Can emergency alerts be made harder to miss when every phone is already competing for attention? Can agricultural waste be turned into a source of protein?

Four young innovators from Gurugram and Sonipat are exploring answers to these very different challenges — and their ideas have earned them a place among the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Nikki Yadav, 19, and Priyanka Yadav, 18, from Gurugram are working on a solution aimed at making emergency alerts more visible and easier to identify. Priyanshu Raj, 22, and Nitish Kumar, 21, from Sonipat are exploring how agricultural waste could be repurposed into a potential source of protein.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung’s flagship CSR innovation programme for young people aged 14 to 22. Through design thinking, mentorship and hands-on learning, the programme helps young innovators identify real-world problems and develop their ideas towards workable prototypes.

Making Emergency Alerts Stand Out

For Nikki and Priyanka, the problem is one familiar to almost everyone with a smartphone: important notifications can easily get lost in the constant stream of digital communication.

Their idea explores how technology could distinguish emergency alerts from routine notifications and make them more prominent, potentially helping people recognise critical information faster when every second matters.

“Samsung Solve for Tomorrow encouraged us to examine the problem from a community perspective. The design-thinking process helped us refine our ideas and strengthen our approach,” said Nikki Yadav.

Finding New Value in Agricultural Waste

In Sonipat, Priyanshu and Nitish are looking at a challenge rooted in agriculture but connected to a much larger question around nutrition.

Their idea explores whether agricultural waste can be repurposed into a potential source of protein. By finding new value in material that might otherwise be discarded, the team is examining an approach that could address two challenges at once — agricultural waste and the need for more sustainable sources of nutrition.

“The mentorship and prototyping support helped us strengthen our idea and better understand how local challenges can be translated into practical innovations,” said Priyanshu Raj and Nitish Kumar.

Haryana Ideas on a National Stage

The two ideas reflect the diversity of problems young innovators are choosing to tackle — one emerging from an increasingly digital urban environment and the other from Haryana’s agricultural landscape.

They are also part of a broader shift visible in this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. More than half of the national Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, bringing ideas shaped by challenges and experiences from different parts of India.

For Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, this widening innovation map is central to the programme: encouraging young people to identify problems they understand firsthand and giving them the tools, mentorship and support to turn those observations into solutions.

The Top 40 teams will now move from ideas towards prototypes, receiving mentorship and hands-on support as they test and refine their concepts and compete for a place in the Top 20.

Collectively, the Top 40 teams will receive INR 8 lakh, while every team member will receive a Samsung Galaxy Book6 Series laptop to support prototype development. They will also participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp at FITT-IIT Delhi, receiving intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts.

As part of the Bootcamp, participants will get an opportunity to visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Samsung R&D Institute India – Noida, Samsung R&D Institute India – Bangalore, Samsung Design Delhi and Samsung’s Regional Headquarters in Gurugram, gaining exposure to different parts of Samsung’s innovation ecosystem in India.

The teams will then compete for a place in the Top 20, receiving further support to strengthen their solutions ahead of the Grand Finale.

At the culmination of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, four winning teams will collectively receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore, along with incubation support from FITT-IIT Delhi to help take their ideas towards further development and potential market readiness.

For the four young innovators from Haryana, making the national Top 40 marks the beginning of that journey — taking problems they encountered close to home and testing whether their ideas can ultimately solve them at a much larger scale.

From Varanasi and Prayagraj to Raebareli, young innovators from Uttar Pradesh are showing that some of India’s most promising ideas can emerge from anywhere.

Four young innovators from the state have made it to the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow with ideas addressing challenges ranging from document literacy and housing design to emerging cybersecurity threats and digital public safety.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung’s flagship CSR innovation programme for young people aged 14 to 22. Implemented in partnership with FITT-IIT Delhi, the programme enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions through human-centred design, mentorship, technology and hands-on prototyping.

From Local Problems to Potential Solutions

In Varanasi, 18-year-old Abhinav Jaiswal is working on a solution to make important documents easier to understand for people who may struggle with complex written information.

In Prayagraj, 19-year-old Mohd Sarfraz is developing an AI-assisted housing design solution focused on practical challenges faced in densely populated Indian neighbourhoods, including structural planning and ventilation.

And in Raebareli, Akul Attre, 21, and Saksham Shreyans, 20, are exploring emerging cybersecurity threats associated with encrypted data and ways to strengthen digital public safety.

Different cities. Different challenges. But the ideas share a common starting point: problems observed close to home.

