Every innovation starts with something simple: noticing that something could work better.

For the young innovators of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, the next question is harder: how do you turn that observation into something real?

During an immersive Innovation Bootcamp, the Top 40 stepped inside Samsung’s innovation ecosystem across Gurugram, Delhi, Noida and Bengaluru to see how ideas are understood, designed, engineered, tested and refined.

Their journey took them through Samsung’s Head Office in Gurugram, Samsung Design Delhi, Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida (SRI-Noida) and Samsung R&D Institute India-Bengaluru (SRI-B) — bringing them closer to the people, processes and technologies behind some of Samsung’s innovations.

Addressing the young innovators, JB Park, President and CEO, Samsung South West Asia, spoke about where the next generation of ideas could come from.

“Great ideas can come from anywhere. They can come from a small town, a classroom, a college or from a young person simply looking at a problem in their own community.”

That idea is reflected in this year’s cohort. More than half of the participants come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, bringing with them problems and perspectives shaped by communities across India.

Start With People

At Samsung Design Delhi, the young innovators saw that innovation doesn’t begin with technology. It begins with people.

Inside spaces including Rang and the Colour, Material and Finish (CMF) Lab, they explored how designers think about the way people see, touch and experience products — and how choices around colour, material, texture and form can shape that experience.

It was a lesson in looking beyond the solution itself.

Before asking what can be built, understand who you are building it for.

Make It Work

At SRI-Noida, the focus shifted from design to engineering.

The innovators explored areas including PCB design, sensory equipment and AI applications, getting a closer look at what happens when an idea has to work beyond a sketch or a prototype.

Ideas are tested. Assumptions are challenged. Problems emerge. Designs change.

That process of iteration is what turns a promising idea into something that can work reliably in the real world.

At SRI-B, the view widened further. The young innovators explored research across AI, multimedia and camera technologies, advanced communications, IoT and services — technologies that are helping shape the next generation of connected experiences.

Taken together, the visits traced an innovation journey: understand a need, design around people, engineer a solution, test it and keep making it better.

Learning From Each Other

The Bootcamp was also about the people in the room.

Young innovators from different parts of India arrived with different problems to solve — but discovered that many of the questions they were asking were the same.

How do you know if an idea will work? What happens when it doesn’t? How do you make it better?

“A big thank you to Samsung Solve for Tomorrow for this opportunity and for supporting young innovators like us throughout the journey. Now, it’s time to refine, build, learn,” said Priyanka Yadav from Gurugram, Haryana.

“One of my favourite memories from the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Bootcamp was meeting passionate young innovators from every corner of India, each working to solve a different problem, but all driven by the same belief — innovation should improve lives. I am grateful for the friendships, conversations and inspiration,” said Vidit Bhayana from Delhi.

Conducted in collaboration with FITT-IIT Delhi, the Innovation Bootcamp provided the teams with mentoring and prototyping support as they continued developing solutions across AI Living for India, Health and Education, Environmental Sustainability, and Sport & Tech.

The Work After the Idea

For the Top 40, seeing Samsung’s design and R&D ecosystem first-hand offered something that is difficult to learn from a classroom alone.

Innovation is rarely a straight line.

An idea is questioned. A prototype is tested. Something fails. You learn why. You change it. Then you try again.

The most important part of an idea may not be the moment you have it.

It may be everything you do next.

For these young innovators, that work has already begun.

Three young innovators from Maharashtra are bringing technology-led solutions to the national stage through the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. Representing the themes of AI Living for India and Environmental Sustainability, the innovators from Mumbai and Pune are exploring solutions for small-business financial access, safer firefighting, marine conservation and textile waste.

16-year-old Shrihan Jha, 17-year-old Palaash Gang, and 21-year-old Yogeeta Kishor Suwasiya have been selected among the national Top 40 of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung’s flagship CSR innovation programme for young people aged 14 to 22.

AI Living for India

Shrihan Jha from Mumbai is exploring how artificial intelligence can make financial systems more accessible to small businesses. He is developing an app that analyses handwritten bills and UPI payments to generate credit scores, supported by an AI-powered financial chatbot. The solution aims to help small businesses build a more formal financial profile and potentially improve their access to credit.

