Samsung invites applications from youth for Solve for Tomorrow innovation competition; Youth in Hyderabad say want to solve problems around education, pollution, agricultural inefficiencies

HYDERABAD : At an education and innovation roadshow organized by Samsung India in Hyderabad young college students came forward and identified problems that people and society are facing in the state and the country, pledging to Solve for Tomorrow.
Students in Hyderabad said they want to solve real-world problems such as limited access to education, language barriers in learning, excessive pollution, manufacturing and agricultural inefficiencies, lack of healthcare support, limited agricultural knowledge, among others. They said they require a platform such as Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow education and innovation competition that can guide and support them in turning their ideas into action and help transform people’s lives.
The event, which was organized to talk about Samsung’s global CSR program Solve for Tomorrow, was attended by over 500 students in Hyderabad alongside young innovators from the city — Dr. Satyanaryana Kuchibhatla, co-founder, Parisodhana Technologies that works in the field of healthcare and wellness products, Mr. R Shanmukha Rao, innovator, who has worked towards making complex agricultural equipment accessible and affordable to small farmers/land owners and Mr. Shrikanth Reddy, Data Scientist and Founder – Hala Mobility, which works in the space of sustainable mobility.
These innovators, who currently run successful social enterprises, spoke to the students about their experiences of success and failure and their vision to transform communities around them.
The inaugural edition of Solve for Tomorrow is inviting applications from youth in India aged 16-22 years in the areas of Education, Environment, Healthcare and Agriculture. Youth can send in their ideas to participate in the program till 5 pm on July 31, 2022.
Application website: http://www.samsung.com/in/solvefortomorrow
So far, over 7,000 teams from across the country have registered for the innovation competition in which three national winners will 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.