Top 3 winning teams of Solve for Tomorrow Season 2

It was October 2023, when three young teams from three different corners of the country won Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Season 2, Samsung’s youth education and innovation competition.  Six months later, all seven members from three teams are on a journey of growth and excellence to become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

The winning teams, NIT Surat, which developed an automated beach-cleaning robot called Sweep; Stemly, which developed a conversational AI tool to help women choose STEM and Think, which built a personal cooling device called ‘Kavach’ for those who work outdoors. The three teams received a total prize money of INR 1.5 crore to further improve their ideas and turn them into reality.

Team, NIT Surat, Team Stemly and Team Think are working towards turning their ideas into full-fledged products that can transform lives but also, they are keeping their progress in check by participating in more competitions all across the country.

Mukkabir Rahman from Team Think has achieved a selection as an Emergent Venture Fellow at George Mason University in the USA. (Launched in 2018, Emergent Ventures is a fellowship and grant program that empowers entrepreneurs with groundbreaking, scalable ideas aimed at meaningfully improving society.

Additionally, Team Think also reached the finals in the Global Student Entrepreneur Award competitions held in Bangalore, Odisha, and Delhi. During these events, we they the valuable opportunity to pitch our innovative concepts to entrepreneurs.

Proud Winners of Team Think

“The experience was enriching, and we received insightful feedback that further fueled our passion for creating positive societal impact through our initiatives. Samsung Solve for Tomorrow prepared us in a way that we are able to present and pitch in front of the best of entrepreneurs”, said Mukkabir.

Team NIT Surat participated in India’s largest Robotic competition GUJCOST Robofest 3.0 and cleared all the initial stages reaching to the finals. They won a prize of 2.5 Lakhs in Finale in others category. There they demonstrated the working of their prototype in front of jury including various renowned personalities of tech domain from IITs & NITs. 

Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) has ROBOFEST-GUJARAT 3.0 programme for the students to encourage their ideas and innovation as well as to engage with more and more students.

Team NIT Surat

The team has also cleared initial stages of Apogee Techfest of Bits Pilani and Technex, Techfest of IIT BHU. 

“After Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, our team has become omnipresent. We are a part of every competition and tech fest because we want constantly working on building our own brand”, said Harshil from team NIT Surat.

Team Stemly is the solo endeavor of Yash Yadav from Nagpur, Maharashtra. A socially conscious youngster, Yash, seeks to tackle the stereotypes and gender bias in STEM sciences. He is working to reduce the gender gap and expose more women to opportunities in STEM with his conversational AI under the ‘Education and Learning’ theme of Solve For Tomorrow season 2.

After winning Solve for Tomorrow, Yash Yadav has been meeting industry experts, AI professionals and discussing project for refining the idea to make it more impactful.

Team Stemly

He is looking out for more suggestions and guidance from industry experts to understand the market trends and how to scale his product on a medium and vast scale.

“No matter how hard working I am or serious about my innovations but I am still in school. I am about to finish school in just a few months. The huge change that Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has bought in my innovation journey is that now industry experts take me seriously when I meet them for their guidance”, said Yash.

“After winning the program, I feel more confident in my journey as an entrepreneur”, added Yash.

Samsung was on the lookout for ambitious 16-22 year olds who could solve global issues with game-changing tech solutions. Solve for Tomorrow 2022 winners came from the big cities in India with the most innovative solutions to their problems. In the second year, the competition got overwhelming submissions from youth across cities, towns and villages, symbolic of the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of Bharat.

Here is a glimpse of the journey from season 2:

Teaser for Solve for Tomorrow Season 2 goes out to invite applications.

Students of Jammu & Kashmir attend the Solve for Tomorrow roadshow at IIT Jammu

Hundreds of students gather at Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru to apply for season 2 of the competition.

Top 30 teams get selected from all over the country

Introducing the Solve for Tomorrow jury for 2023

Top 30 teams attend the bootcamp at IIT Delhi

Top 10 teams got a chance to visit Samsung facilities across the country

Winning teams of Solve for Tomorrow 2023 receive their awards from JB Park, MD & CEO, Samsung SWA

We are celebrating Samsung Electronics’ 54th foundation anniversary. It is a celebration of our heritage of innovation, culture and technology. For more than five decades, we have been enabling people to transform their lives because true progress happens only when everyone is empowered.