Environmental Sustainability

Palaash Gang from Pune is working on making firefighting more environmentally responsible. He is developing a biodegradable alternative to traditional PFAS-based firefighting foams. Made using fish-scale waste, the solution explores a collagen-chitosan network designed to suppress fuel vapours without relying on harmful petrochemicals.

Yogeeta Kishor Suwasiya from Mumbai is addressing the growing challenge of textile waste. She is developing a circular denim ecosystem that transforms discarded fabric into lifestyle products, while using material tracking and partnerships with women artisans to extend the life of textiles.

Together, the three solutions show how Maharashtra’s young innovators are approaching challenges across financial inclusion, environmental protection, sustainable materials and circular design, using technology to explore new ways of addressing issues around them.

Their selection is part of a wider national cohort taking shape through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. More than half of this year’s Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people across India are bringing their own experiences and observations to challenges that matter to their communities.

For Maharashtra, the three finalists showcase how young innovators from Mumbai and Pune are applying technology to both everyday economic challenges and pressing environmental concerns.

Through design thinking, mentorship and hands-on learning, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them move from the early stages towards prototypes.

The Top 40 teams will now participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, receiving intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi. They will also visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Noida and 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 their solutions ahead of the Grand Finale.

At the culmination of the programme, 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 readiness.

For Maharashtra’s three young innovators, reaching the national Top 40 marks the next stage in their journey — bringing locally observed challenges to a national platform and exploring how technology can help create more accessible and sustainable solutions.

What if a material discarded by one industry could become a useful resource for another? For 19-year-old Varma Swati Birbahadur and 20-year-old Vadher Pushti Amitbhai from Rajkot, this question has led to Stencil2School, a solution that explores how discarded nylon stencil sheets from the city’s saree-printing industry could be given a second life.

Their idea reflects the kind of community-led innovation that Samsung Solve for Tomorrow seeks to support. Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung’s flagship CSR innovation programme for young people aged 14 to 22. In its fifth edition, the programme brings together young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions through design thinking, mentorship and hands-on learning, helping them move their ideas from the early stages towards prototypes.

From Discarded Stencils to New Possibilities
For Swati and Pushti, the starting point was waste generated by Rajkot’s saree-printing industry. Nylon stencil sheets used in the printing process are often discarded after a design cycle and may be burned, creating pollution while leaving behind a durable material that could potentially be reused.

Their solution, Stencil2School, explores how these discarded sheets can be converted into educational products such as document folders, pouches and waterproof book covers. The prototype is ready, with the products designed for government school students and children supported by NGOs. The model also explores opportunities for local women and Self-Help Groups to manufacture the products.

The idea brings together waste reduction, education and livelihood opportunities — turning a material that would otherwise be discarded into products that can serve a practical purpose.

Their selection among the national Top 40 gives Swati and Pushti an opportunity to further develop the prototype, test their approach and explore its potential beyond the initial context.

Their achievement comes as India’s innovation landscape continues to expand, with more than half of the national Top 40 teams in this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow coming from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. The participation highlights how young innovators are drawing on challenges in their own communities to explore potential solutions.

For Gujarat, the presence of two young innovators from Rajkot among the national Top 40 reflects how ideas can emerge from local industries and communities beyond India’s traditional technology hubs.

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 – Bengaluru, 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 readiness.

Agricultural residue burning is a prominent challenge in Punjab, particularly during the crop-harvesting season. In Amritsar, 18-year-old Shivansh Sarin is exploring whether agricultural residue could be turned into useful resources instead of being burned. In SAS Nagar, Prabinder Singh, Anish Grover and Deepesh Kakkar are looking at a different challenge — how technology could help families monitor stroke survivors after they return home from the hospital. All four young innovators have made it to the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Their ideas are rooted in challenges they see around them, reflecting how young innovators from Punjab are looking at problems in their communities and exploring how technology could help address them.

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 enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them take their ideas from the early stages towards prototypes.

Two Local Challenges, Four Young Innovators
For 18-year-old Shivansh Sarin from Amritsar, the starting point is a challenge familiar to Punjab’s agricultural landscape: what happens to crop residue after harvesting?

His team, AgriVolt, is exploring how agricultural residue could instead be converted into electricity, biochar and other carbon-rich resources. Building on a school-level prototype that generated electricity from agricultural residue, the proposed solution uses sensor data and reinforcement learning to explore how the process could be optimised while reducing emissions.

