Samsung Launches ‘Solve for Tomorrow’, an Innovation Competition for India’s Youth
Get Exciting Samsung Products & Up To INR 1 Crore in Grants to Turn Your Ideas Into Action!
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16-22
year-olds can apply with innovative ideas around Education, Environment,
Healthcare and Agriculture
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Foundation
for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT Delhi will be knowledge
partner, participants will get online & offline training from IIT Delhi
India
– June, 2022 – Samsung,
India’s most admired brand, today launched the inaugural edition of Solve for Tomorrow, a new youth-centric
national education and innovation competition, inviting India’s brightest young
minds to come up with innovative ideas that can transform the lives of people
and communities around them.
With Solve
for Tomorrow, a citizenship initiative that engages Gen Z around the world, Samsung
aims to provide support to youth in India aged 16-22 years from across cities,
towns and villages to turn their ideas to solve real-world issues into action. In
the first year, Solve for Tomorrow is inviting ideas in the areas of Education, Environment, Healthcare and
Agriculture, the priority UN Sustainable Development Goals for India.
Support
will include mentoring of the top 50
teams (individuals or teams of up to 3 members) by industry experts and Foundation
for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi (IIT Delhi) to help enhance their ideas, along with a boot-camp at IIT Delhi, a certificate
of participation, and vouchers worth INR
100,000 for online courses in design thinking, STEM, innovation, leadership,
among others. The top 10 teams will get the opportunity to visit Samsung India
offices, its R&D centres and Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru where they will
interact with young Samsung employees and researchers.
The
annual program will end with the grand announcement of three national winners, who stand a chance to get mega support of up
to INR 1 crore and mentoring support
for six months to take their ideas to the next level under the expert guidance
of IIT Delhi.
Participants
can apply for Solve for Tomorrow, get detailed information on the program and
terms and conditions at www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow, starting June 09,
2022 till 5 pm, July 31, 2022.
Mr. Ken Kang, President and CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia, said, “At Samsung, harnessing the power of youth is priority. This
is what drives us and our global CSR vision of ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling
People,’ which seeks to empower the next generation to achieve their full
potential and pioneer positive social changes. Solve for Tomorrow also takes us
a step ahead in our vision of ‘Powering Digital India’ as the country’s
strongest partner.”
“With Solve for Tomorrow, we aim to motivate
and nurture creative thinking and problem-solving among the youth and encourage
them to find innovative technology solutions with a social impact. We want to
play our part in strengthening the innovation ecosystem in the country, taking
forward the vision of the Government and the people of this country,” he said.
Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi, said: “With Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow initiative, we are
looking at prospective innovations with impact potential to address the future
challenges faced by society. This partnership will enable young change-makers
to explore wider opportunities and provide a platform for activating and
nurturing their ideas.”
Solve for Tomorrow at a Glance
Who can participate: 16-22
year-olds, individually or in teams of up to 3
Application themes: Education,
Environment, Healthcare and Agriculture
What will they get: Online training, mentoring from Samsung
& IIT Delhi, Bootcamp at IIT Delhi
What do winners get: Total of up to INR 1 crore to 3 winning teams, mentoring for 6 months
Where can they apply: www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow
From when: Starting June
09, 2022
Till when: Till 5 pm,
July 31, 2022
Application Window – Round One
Individuals or teams of up to three can submit their applications
on www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow, where they will elaborate on the problem they are solving, the
proposed solution and its social impact.
A jury comprising of subject matter experts from FITT, IIT Delhi will shortlist top 50 teams from among all the applications received, based on a selection criteria that includes the best use of technology (app, product or service), creativity, originality of idea, feasibility of the solution with current technology, potential to positively impact society or the environment and the potential to reach its intended target audience.
Idea Development –
Round Two
In this round, the top 50 teams will be provided online
training on design thinking and will attend a boot camp at IIT Delhi on
developing a proof of concept. The teams will also get support from professors
and mentors at IIT Delhi to detail out their ideas and start working on their
early prototypes.
Each participant from the 50 selected teams will get a
certificate of participation and course vouchers of up to INR 100,000 that gets them access to any online course relevant to
design thinking, STEM, innovation, entrepreneurship, business skills,
management and leadership.
Once teams submit videos on their ideas and prototypes, a jury
panel of experts from Samsung will select
10 teams that will move to Round
Three. The selection criteria for this round will include development of the
idea since original submission, demonstrable use of research and/or testing to
understand needs of the target audience, demonstration of design thinking and
quality of presentation.
Final Prototype
Building – Round Three
Top 10
teams will be given next level of online training covering topics
such as prototyping and designing for manufacturing, introduction to business
communication, funding opportunities and certifications as well as mentoring
from experts at Samsung and IIT Delhi to prepare their ideas for the finale.
Teams will also visit Samsung facilities including its India
Headquarters in Gurugram, its R&D centres in Noida and Bengaluru and the
world’s largest mobile experience centre at the iconic Opera House in Bengaluru
where they will interact with young Samsung employees and researchers.
At the end of this round, the teams will submit their final
prototypes and prepare for a live presentation at the Finale Event in front of
an eminent jury.
Top 10 teams will be given Samsung hampers worth INR 100,000, which will include exciting
Samsung products.
Samsung will offer a total of up to INR 1 crore in grants to three winning teams, getting them one
step closer to turn their ideas into their dream startups that can help address
India’s key concerns in the areas of Agriculture, Education, Environment and
Healthcare.
In addition, winning teams will also get an 85-inch Samsung
Flip interactive digital board for their respective schools and colleges.
With the grant, winners will get the opportunity to work with
mentors from IIT Delhi for a period of 6 months and get access to an incubation
centre at the IIT Delhi campus. During these 6 months, they will work on their
ideas and take it to the stage where they can seek consumer validation for
their prototypes.
First launched in the US in 2010, Solve for Tomorrow is
currently operational in 33 countries globally, and has seen over 1.8 million
young people participate worldwide.
Globally, participants in the competition have developed
several innovative solutions, such as converting food waste into leather, a portable
desalination device equipped with a solar panel to filter polluted water and
using coffee grounds to as an alternative energy source to alleviate pollution,
among many others.
To find out more and register for the
competition in India, visit www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow. Application
entry closes at 5 pm on July 31, 2022.
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.
Samsung
Electronics runs three citizenship programs globally – Samsung Smart School,
Samsung Innovation Campus and Solve for Tomorrow – through which it is
empowering the leaders of tomorrow and equipping them with the tools they will
need to realize meaningful change.
Video
link: Samsung
Solve for Tomorrow
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