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and South Korea. We have been a committed partner to the India growth story since the winter of 1995, when we opened a small office in New Delhi. Today, Samsung has two manufacturing facilities, five R&D centres and one design centre. We are committed to creating jobs, building a culture of innovation through advanced technologies, and giving back to society by becoming a fabric of India.

It has been such a wonderful journey in this beautiful country. There is so much diversity around not only in terms of language, culture and food but also in terms of climate, and ecology. Besides this diversity, it’s the demography that serves to inspire. India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. And, it is the youth, and their indomitable spirit of innovation, that will drive the country’s growth.

What is really inspiring is that the youth is constantly trying to find solutions to challenges they see around them. Since these solutions come from their own life experiences, it touches many lives and is therefore more impactful.

I witnessed it first hand when we recently concluded the second year of our Flagship CSR programme, Solve for Tomorrow. The Top 10 teams, representing 25 young innovators, did not come from only the large metropolises but also from some of the remotest towns in India. They came from towns and cities as diverse as Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, Lakhimpur and Golaghat in Assam, Darjeeling in West Bengal, Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Ernakulam in Kerala – besides of course Chennai and Delhi.

Earlier this year, Samsung Innovation Campus students from the University of Lucknow graduated in AI, IoT, Big Data, Coding & Programming courses in the presence of Shri Yogi Adityanath, Honourable Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh. It was such a proud moment for me to see these students, some from even far off villages in the state, to be ready for the challenges of the future. Samsung Innovation Campus seeks to bridge the gap between college and career.

Shri Yogi Adityanath, Honourable Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh present at the Samsung Innovation Campus Certification Ceremony

We believe the youth from the smallest corners in India have unlimited potential. They have the power to ideate and innovate to solve the biggest challenges in the world.

At Samsung, our Global CSR vision is ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People’. With this vision, we want to enable the youth to bring local solutions for global problems. Our Citizenship programmes are inspired by our corporate vision of ‘Powering Digital India’, where we are focusing on the youth of India and empowering them with Smart Education and Upskilling.

Solve for Tomorrow

Solve for Tomorrow is a nationwide education and innovation competition for the Gen Z. We launched it in India in 2021 with the aim of turning the youth’s ideas into action. We were on the lookout for ambitious 16-22 year olds who could solve global issues with game-changing tech solutions. Our winners came from the big cities in India with the most innovative solutions to their problems. In the second year, the competition got overwhelming submissions from youth across cities, towns and villages, symbolic of the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of Bharat.

Young women in Jammu after submitting their applications for Solve for Tomorrow Season 2

Significantly, ideas in Solve for Tomorrow align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They focus on diversity and inclusion, environment and sustainability, education and learning & health and wellness. And, we are seeing a strong community of solvers emerge.

Top 3 winning teams of Solve for Tomorrow Season 2

At a time when the world is constantly stressing over global challenges, especially those around climate change, the solution-driven attitude that the GenZ showcased, made the dream of a sustainable future seem much closer than ever.

Samsung Innovation Campus

We also have a programme engaging with the youth of India to prepare them for a digital future. We call it the Samsung Innovation Campus. With this CSR initiative, we aim to upskill youth aged 18-25 years in future technologies and enhance their employability. These are key technology skills for the youth to excel in their fields.

Launched in India in 2022, Samsung Innovation Campus imparts Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding & Programing courses to the youth. Along with job-ready courses, it also offers hands-on industrial training, expert mentoring and soft skills training to students.

The programme is currently being run in eight cities in India, training 3,000 students on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), to become thorough professionals in their respective fields.

All-girls batch of Samsung Innovation Campus at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh

It was really gratifying to see an all-girls batch of Samsung Innovation Campus at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. This tied in with our focus on creating opportunities for women in STEM. This initiative at Visakhapatnam sought to provide these young girls not just exposure and mentorship but also a supportive community. These elements are essential in inspiring and empowering more girls to pursue and excel in STEM.