Their achievement reflects a larger shift visible in this year’s programme. More than half of the national Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, demonstrating how young people from across India are increasingly using technology to solve problems they encounter in their communities.

For Uttar Pradesh, the presence of young innovators from Varanasi, Prayagraj and Raebareli among the national Top 40 is also a source of regional pride — and a sign of how India’s innovation map is expanding beyond its traditional technology hubs.

For Abhinav Jaiswal from Varanasi, the challenge is document literacy. Important documents can often be difficult for illiterate and semi-literate Indians to understand, particularly before signing them. His solution explores how technology can make such information easier to understand and help people make more informed decisions.

For Mohd Sarfraz, the focus is on using AI to address practical challenges in housing design.

Meanwhile, Akul Attre and Saksham Shreyans are working on their solution around cybersecurity and digital public safety.

Through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, these young innovators are getting the platform, mentorship and technology support to understand the challenges more deeply, test their ideas and turn them into potential solutions.

The Top 40 teams will now participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, where they will receive intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi. As part of the Bootcamp, the teams will also get an opportunity to visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Samsung R&D Institute India – Noida, Samsung R&D Institute India – Bangalore, Samsung Design Delhi, and Samsung’s Regional Headquarters in Gurugram.

The teams will then compete for a place in the Top 20, which will receive further support to strengthen and advance their solutions ahead of the Grand Finale.

At the culmination of the programme, the four winning teams will collectively receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore, along with incubation support from FITT-IIT Delhi, helping them take their solutions towards further development and market-ready.

As Samsung marks 30 years in India, Solve for Tomorrow reflects its commitment to nurturing a new generation of innovators across the country. By bringing mentorship, design thinking, technology and prototyping support to young people wherever they are, the programme is helping promising ideas move from communities towards solutions with wider potential.

For Uttar Pradesh’s young innovators, the journey to the national Top 40 carries a powerful message: an idea capable of solving a national challenge can begin in Varanasi, Prayagraj or Raebareli.

Samsung India today announced the Top 40 semi-finalist teams of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, its flagship youth innovation programme that gives young people a platform to identify challenges around them and turn their ideas into solutions through mentorship, technology, prototyping and hands-on learning.

Now in its fifth edition in India in 2026, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is open to young people aged 14 to 22 and is designed to nurture problem-solving and innovation among the country’s next generation.

The Top 40 represent 15 states and 26 cities, with more than half of the teams coming from Tier 2 and Tier 3 India. Young innovators from Varanasi, Coimbatore, Guntur, Amritsar, Sundargarh and Rajkot have made it to the national semi-finals alongside teams from major technology and education hubs.

The shortlist comprises 10 teams each across the four themes of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 – AI Living for India, Health and Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport & Tech.

“What stands out in this year’s Top 40 is how closely young people are looking at the world around them. They are identifying problems in their communities, classrooms, farms, businesses and playing fields, and asking how technology can make a difference. The fact that more than half of these teams come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 India is particularly encouraging because it shows that the next generation of innovation can emerge from anywhere. Our role through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is to give these young innovators the mentorship, technology and opportunity to turn their ambition into impact. As Samsung completes 30 years in India, we want to continue investing in the ideas and talent that will shape the country’s next 30 years,” said SP Chun, Corporate Vice President, Samsung Southwest Asia.

The semi-finalists are working on ideas ranging from AI tools that could make financial and essential information more accessible to solutions for agricultural residue, assistive technologies for people with disabilities, affordable healthcare and education tools, and technologies designed to make sport more inclusive.

Among the Top 40 is AIRMED from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, which is exploring how AI could help built about India as a global healthcare destination. AIRMED wants to connect overseas patients with Indian hospitals.

Code Blooded from Sundargarh, Odisha uses specialised AI to identify sporting talent among para-athletes in smaller cities and rural areas.

AcoustiNode Systems from Thrissur, Kerala addresses dam management through better hydrological intelligence, with the aim of reducing poorly informed reservoir releases and improving flood, irrigation and power-management decisions.

QuantHunt from Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh tackles the emerging cybersecurity threats, where encrypted data stolen today could potentially be decrypted as computing capabilities advance.

Other teams are developing technology to help visually-impaired swimmers train more independently, an AI companion aimed at improving access to education for visually impaired students, a solution that can turn existing classroom projectors into interactive learning platforms, and technology designed to convert biomass into clean energy and useful carbon resources.

“The transition from an interesting idea to a viable solution is often the most difficult part of the innovation journey. What is encouraging about this cohort is that 25 of the Top 40 teams have already started building prototypes. The next phase will challenge them to test their assumptions, learn from users, strengthen their technology and think more deeply about how their solutions can work at scale. That process of learning by building is fundamental to creating strong innovators,” said Dr Nikhil Agrawal, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi.