For 19-year-olds Prabinder Singh and Anish Grover, and 21-year-old Deepesh Kakkar from SAS Nagar, the challenge begins after a stroke patient leaves the hospital. Their team, NeuroTrace, is developing an AI-powered smartphone solution designed to help families monitor patients at home, when identifying early signs of neurological changes can be difficult.

The solution explores a 45-second daily check-in using voice patterns, facial movement and reaction time to establish an individual neurological baseline and identify sustained changes that could warrant attention.

While the two ideas address very different challenges, both reflect the same starting point for these young innovators: looking closely at a problem in their surroundings and asking whether technology could offer a new way to address it.
Their selection comes as the innovation landscape represented by Samsung Solve for Tomorrow continues to expand. More than half of the national Top 40 teams this year are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people across India are bringing perspectives shaped by their own communities to real-world challenges.

For Punjab, the presence of young innovators from Amritsar and SAS Nagar among the national Top 40 highlights how innovation is emerging from beyond traditional technology hubs. Their solutions are rooted in distinctly local observations — from the management of agricultural residue in Punjab to the challenges families can face while caring for stroke survivors at home.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow gives young innovators access to mentorship, technology, design-thinking skills and a platform to take their solutions forward. For Shivansh, Prabinder, Anish and Deepesh, the programme provides an opportunity to test their thinking, strengthen their concepts and move their solutions from early-stage development towards prototyping.

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 – Bengaluru, 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 readiness.

India’s sporting ecosystem for para-athletes has seen growing attention on identifying and supporting them beyond established sporting centres, but discovering talent can still be difficult when specialised scouting and performance evaluation are not easily accessible. For 21-year-old Vatala Harika and 20-year-old Ritesh Routray from Sundargarh, Odisha, this gap led them to explore whether technology could help promising para-athletes get noticed.

The two young innovators have made it to the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow with ParaSync, an AI-powered solution that explores how smartphone-recorded sporting performances can be analysed to help identify para-athletic talent and connect promising athletes with coaches and scouts.

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 enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them take ideas from the early stages towards prototypes.

From Limited Scouting to Greater Visibility

For Harika and Ritesh, the challenge is the limited access to specialised scouting and evaluation for para-athletes outside established sporting centres. ParaSync allows athletes to record or upload videos of their sporting performance, with computer vision designed to analyse movement and sporting technique.
The idea explores how this information could help coaches and scouts assess athletes remotely, creating another way for promising para-athletes to gain visibility without first having to reach major sporting centres.

Under the Sport & Tech theme, ParaSync explores how emerging technology could be applied to a practical challenge around access, inclusion and opportunity in sport.

Harika and Ritesh’s journey is also part of a wider shift within Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. More than half of this year’s national Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people across India are bringing their own experiences to challenges that matter to their communities.

For Odisha, the selection of Harika and Ritesh from Sundargarh highlights how young people are applying technology to address gaps in access and opportunity. ParaSync brings together AI and sport to explore how promising para-athletic talent could gain greater visibility beyond established scouting networks.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow gives young innovators access to mentorship, technology, design-thinking skills and a platform to take their solutions forward. The Top 40 teams will now participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, receiving intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi. They will also visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Noida and 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 their solutions ahead of the Grand Finale.

At the culmination of the programme, 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 readiness.

Six teams from Tamil Nadu have earned a place among the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, bringing forward solutions that use AI, IoT, wearable technology and other innovations to address real-world challenges in their communities.

Sajith J, Mithran B, Kavin Nanadha M K, Sanjay Kumaar, G B Aswindbaghat, Varunprasath K, Nirmalkumar V, Gokul Appusamy, Mohanbabu J, Manoj Kumar Kasinathan, Jena R, Chriswin William D, Nishiithaa G, Dhiikshanyaa G, R S Adhidhiya, Rahul R and Hemanthth P are among the young innovators behind these six solutions, which span education, road safety, healthcare, mobility and rehabilitation.

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 enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them take solutions from the early stages towards prototypes.

Six Teams, Seventeen Young Innovators

20-year-old Sajith J, 20-year-old Mithran B and 20-year-old Kavin Nanadha M K are creating MicroLearning which delivers 2-3 minutes videos, adaptive, native-language training directly on WhatsApp – a tool every worker already uses – so new hires learn on the shop floor without pulling senior operators away from their work. The platform adjusts to each worker’s pace and progress, turning training time into productive time from day one.

