Samsung has launched a youth-focused national education and innovation competition – Solve for Tomorrow – inviting candidates within 16 to 22 years to come up with innovative ideas that can change the lives of people and communities around them. Ideas have been invited in the areas of education, environment, health and agriculture, the UN priority goals for sustainable development for India.
The annual program ends with the grand announcement of three national winners, who will be in with a chance of receiving mega support of up to Rs 1 crore and mentoring support for six months to take their ideas to the next level under the expert guidance of IIT Delhi. They will have access to the incubation center at the institute. During these six months, they will work on their ideas and take them to the stage where they can seek consumer validation for their prototypes.
The winning teams will also receive an 85-inch Samsung Flip interactive digital board for their respective schools and colleges. Interested candidates can apply through samsung.com until July 31, 5pm.
For the competition, the top 50 teams (individuals or teams of up to 3 members) will be guided by industry experts and the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to help improve their ideas . There was also a boot camp at IIT Delhi, certificate of attendance and vouchers worth Rs 100,000 for online courses in design thinking, STEM, innovation, leadership among others.
The top 10 teams will have the opportunity to visit Samsung India offices, R&D centers and Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru, where they will interact with young Samsung employees and researchers.
Each entrant from the 50 selected teams will be awarded a certificate of attendance and course vouchers of up to Rs 100,000 giving them access to any online course relevant to design thinking, STEM, innovation, entrepreneurship, business skills, management and leadership.
Once teams have submitted videos about their ideas and prototypes, a jury panel of experts from Samsung will select 10 teams to advance to the third round. The selection criteria for this round include the development of the idea since its original submission, demonstrable use of research and/or testing to understand the needs of the target audience, demonstration of design thinking and quality of presentation.
Ken Kang, President and CEO of Samsung Southwest Asia, said: “With Solve for Tomorrow, we want to motivate and stimulate creative and problem-solving thinking among young people and encourage them to find innovative technological solutions with a social impact. We want to play our role in strengthening the innovation ecosystem in the country, and continuing the vision of the government and the people of this country.”
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