From Ideas to Prototypes

The Top 40 will now enter an intensive phase of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow designed to help them develop and strengthen their ideas.

An Innovation Bootcamp, scheduled to begin in September, will give participants exposure to Samsung’s innovation ecosystem, including visits to Samsung R&D centres in Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida, as well as its Southwest Asia headquarters.

The teams will subsequently undergo intensive training and mentoring with FITT, IIT Delhi, receiving guidance on prototyping, problem-solving and developing their ideas for real-world application. Alumni from previous editions of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow will also participate in the mentoring journey, allowing participants to learn from young innovators who have previously gone through the programme.

The semi-final stage will culminate in a National Pitch Event, where the teams will present their solutions before a Samsung jury. Twenty finalist teams will advance to the last stage of the competition.

Awards and Support

Top 40 teams will receive a cumulative ₹8 lakh for prototype development, while each team member will receive a Samsung laptop.

The Top 20 teams will receive a cumulative ₹20 lakh for prototype enhancement, along with the latest Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphone for each team member.

At the culmination of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, the Top 4 winning teams will receive a cumulative grant of ₹2 crore from Samsung for incubation at IIT Delhi, helping them further develop and scale their solutions.

The programme will also recognize participants through special awards at the Grand Finale, including the Digital Impact Award of ₹50,000 and 2 Community Choice Awards of ₹1 lakh each.

Five Years of Taking Innovation Across India

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow was launched in India in 2022 to give young people a platform to identify problems that matter to them and develop ideas into solutions through mentorship, technology and hands-on learning.

Several youth-led startups have been incorporated through the programme since 2022. Over the past four years, Samsung has invested in nurturing young innovation through ₹2 crore in incubation grants at IIT Delhi and over ₹3 crore in cash prizes and technology products, providing emerging innovators with the resources and support to turn ideas into solutions.

Now in its fifth edition, the programme has progressively expanded its reach beyond India’s largest cities. Ahead of the Top 100 selection this year, Samsung conducted 184 Design Thinking Workshops across 135 cities, taking innovation and problem-solving directly to young people across the country.

As Samsung celebrates 30 years in India, Solve for Tomorrow reflects the company’s long-term commitment to supporting young people and strengthening India’s innovation ecosystem.

Globally, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow was launched in the United States in 2010 and has since expanded to 68 countries, engaging more than 3 million young people worldwide. The programme is part of Samsung Electronics’ global CSR vision, “Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People.”

Samsung India today announced the Top 100 teams selected for the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, the company’s flagship innovation programme that empowers young people to build technology-driven solutions for real-world challenges.

Chosen from thousands of applications received from across the country, the shortlisted teams represent a new generation of innovators solving problems that matter to their communities. Their ideas span artificial intelligence, healthcare, education, accessibility, sports and environmental sustainability, demonstrating how technology can improve everyday life.

As Samsung celebrates 30 years in India, the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is its biggest and most ambitious yet, reflecting the company’s long-term commitment to nurturing India’s innovation ecosystem and empowering young people to contribute to the vision of Digital India and Viksit Bharat.

“Innovation has become India’s greatest renewable resource. Every year we see more young people using technology not simply to invent something new, but to solve problems that improve everyday life. Over half of this year’s Top 100 teams come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 Indian cities, proving that talent is universal when opportunity is made accessible. As Samsung celebrates 30 years in India, we are proud to help create those opportunities and support the next generation of innovators building solutions for the nation and the world,” said Shubham Mukherjee, Head, Corporate Communications & CSR, Samsung Southwest Asia.

Innovation Across Bharat

This year’s Top 100 reflects the changing geography of innovation in India. Over half of the shortlisted teams come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, underscoring how talent and entrepreneurial ambition are flourishing far beyond the country’s largest metropolitan centres.

The cohort includes young innovators from Medchal-Malkajgiri (Telangana), Kaithal (Haryana), Sundargarh (Odisha), Narmadapuram (formerly Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh), Buxar (Bihar), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and Kamrup (Assam), alongside participants from India’s metropolitan regions. This growing diversity reflects Samsung’s belief that transformative ideas can emerge from anywhere when young people are given access to mentorship, technology and opportunity.

Ideas Built Around Real Problems

The Top 100 teams will develop innovative solutions across four themes – AI Living for India, Health and Education, Sport & Tech, and Environmental Sustainability, addressing real-world challenges through technology. Some of their ideas are highlighted below.