STEM is the language of the future and we want to support each one of them with the best skill-sets, especially young women, and I am excited to see their journey. I have been told about the experiences of various young women who have benefited from Samsung Innovation Campus.

For instance, Medapati Vijaya, a student of our Samsung Innovation Campus in Visakhapatnam, has been using her AI learnings in her civil engineering projects on rolling bridges. Similarly, her classmate Preethi is implementing AI in real time projects so that when they step out of college, they are ready with an entrepreneurial mindset. These young women are carving a niche for themselves in the field of STEM with the help of Samsung Innovation Campus.

Creating equal opportunities for all

At Samsung, we take the idea of equal opportunities very seriously. We recognize that not each youth of the country will have access or the resources to turn their ideas into innovations. This is where the idea of equal opportunities for all germinates. We want to bridge that gap, channelize their energy and aspirations and continue to create the leaders of tomorrow.

We are inspired to give wings to every dream in this country and enable ‘smart education’, imbibing a tech-led approach, for future generations. Our overarching mission is to focus on STEM education by giving the youth an opportunity through various platforms of their choice. We then take their learnings to the next level by providing end to end support. For instance, we also provide a cash prize for the top three winners of Solve for Tomorrow to take their ideas to fruition.

I strongly believe that our youth-centric citizenship programmes, Solve for Tomorrow and Samsung Innovation Campus, which involve students and academia from across the country, will help build and proliferate a stronger innovation ecosystem in the country. It will also prepare our youth to meet the challenges of a digital future and realize their full potential.

For the last 54 years, we are doing our bit every day to develop a culture of breaking boundaries in ideation, innovation and problem solving. Given the critical challenges of our era, ranging from technological obsolescence to the risks arising out of climate change, innovative thinking would be a critical moat. I see the youth playing a central role in addressing some of these issues and drive change with critical thinking by harnessing the power of digital technologies. Given the talent I have witnessed in the youth at both our CSR programmes, I am confident that we have a very bright future ahead of us.

Samsung India has announced the top three winning teams of Solve for Tomorrow 2023, its youth education and innovation competition. The winning teams are NIT Surat, which has developed an automated beach-cleaning robot called Sweep; Stemly, which has developed a conversational AI tool to help women choose STEM and Think, which has built a personal cooling device called ‘Kavach’ for those who work outdoors. The three teams received a total prize money of INR 1.5 crore to further improve their ideas and turn them into reality.

The flagship CSR programme, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, aims to empower the youth of the country to solve real life issues and transform the lives of people with their innovative ideas.

The winning teams were also awarded a certificate and a trophy, inspired by the spirit of innovation that the programme symbolises. All members of the Top 10 teams also received a certificate from Samsung, IIT Delhi and MeitY Startup Hub. They were also given Samsung’s latest flagship Galaxy Z Flip5 smartphone and a cash prize of INR 100000.

NIT Surat’s Aditi Tapariya, Harshil Mistry and Vaibhav Gupta presented an automated robot called Sweep that cleans waste from beaches while Stemly’s Yash Yadav showcased a conversational AI tool that solves gender bias by helping women choose STEM subjects. Mukkabir Rahman, Ankush Yadav, Varsha KJ of Think have made a wearable device that prevents individuals from experiencing extreme heat and cold.

The three winning teams were selected after the Grand Finale event in New Delhi where the top 10 teams of the competition made their final pitches and showcased their prototypes to the Grand Jury. The Grand Jury comprised of Mr. Mohan Rao Goli, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute, Bangalore; Mr. Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India and Dr. Archana Chugh, Professor, Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi.

The finale event conducted in two parts – pitches by the Top 10 teams and awards ceremony – was attended by top executives and employees of Samsung, the Grand Jury, and representatives from the Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi and mentors of the 10 teams.