Twenty-year-olds Sanjay Kumaar, G B Aswindbaghat and Varunprasath K are developing an AI-powered road-safety solution using smartphone technology, IoT and sensor data to identify road hazards such as potholes, waterlogging and damaged roads. The solution explores how real-time information could help authorities prioritise risks while giving commuters safer route recommendations.

For 19-year-old Nirmalkumar V, 18-year-old Gokul Appusamy and 19-year-old Mohanbabu J, the focus is the classroom. The team is developing a low-cost system that can turn existing projectors and classroom surfaces into interactive learning platforms, giving schools an alternative to expensive smart-board infrastructure.

In Sport & Tech, 21-year-old Manoj Kumar Kasinathan, 20-year-old Jena R and 20-year-old Chriswin William D are developing an AI and wearable technology-based solution to distinguish intentional movement from Parkinson’s tremors and support patients in remaining physically active.

Eighteen-year-olds Nishiithaa G and Dhiikshanyaa G are developing an AI-powered wound-checking solution designed to identify early signs of infection while accounting for differences across skin tones. Meanwhile, 19-year-olds R S Adhidhiya, Rahul R and Hemanthth P are developing a smart wearable wrap designed to combine multiple recovery therapies and make rehabilitation more accessible.

Six teams. Seventeen young innovators. And a shared belief that technology can make everyday challenges easier to understand, navigate and address.

Their achievement reflects a larger shift taking place across India’s innovation landscape. More than half of this year’s national Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people beyond the country’s traditional technology hubs are bringing locally observed challenges into a national innovation conversation.

For Tamil Nadu, the presence of six teams among the national Top 40 is a reflection of the breadth of solutions emerging from its next generation. With innovators from both Chennai and Coimbatore, their solutions span education, road safety, healthcare, mobility and rehabilitation, showing how young people are looking beyond technology itself to the needs of the communities they hope to serve.

A vehicle breakdown in the middle of a highway can quickly become more than an inconvenience. For drivers stranded on unfamiliar stretches of road, finding a mechanic, understanding the problem or getting timely assistance can be difficult. For 17-year-old Tandreem Trishan Kalita from Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam, this everyday experience led to a larger question: could technology make getting roadside help faster, safer and more reliable?

Tandreem has made it to the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow with RoadFix, an AI-powered roadside assistance solution that diagnoses vehicle faults and connects users with verified mechanics instantly.

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 enables young innovators to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, taking them from early stages towards prototypes.

From Highway Breakdowns to Reliable Roadside Assistance
For Tandreem, the challenge is the uncertainty that follows a vehicle breakdown. When a vehicle stops working on a highway, drivers may struggle to understand the fault, find a trustworthy mechanic or know how quickly help can arrive. These challenges can become even more pressing in terrain-heavy regions like Assam, where immediate roadside assistance may be limited.

RoadFix explores using AI to diagnose vehicle faults and connect stranded drivers with verified mechanics instantly, helping simplify the process of getting roadside assistance when it is needed most.

Tandreem’s journey reflects a wider shift in India’s innovation landscape. More than half of this year’s national Top 40 teams are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people across the country are bringing their own experiences to challenges that matter to their communities.

Under the AI Living for India theme, RoadFix explores how emerging technology can be applied to a practical mobility challenge with potential relevance beyond Assam.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow gives young innovators access to mentorship, technology, design-thinking skills and a platform to take their solutions forward. The Top 40 teams will now participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, receiving intensive mentoring from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi. They will also visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Noida and 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 their solutions ahead of the Grand Finale.

At the culmination of the programme, 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 readiness.

In an emergency, keeping blood at the right temperature can be critical. For someone at risk of a fall, changes in the way they walk may offer useful clues. And in grassroots sport, a clear record of scoring can make competition more transparent. These are the challenges being explored by four young innovators from Karnataka, who have made it to the national Top 40 of the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Karthik Pratheep Paramadathil, A V Kruthi Krishna, Bhavya Chawat and Roopal Guha Neogi are developing potential solutions that use technology to make difficult-to-capture information more accessible — spanning emergency healthcare, everyday health monitoring and grassroots sports.

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 enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them take their ideas from the early stages towards prototypes.

