Samsung Announces Top 3 Winners of Solve for Tomorrow 2022, who Received INR 1 Cr in Grant & 6-month Incubation Support at IIT Delhi
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Winners were announced at a Grand Finale in , after a 6-month rigorous process of screening thousands of applications, training & mentoringGURUGRAM, India, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung has announced the Top Three Winners of the inaugural edition of Solve for Tomorrow in India, its national education and innovation competition that aims to support youth from around the country wanting to solve real life issues and transform peoples lives with their innovative ideas.Solve for Tomorrow is a CSR initiative by Samsung.The top three winning teams Sputnik Brain, Udaan, and Alpha Monitor get a total grant of INR 1 crore and a 6-month incubation by the Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, to strengthen their prototypes, and seek real-world consumer validation for their products and services.Each of the winning teams received a certificate and a beautiful Solve for Tomorrow trophy that is inspired by the program logo and expresses boldness and aspiration. A record 18,000 plus registrations were received in the inaugural edition.Presenting the trophy and the Grant cheque to the winners, Mr. Ken Kang, President & CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia, said, "Youth has the power to innovate and solve the biggest challenges of the world. We congratulate all the three winners and are delighted to support them in their future journey to unlock their full potential and strengthen our vision of Powering Digital India," said Mr. Partha Ghosh, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility & Communications, Samsung Southwest Asia.Know the three winners of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2022:Sputnik Brain Shankar Srinivasan is working on a wearable device that will help reduce stress by productizing pleasure through safe brain modulation. For his innovation, he has been constantly cross checking and validating his idea with reputed doctors, biomedical engineers, neuroscientists and expert clinicians.Udaan The all-girls team of Prisha Dubey, Anupriya Nayak and Vanalika Konwar are trying to solve a big challenge in menstrual health. She needs to be taken the doctor every week for her reports.The top 10 teams in the competition, with ideas around environmental conservation, making healthcare more accessible, menstrual hygiene for rural women and stress management, were mentored by experts from Samsung and its knowledge partner FITT, IIT Delhi over a six-week period.