The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2023 journey started in April this year when Samsung invited ideas from 16-22-year-olds to solve problems around four themes – Education & Learning, Health & Wellness, Environment & Sustainability and Diversity & Inclusion. Over 6,500 teams from across 500 cities, towns and villages submitted their ideas of which the Top 30 teams were selected. These teams went through an intense bootcamp at IIT Delhi followed by a pitch in front of a Samsung jury to select the Top 10 teams.

The Top 10 teams, representing 25 young innovators, came from cities as diverse as Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, Lakhimpur and Golaghat in Assam, Darjeeling in West Bengal, Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Ernakulam in Kerala, besides Chennai and Delhi.

Presenting the trophy and the prize money to the winners, Mr. JB Park, President & CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia said: “Youth has the power to think out of the box and bring innovations to life. Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is a platform to nurture this thinking and we are extremely proud to see young innovators have the ambition to change the world and transform the lives of people. We congratulate all the winners of Solve for Tomorrow 2023 and wish them the best for an exciting journey ahead. At Samsung, we firmly believe that each one of the young innovators hold the promise of contributing significantly to India’s growth story.”

“Solve for Tomorrow is creating an exciting community of young innovators and we are delighted to partner with Samsung to encourage these innovators to find solutions to some of the most pressing problems of the society today,” said Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi.

“The young teams of Solve for Tomorrow 2023 have really outdone themselves. They have shown that the youth of today really want to contribute to making the lives of people better with their innovations. The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow initiative is turning into an incubator-of-sorts for these young innovators who will build a new India,” said Mr. Jeet Vijay, CEO, MeitY Startup Hub.

Know the three winners of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2023

NIT Surat – The team of Aditi Tapariya, Harshil Mistry and Vaibhav Gupta from Surat, Gujarat is out to address the accumulation of harmful waste on beaches and its impact on the environment and marine ecosystems. The team has developed an automated beach-cleaning robot called Sweep. This programmable robot is equipped with optimum sensors that can detect, identify and segregate different kinds of waste materials based on their recyclability. The robot will be capable of traversing difficult terrains and autonomously navigate through a specified area at regular intervals.

Know more: https://news.samsung.com/in/team-nit-surat-from-solve-for-tomorrow-season-2-is-determined-to-redefine-beach-cleanliness-with-their-automated-robot

Stemly – Yash Yadav from Nagpur, Maharashtra is seeking to tackle the stereotypes and gender bias in STEM sciences. Stemly’s conversational AI tool uses natural language processing and AI techniques integrated with positive reinforcement by sharing the experiences of leading women in STEM, providing updates on recent advancements, offering mentorship, and learning opportunities, delivering encouraging messages, and connecting users with STEM specialists. This tool also integrates data from user inputs, along with their academic performance, teacher evaluations, sentiment analysis and self-surveys to personalize their ongoing positive interventions.

Know more: https://news.samsung.com/in/solve-for-tomorrow-season-2-team-stemly-is-bridging-the-gender-gap-in-stem-jobs-with-their-innovative-solution

Think – The team of Mukkabir Rahman, Ankush Yadav, and Varsha KJ from Golaghat, Assam has built a cooling device called Kavach that is a lightweight and cost-effective device to regulate body temperature for extended durations during extreme weather. It harnesses cutting-edge semiconductor technology to eliminate the hassles of traditional cooling methods. Kavach is positioned as a neckband, targeting the body’s optimal cooling area. By cooling this specific region, the prototype facilitates rapid changes in body temperature, offering an effective solution to combat heat. Additionally, it can provide warmth when needed, making it a versatile solution for maintaining comfort in a wide range of temperature conditions, from hot and humid to cooler environments.

Know more: https://news.samsung.com/in/watch-team-think-we-were-able-to-develop-a-better-product-because-of-our-bootcamp-learnings

Over the last 12 weeks, experts from Samsung and FITT, IIT Delhi mentored the top 10 teams of the competition. These teams came up with ideas to solve real-world problems ranging from converting seawater into potable water, identifying pests and diseases in crops, food wastage, cleaning beaches, developing a more sustainable leather tanning process to providing more access to individuals with hearing loss. Their ideas also seek to bridge the communication gap with sign language users, find missing children, help individuals stay cool in the summers and help the visually impaired to read.