Turning Ideas into Impact

The Top 100 teams will now advance to the next phase of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow where they will receive mentoring from startup founders, industry experts and academic mentors from FITT-IIT Delhi to transform promising ideas into scalable innovations.

The Top 40 teams will progress to a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, where they will receive intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi.  They will also have an opportunity to visit Samsung R&D Institute India-Delhi, Samsung R&D Institute India-Bangalore, Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida, Samsung Design Delhi and Samsung India Head Office in Gurugram.

Supporting Innovation Beyond the Competition

Each Top 100 team will receive a certificate recognizing its achievement.

The Top 40 teams will collectively receive INR 8 lakh along with the latest Samsung laptops for every team member to accelerate prototype development.

Top 20 teams will collectively receive INR 20 lakh for prototype enhancement, along with the latest Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphones for every team member. They will then advance to Grand Finale, where they will present their final innovations before a distinguished jury comprising Samsung R&D leaders and industry experts.

During the Grand Finale, the programme will also feature two Community Choice Award carrying a cumulative cash prize of INR 2 lakh, and one Digital Impact Award carrying a cash prize of INR 50,000.

The four winning teams will collectively receive a INR 2 crore grant along with incubation support from FITT-IIT Delhi, enabling them to accelerate the development and commercialisation of their innovations.

Now in its fifth year in India, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has become one of the country’s largest youth innovation platforms, encouraging young people aged 14-22 years to combine creativity, technology and entrepreneurship to solve pressing societal challenges.

First launched in the US in 2010, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is now conducted in 68 countries, with more than three million young people having participated worldwide. The programme reflects Samsung’s global CSR vision, “Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People”, empowering young people through education, innovation and technology to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Find the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 Top 100 here.

Marking the fifth edition of its flagship CSR programme Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung India has taken its Design Thinking Workshops to 135 cities across the country, creating one of India’s largest grassroots innovation platforms for young people.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is a nationwide innovation and education competition that empowers young people aged 14–22 to identify pressing challenges in their communities and develop technology-based solutions through design thinking, mentorship and incubation. Over the years, the programme has evolved into a launchpad for India’s next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs and social changemakers.

This year, Samsung conducted 184 Design Thinking Workshops, reaching thousands of students across schools, colleges and universities — from Jammu & Kashmir to Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to Tripura. The workshops introduced participants to human-centered design thinking, enabling them to understand real-world problems before building technology-led solutions with meaningful social impact.

With the Design Thinking Workshops now concluded, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow enters its next phase, where the top 100 teams will be selected based on the ideas submitted by participants before progressing through mentorship, expert guidance and further evaluation.

“Every breakthrough starts by listening, observing and asking the right questions. Through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, we are helping young people across India develop that mindset by combining design thinking with technology to solve challenges that matter in their own communities. As we mark the fifth year of the programme, it is inspiring to see innovative ideas emerge from every corner of the country. We believe the next generation of entrepreneurs and technology leaders can come from anywhere, and Samsung is proud to help them turn their ideas into real-world impact,” said SP Chun, Corporate Vice President, Samsung Southwest Asia.

The diversity of ideas shared by students reflected the diversity of India itself. Working through structured design thinking exercises, students learned to observe, empathise, define challenges, ideate and prototype solutions aligned with the programme’s four themes —AI Living for India, Health & Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport & Tech.

Students proposed AI-powered civic governance platforms, intelligent food quality scanners, assistive technologies for people with disabilities, portable solar-powered refrigeration for rural communities, real-time river water quality monitoring systems, and digital platforms that make sports coaching and equipment more accessible.

In Hyderabad, engineering student A. Sharanya Rao developed the concept for a real-time river water quality monitoring system after observing the hidden dangers posed by microscopic pollutants. “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,” she said.

In Ahmedabad, Class IX student Saanvi Nair designed a portable solar-powered refrigerator to address food and water storage challenges in rural communities. “Workers and farmers in villages often struggle to store grains, water and food,” she said.

Students participating in the Sport & Tech workshop in Gurugram also explored affordable ways to improve access to sports equipment and digital coaching, demonstrating how technology can make sports more inclusive.

As Samsung celebrates 30 years in India, the continued expansion of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow reflects the company’s long-term commitment to nurturing innovation, entrepreneurship and problem-solving among India’s youth.

 The top four teams of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026 will receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore, along with mentorship, prototype development and incubation support from FITT-IIT Delhi, enabling them to transform promising ideas into impactful real-world innovations.

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