Korean electronics giant Samsung aims to collaborate with more than 100 organizations to boost involvement in its Solve for Tomorrow 2025 competition, encouraging students to create technology-driven solutions for various societal issues.

The company targets 10,000 submissions for the contest — roughly 66 percent higher than the 6,032 applications it obtained from 63 institutions in 2024.

Samsung Southwest Asia's President and CEO, JB Park, stated that through Solve for Tomorrow, the company aims to motivate young innovators from all parts of India to aspire for greatness, address real-life issues, and create a more intelligent, inclusive future using technology.

This year, Solve for Tomorrow will be larger and more inclusive than ever. Expanding to more cities, involving students from additional schools and colleges, and establishing opportunities for them to innovate, all while utilizing the principles of design thinking.

In a memo, the company indicated that its goal for 2025 is to connect with more than 100 institutions and draw in over 10,000 applications.

In the 2025 edition, Samsung is set to offer an incubation program for the four leading teams that will be awarded a grant of Rs 1 crore.

 

The leading 20 teams will receive Rs 20 lakh, while the following 40 teams will get Rs 8 lakh.

In previous editions of Solve For Tomorrow, various technology projects such as ensuring equitable access to clean drinking water, developing technology for arsenic removal from groundwater, creating an automated robot for beach cleaning, establishing a conversational AI platform to motivate women to pursue STEM fields, and designing a personal cooling device for outdoor workers have successfully qualified in the competition.

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In 2022, three projects were announced as winners, including a wearable device for stress reduction through safe brain modulation, environmentally friendly, affordable, and washable sanitary pads made from shredded sugarcane bagasse, and a smart wristband for monitoring.