This mentoring process helped the teams refine their ideas and facilitated the development of prototypes, which the teams ultimately presented at the Grand Finale.

These 10 teams also featured in a TV series that was produced by the News18 Group and was telecast on their national channels as well as the OTT platform, JioCinema.

Solve for Tomorrow was originally introduced in the United States in 2010 and has since expanded to 63 countries worldwide. To date, over 2.3 million young individuals have participated in this competition, making it a global platform for fostering innovation and creating social impact.

As part of its global CSR vision of ‘Together for Tomorrow, Enabling People’, Samsung believes in using innovation to positively transform communities and create a better life for people through its citizenship initiatives. Empowering youth through education is one of the best ways we can prepare our young people to boldly face the world of the future.

What is the potential of technology in envisioning a diverse and inclusive society? Team TouchPad from Solve For Tomorrow rightly believes it’s immense. The team consists of a visionary trio determined to work for the social inclusion of the visually impaired with their innovative idea.

Malathi M, C Ganesh Ram, and Vishwa Kumaresh from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, make team TouchPad, whose tactile display pad has an electromagnet-based mechanism that can convert images and texts into Braille in real-time.

Here is a brief walk through their learnings, experience, and plans to win the national education and innovation competition.

Nurturing the Next-Gen: IIT Delhi Bootcamp 

Team TouchPad’s journey to the IIT Delhi bootcamp during Solve For Tomorrow season 2 was the first significant step toward realizing their idea. The trio reflected upon their bootcamp experience and said, “The best things we have learned at the bootcamp are the design thinking classes, the method and systematic way of solving a problem. And to make sure who’s the target audience for our product.” 

Putting Bootcamp Lessons into Practice

The bootcamp learnings gave the trio enough to refine their project and scale its impact. The trio maintains that this has been a transformative experience, “Before the bootcamp we had a very short-term vision. And it helped us with valuable inputs to solve this problem. We want our solution to be helpful to the people and hope it will reach the right people.

Team Touchpad’s Approach to Win Solve For Tomorrow Season 2 

With the final leg of the national innovation competition nearing, the top 10 teams are rigorously working on their prototypes and finale pitch. Team TouchPad’s strategy for winning is to keep their focus and faith in their project, “We have built an innovative solution which can be targeted on a broad market of people. So, we believe that just by keeping it simple, putting our wholehearted work and passion into our project will help us win.” 

Experience Team Touchpad’s passion and excitement in the video below.

Delve into Team TouchPad’s display-based pad to help visually impaired read. With wisdom from Bootcamp at IIT-D to streamline the process, their winning approach in #SolveforTomorrow 2 is to never give up!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/pxwmbIDdXf

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 10, 2023

Over 380 million people in India depend on occupations that expose them to extreme heat. Keenly aware of the health risks these lives face amid rising heat waves, Team Think began conceptualizing Kavach, a lightweight and cost-effective vest that regulates body temperature to address this issue.

Mukkabir Rahman, Ankush Yadav, and Varsha K J from Golaghat, Assam, have spent their journey at Solve For Tomorrow season 2 developing their project with sheer determination and focus.

Here’s a brief glance at their journey from the top 30 teams to the top 10 finalists at the national innovation competition.

Experience at the IIT Delhi Bootcamp

The bootcamp phase at Solve For Tomorrow helped its participants learn about the fundamentals of Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship to enable them to design a market-oriented product and develop a business model around it. Sharing the learnings and experience at the IIT Delhi bootcamp, the team says, “We got the chance to meet different industry experts, learn about their experience and gather their thoughts on our product. We also learned about product development and marketing.”

Utilizing Learnings to Develop a Prototype

The IIT Delhi bootcamp turned out to be a boon regarding many issues the team was facing with their idea. Talking about decluttering and refining their project through the newfound knowledge, the trio said, “Earlier, we only had an idea, but now we have developed a functional prototype. We were able to develop a better product because of our bootcamp learnings.”

