge from every corner of the country.

The programme will culminate with the top four winning teams receiving incubation grants worth INR 2 crore, helping them further develop and scale their ideas. Participants will also receive mentorship, training, prototyping support and exposure to India’s broader startup and innovation ecosystem.

By bringing Design Thinking directly into classrooms and campuses, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow continues to inspire young Indians to transform observations into opportunities and ideas into impactful solutions.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 remain open until July 3, 2026, for youth aged 14–22 who are ready to build solutions that address real-world challenges through innovation and technology.

For more information and to apply, visit:www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung India’s flagship innovation and education programme, brought its Design Thinking Workshop to ODM International, Gurugram, engaging 193 students and encouraging them to identify grassroots challenges and develop technology-led solutions with real societal impact.

The workshop forms part of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow’s nationwide outreach across 100 cities, aimed at nurturing a culture of innovation among young people aged 14–22 and empowering them to solve challenges in areas such as AI, health, education, sustainability and sports technology.

Among the ideas that emerged during the session was a project focused on improving access to sports for young people. Students highlighted how the high cost of quality equipment and coaching often prevents talented individuals from pursuing sports seriously, despite Haryana’s reputation as one of India’s leading sporting states.

“On arrival at the workshop, all I had was a hunch that something was broken about who gets to play and who gets left behind,” said Harsh Gupta, a Class 12 student at ODM International. “The Design Thinking framework helped us understand the real barriers people face and convert those observations into a clear problem statement.”

Moksh Yadav, a Class 11 student, added, “The workshop helped us transform broad ideas into a practical solution. We are exploring an affordable model that combines access to sports equipment with a digital training platform so that more young people can participate, regardless of their financial background.”

The Design Thinking Workshop introduces students to human-centred innovation methodologies, helping them move beyond identifying problems to developing scalable, technology-driven solutions. Through hands-on exercises and collaborative learning, participants learn how to empathise with users, define challenges and build actionable solutions.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is designed to create a grassroots innovation pipeline by enabling young people to address challenges that matter to their communities. Over the years, the programme has supported thousands of students across India in transforming ideas into impactful innovations.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 are open until July 3, 2026. The programme offers participants access to training, mentorship, prototyping support and innovation workshops. The top four winning teams will receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore at FITT, IIT Delhi, along with expert mentorship and support to further develop their solutions.

As Samsung expands the programme across India, workshops such as the one in Gurugram continue to demonstrate how innovation often begins with a simple observation about a local problem—and the determination to solve it.

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Most student innovations begin with a solution. Few begin with a problem. Across engineering colleges, students often spend months building sophisticated prototypes only to discover that the problem they set out to solve either does not exist, affects very few people, or lacks real-world relevance. It is a gap that has quietly limited the potential of countless promising ideas. Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is attempting to change that.

As part of its flagship nationwide innovation programme, Samsung India, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, recently hosted a Design Thinking Workshop at the GNIOT Group of Institutions in Greater Noida, bringing together aspiring innovators from across Uttar Pradesh to learn one of entrepreneurship’s most critical lessons: understanding a problem comes before building a solution.

The workshop formed part of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, a national programme that encourages young Indians aged 14 to 22 to develop technology-led solutions addressing challenges in areas such as artificial intelligence, health and education, environmental sustainability, and sport and technology. Rather than focusing on coding, engineering or product development, the session challenged participants to question assumptions, engage with users, validate ideas and understand whether the problems they hoped to solve genuinely existed outside the classroom.

For many students, the experience represented a shift in perspective. “We often assume an idea is good simply because it sounds innovative,” said Kabir Singh, a third-year student at GNIOT. “The workshop helped us understand how implementation, feasibility and user needs are just as important as the idea itself.”

Ravi Kushwaha, a second-year student, described the workshop as an exercise in rethinking innovation from the ground up. “It helped me understand how to identify real-world challenges and validate whether a problem actually exists before attempting to solve it,” he said. The workshop reflects a broader shift underway within India’s innovation ecosystem. As the country seeks to build a pipeline of entrepreneurs and problem-solvers beyond traditional startup hubs, programmes are increasingly focusing on human-centred design, critical thinking and grassroots problem identification alongside technical skills.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has emerged as one such platform, helping young innovators move beyond concepts and develop solutions with measurable social impact. The 2026 edition marks the programme’s largest expansion to date, with Design Thinking Workshops being conducted across 100 cities nationwide. Participants receive access to training, mentorship, prototyping support and industry guidance designed to help transform early-stage ideas into viable innovations.

The programme will culminate with the top four winning teams receiving incubation grants worth INR 2 crore at IIT Delhi, enabling them to further develop and scale their solutions.

As India’s innovation ambitions continue to grow, initiatives such as Samsung Solve for Tomorrow are helping ensure that the next generation of innovators focuses not only on building technology, but on solving the problems that matter most.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 remain open until July 3, 2026.

In the hills of Himachal Pradesh, innovation often begins with challenges that rarely make headlines. For some communities, it is access to healthcare. For others, it is the lack of assistive technologies for people with disabilities, limited educational resources, or everyday barriers created by difficult terrain. Increasingly, these local challenges are becoming the inspiration for a new generation of young innovators.

At a Design Thinking Workshop conducted under Samsung Solve for Tomorrow at Shoolini University, more than 300 students from across Himachal Pradesh gathered to learn how innovation can emerge from understanding real community needs rather than simply building technology for its own sake.

The workshop forms part of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, Samsung India’s flagship innovation programme that empowers young people aged 14–22 to develop technology-driven solutions addressing challenges in areas such as AI, health and education, environmental sustainability, and sport and technology.

During the session, students were introduced to Samsung’s human-centred Design Thinking framework, which encourages participants to empathize with users, identify root causes of problems, generate ideas, build prototypes and test solutions.

The approach resonated strongly with students who saw opportunities to address challenges affecting their own communities. Randesh Gupta, a third-year student, said the workshop encouraged him to think more deeply about accessibility issues faced by persons with disabilities.”It made me realise that many challenges remain invisible until we actively engage with the people experiencing them. The workshop helped me think about how technology can be used to create solutions that genuinely improve lives,” he said.

Mahesh, a second-year BCA student, said the session provided a structured pathway for transforming ideas into practical solutions. “Samsung is helping students understand how to identify real problems and build targeted solutions around them. The framework gives us a cle arer direction for innovation,” he said.

For Mahek, a Class XII student from Solan, the workshop reinforced an equally important lesson. “I learned that meaningful change does not always start with a big idea. Sometimes it begins by solving a small problem that affects people around us,” she said.

The workshop reflects Samsung’s broader effort to build grassroots innovation ecosystems by taking Design Thinking and entrepreneurship education directly to students across India. As part of the 2026 edition, Samsung is conducting workshops across 100 cities nationwide, creating opportunities for young innovators to identify local challenges and develop solutions with national relevance.

The initiative has already engaged thousands of students across the country and is helping create a pipeline of future innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers capable of addressing challenges within their own communities.

The programme will culminate with the top four winning teams receiving incubation grants worth INR 2 crore at FITT, IIT Delhi, along with mentorship, training and prototyping support to help bring their ideas to life.

As innovation increasingly moves beyond metropolitan centres, programmes such as Samsung Solve for Tomorrow are demonstrating that some of India’s most impactful ideas may emerge not from startup hubs, but from students seeking solutions to the challenges they encounter every day.

Applications for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 remain open until July 3, 2026.