Three Ideas, Four Young Innovators

For 20-year-old Karthik Pratheep Paramadathil from Dakshina Kannada, the challenge lies in managing blood temperature during emergency transfusions. His solution explores a compact, portable device that could regulate blood temperature at the point of infusion. The concept is being explored for emergency situations such as shock, hypothermia and heat stroke, where maintaining appropriate blood temperature may be important to patient care.

For 20-year-olds A V Kruthi Krishna and Bhavya Chawat from Bengaluru, the idea begins with an everyday object: a shoe. Their team, 404NotFound, is developing StepSense, a smart system designed to capture gait and movement data. The solution explores how this information could help identify potential risks associated with falls, neuropathy and physical strain.

Roopal Guha Neogi from Bengaluru focusses on making grassroots sports more transparent. His team, NyaayKhel, is developing an AI-powered system that uses smartphone cameras to detect scoring events, create match records and generate athlete performance data for sports such as kabaddi, wrestling and kho-kho.

While the three solutions address different problems, they share a common thread: using technology to capture information that can otherwise be difficult to measure — whether it is blood temperature, changes in movement or sporting scores — and make that information more useful.

Their selection comes as the innovation landscape represented by Samsung Solve for Tomorrow continues to expand. More than half of the national Top 40 teams this year are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young people across India are identifying challenges in their own surroundings and exploring ways to address.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow gives young innovators access to design-thinking skills, mentorship and hands-on learning as they develop their solutions. The programme supports participants as they move from identifying a problem towards testing and refining potential solutions.

The Top 40 teams will now participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, receiving intensive mentorship from startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi. As part of the Bootcamp, they will also get an opportunity to visit Samsung R&D Institute India – Delhi, Samsung R&D Institute India – Noida, Samsung R&D Institute India – Bengaluru, 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, 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 readiness.

For Karnataka’s young innovators, making the national Top 40 is an opportunity to take challenges observed in healthcare, everyday life and sport and explore how technology could help address them.

It is a simple sentence, but one that captures what Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) hopes every student takes away from the programme.

Across classrooms in South India, young engineering students are learning Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and Coding & Programming through Samsung Innovation Campus, Samsung’s flagship CSR initiative. They arrive looking for technical skills and leave with something far more valuable like confidence, curiosity and a renewed belief in their own potential.

For many, the transformation begins quietly.

Dhanya, a Computer Science student specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, remembers walking into her first Coding & Programming class feeling excited but unsure of herself. Like many students, she had completed coursework before, but translating theory into practical problem-solving seemed intimidating.

Over the next few weeks, that changed.

The structured curriculum, industry-grade labs and hands-on assignments made complex concepts feel approachable. More importantly, the encouragement she received from her mentor changed the way she viewed her own abilities.

That confidence extended well beyond the classroom. Today, Dhanya mentors junior students at her college, a role she never imagined taking on before joining Samsung Innovation Campus.

Her story is one of the many student lives who have benefitted from SIC.

For Maddula Varshini from RNS Institute of Technology, engineering had gradually become an exercise in memorising diagrams and preparing for examinations. The excitement that first drew her towards technology had faded.

Samsung Innovation Campus helped bring it back.

Working with sensors, microcontrollers and cloud platforms, she experienced the thrill of building something that worked outside a textbook. The defining moment came when her team’s IoT prototype successfully transmitted live data to the cloud.

Instead of simply providing answers, trainers encouraged students to troubleshoot, ask questions and think through problems independently. Those experiences helped students develop not only technical competence but also the confidence to solve unfamiliar challenges.

That confidence has opened new doors for students like Meghana.

Coming from a modest background, she often felt that opportunities in technology were reserved for students with better access to resources and guidance. Samsung Innovation Campus challenged that belief.

The practical learning environment helped her develop programming skills while giving her the confidence to ask questions without fear of being judged. Since completing the programme, she has made her first open-source contributions and secured her first internship opportunity.

Sanjana, who enrolled in the Artificial Intelligence course, admits AI initially felt overwhelming.

Through project-based learning, she gradually built machine learning models and eventually developed an emotion detection application as part of her capstone project.

The project represented more than technical progress.

It was proof that she could build solutions capable of addressing real-world challenges. Today, she is preparing for advanced certifications in Data Science and participating in AI hackathons, confident that technology is where she belongs.

While every student’s journey is different, the underlying transformation remains remarkably similar.