Plans for the Final Pitch

Team Think has already developed a functional prototype of their idea and is confident that their passion and their project will help them win Solve For Tomorrow season 2. Filled with enthusiasm, the trio said, “We are confident in our product and the problem we are trying to solve. We believe that we can greatly improve the lives of people with our product. We will win because we are passionate about it.”

Witness the trio’s infectious passion in the video below.

With much-needed lessons from the industry experts at Bootcamp at IIT-D & their confidence in problem-solving prowess for beating the heat, Team Think is bringing cool comfort to the spotlight in #SolveforTomorrow 2!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/YBYvWs2ea2

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 9, 2023

The top 10 Solve for Tomorrow teams are busy gearing up for the finale and turning their ideas into viable business solutions. Since this will be the first step in their entrepreneurial journey, the youngsters recently attended a bootcamp held at IIT Delhi to receive mentorship and training from experts.

One such inspiring team is TEG, comprising of Abhinav Dutta and Mithun Nandish Reddy from Lakhimpur, Assam. The duo is reusing food waste from cafeterias to create biogas and promote the use of sustainable energy. They recently shared the highlights of their Solve For Tomorrow journey with us. d

Bootcamp Learnings: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship & more

Major takeaways for the duo from the bootcamp have been learning about strategies to pitch their idea properly and the qualities needed for a startup founder. Talking about the valuable mentorship they received from IIT professors, the team said, “During our bootcamp we learned the importance of the qualities a startup founder needs to have and how to pitch your idea. We never knew that there were so many ways to pitch your idea to investors.” 

Converting Learnings into Insightful Actions 

Learnings from the IIT Delhi bootcamp helped team TEG take their idea ahead in terms of design, technology, and business model. We asked the duo about implementing these learnings in their project, “We were confused about how to differentiate our product from the existing products in the market. The professors conducted great sessions on how you can differentiate yourself from your competitors. We learned how to make our product more efficient and user-friendly.”

Gameplan for Winning Solve For Tomorrow Season 2

Now that the finale date is nearing, the team is rigorously preparing for their finale pitch. What about their winning strategy? It’s pretty simple, they added, “We are trying to make as much progress as possible and prepare the best pitch possible with the help of our mentors.”

Learn more about their Solve For Tomorrow journey in the video below.

From waste to wonder, Team TEG is transforming waste food into biogas. With insights from Bootcamp at IIT-D & with due guidance by mentors, they’re giving their best to make a lasting impact in #SolveforTomorrow 2!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/HJeaG0u6XY

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 8, 2023

Some ideas can potentially change the fabric of our society for the better. The sole member of team Stemly, Yash Yadav, started his Solve for Tomorrow journey aligned with the same vision – to reduce the gender gap and eliminate stereotypes in STEM sciences with his conversational AI.

So far, not only has Yash proved his potential in the competition, but he has also impressed his fellow competitors and mentors, successfully making it to the top 10.

Building Foundation Through the IIT Delhi Bootcamp 

The first big phase of the competition took Yash to the IIT Delhi bootcamp, where he received comprehensive training and mentorship from FITT & MeitY Startup Hub partners. Shedding light on his learnings from the bootcamp, Yash says, “The most important thing is knowing your audience. The understanding that the problem that you are solving is something that needs to be solved.”

Taking Leaps by Implementing the Learnings   

Giving him a broader perspective on Design Thinking and entrepreneurship, the IIT Delhi bootcamp helped Yash conceptualize his idea into a business model. Talking about this process of development, Yash says, “I talked to the stakeholders, which helped me understand the problem in its entirety. I looked at the financial aspect, built upon it, made a revenue model, and identified business streams for my project so it’s viable financially as well.”

Yash’s Approach to Win Solve For Tomorrow Season 2

As of now, Yash is preparing for the final leg of the competition and refining his idea. Sharing his approach to winning the competition, he says, “I have reached this platform where it’s an extremely big help for my project. I have gotten so much help from Samsung and IIT Delhi mentors. And I wish that even if I do not win, this program will really help my project reach the right audience.”

Take a glance at his journey in the video below:

Team Stemly is working to win not just a competition but millions of hearts with learnings from Bootcamp at IIT-D for their cause of using AI & social intervention to tackle gender bias in #SolveforTomorrow 2!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/az30HCSb2o

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 7, 2023

Rising pollution at beaches not only impacts the adjoining marine ecosystem but also creates a public health hazard, restricting the growth of nearby communities. Team NIT Surat, one of the top 10 finalists of the Solve for Tomorrow season 2, is determined to improve this picture with its innovative idea.

Aditi Tapariya, Harshil Mistry, and Vaibhav Gupta from Surat, Gujrat, have garnered much appreciation and praise for their automated beach cleaning robot in the competition. With the grand finale on its way, we took the opportunity to speak to them about their journey, learnings, and strategy ahead.

Learnings at the IIT Delhi Bootcamp

Team NIT Surat’s first significant step towards transforming into next-generation innovators started with comprehensive workshops on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship at the IIT Delhi Bootcamp. Reflecting upon the impact of these learnings on their idea, the trio says, “The bootcamp taught us how to build a product, and that just having a tech-oriented solution is not important, we need to think about it in a market space as well.”

Implementing Learnings: Achieving Precision 

Through the bootcamp, the team realized the potential changes they needed to make their innovation more precise. Sharing light on this development, the trio responded, “We enhanced our design in a customer-oriented manner. So, we made the required changes in our mechanism and in the backend algorithms while making it more precise in its operations.”

Strategy for the Grand Finale 

As of now, the trio is busy developing their project from the ground up and preparing their pitch for the grand finale. We asked them to share their strategy to make it to the top 3, “We will work on our solution and do ground-level testing and analyze those results. We will sweep all the garbage on the beaches to build a more beautiful world for the generations to come. Together for tomorrow, we will make it happen.” 

Delve into the spirit and enthusiasm of this bright trio in the video below.

Join Team NIT Surat’s mission to tackle beach waste. With their mentors providing on-ground insights from Bootcamp at IIT-D, they’re shaping their path to victory with efficiency & smart work in #SolveforTomorrow 2!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/7RcY5bFUoi

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 6, 2023

In a world that is constantly buzzing with information and dialogue, communication is the lifeline of our society. But what happens when this essential thread connecting us all leaves some voices unheard and some ears unable to listen?

One of the top 10 solvers at Solve For Tomorrow season 2, team Musketeers, is giving it their all to address the communication barriers faced by the deaf and hard of hearing with their innovative AR (Augmented Reality) glasses. Their project’s potential and innovative spirit have taken them to the final leg of the competition.

Learning to Level up at the IIT Delhi Bootcamp

At the bootcamp, the trio received all the essential training required to be the next-gen innovators and entrepreneurs. Reflecting on the comprehensive workshops and feedback sessions by mentors, the trio says, “We learned how to collaborate as a team, design a pitch, and make our product more practical. We also gained expert guidance on our project from the industry leaders.”

Implementing Learnings 

Bootcamp proved a fruitful venture for the team as they went on to redesign their product and refine its functionality to a different level. Sharing their thoughts on this development, the trio responded, “The earlier design of our product wasn’t comfortable to use. So, we redesigned it based on the feedback given by our mentors so that it can be market accessible and help the deaf and hard of hearing.”

Strategy to Win

Team Musketeers are ready to make a great impression on the grand jury at the finale event with their project and pitch. Elaborating on the same, the trio says, “Our strategy to win Solve For Tomorrow 2023 is collaborative teamwork, innovative thinking, and a clear presentation. Also, we are making our product more practical, affordable, and impactful.” 

We captured the team’s journey so far in the video below.

Discover Team Musketeers’ quest to make life better for people with a hearing loss. With teamwork lessons from Bootcamp at IIT-D, they’re crafting an innovative & affordable winning plan in #SolveforTomorrow 2!#TogetherForTomorrow #enabling_people #SFT_India_2023 #Samsung pic.twitter.com/0IHwck3c6M

— SamsungNewsroomIN (@SamsungNewsIN) September 5, 2023