“Technology education should do more than teach technical concepts, it should empower young people to believe in their own potential. Through Samsung Innovation Campus, we want students to experience the excitement of creating, solving problems and innovating. When we see students mentoring others, securing internships, participating in hackathons or simply becoming more confident learners, we know the programme is making a meaningful difference,” said Amit Mannan, VP, Software R&D (E).

He believes the programme plays an important role in strengthening India’s innovation ecosystem by complementing academic learning with industry-relevant skills.

“Our goal is not only to prepare students for future careers but to nurture a generation of innovators who will help solve real-world challenges using technology.”

As India continues its rapid digital transformation, initiatives like Samsung Innovation Campus are helping bridge the gap between classrooms and careers.

For students like Dhanya, Varshini, Meghana and Sanjana, the programme may have started with coding exercises, AI models or IoT projects. But what they truly gained was something much harder to teach, and perhaps even more valuable. The confidence to imagine a future they once thought was beyond their reach.

From exploring humane ways to address human-wildlife conflict to reducing pollution from construction activities, supporting children with autism, improving access to education for visually impaired students and making sports more inclusive, seven teams from Delhi have made it to the national Top 40 of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.

Avi Mohan Kumar Shuklaa, Yash Varshney, Aarna Gupta, Vidit Bhayana, Bhumi, Prachi, Aditya Rai, Sparsh Ruhela, Tej Singh Grover and Akshat Sarkar are among a new generation of young Indians looking at challenges around them and asking a simple question: can technology help solve them?

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 enables young innovators from across India to identify real-world challenges and develop potential solutions, helping them take ideas from the early stages towards prototypes.

For Avi Mohan Kumar Shuklaa and Yash Varshney, both 17 and from Central Delhi, the challenge is human-wildlife conflict. Their team, InnoBotix, is exploring a humane early-warning approach that could help reduce risks for both people and wildlife.

In South Delhi, 17-year-old Aarna Gupta is developing AeroShield, a solution exploring how construction-site infrastructure could be used to reduce exposure to airborne pollutants. Her approach looks at how technology could potentially help address pollution-related challenges associated with construction activities.

In Health and Education, 15-year-old Vidit Bhayana from Central Delhi is developing VB SenseGuard, which explores how technology could identify early signs of sensory meltdowns in children with autism and support more timely intervention.

Bhumi and Prachi, both 15 and from South Delhi, are developing VisionAir, an affordable and reusable air-purification solution that explores the use of natural materials to improve air quality.

Aditya Rai and Sparsh Ruhela, both 17 and from East Delhi, are developing Equinox to address accessibility barriers faced by visually impaired students. Their solution explores a voice-first AI companion that could make digital learning resources easier to access.

In Sport & Tech, 16-year-old Tej Singh Grover from South Delhi is developing ThermoGuard, a wearable solution that explores how physiological and environmental conditions could be assessed to provide early warnings of heat-exhaustion risk.

Fourteen-year-old Akshat Sarkar from East Delhi is developing Squirtle, which explores how technology could help athletes who are deaf access sports coaching through Indian Sign Language.

Seven solutions. Ten young innovators. And challenges spanning the environment, health, education, accessibility and sports.

From construction sites to classrooms and sports fields, these solutions reflect how young people are looking closely at challenges around them and exploring how technology could help address them.

Their achievement comes as India’s innovation map itself is expanding. More than half of the national Top 40 teams in this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow are from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, highlighting how young innovators from different corners of the country are bringing fresh perspectives to real-world challenges.

For Delhi, having seven teams and 9 young innovators among the national Top 40 reflects the breadth of challenges that young people are choosing to address. Their solutions span environmental concerns, accessibility, health, education and sports, demonstrating how innovation can begin with observing an everyday problem and exploring a technology-led way forward.

The innovators are currently at the ideation stage and will now receive mentorship and prototyping support as they work to test, refine and develop their solutions and compete for a place in the Top 20.

The Top 40 teams will collectively receive INR 8 lakh, while every team member will receive a Samsung laptop to support prototype development. They will also 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 potential commercialisation.

The growing participation of young innovators from across India points to a larger change in the country’s innovation landscape. Good ideas are not defined by geography. They can emerge wherever young people encounter a problem, question why it exists and decide to explore a different way of addressing it.

For Delhi’s nine young innovators, making the national Top 40 is a moment of recognition — and another sign that solutions rooted in everyday challenges can find a wider platform through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow.