The biggest consumer electronics company in India, Samsung, recently revealed the winners of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2025, the fourth iteration of its nationwide education initiative that encourages young people to use technology to develop practical answers to urgent problems in their communities.

With mentorship support at IIT Delhi’s FITT Labs, the top four winning teams—Percevia (Bengaluru), NextPlay.AI (Aurangabad), Paraspeak (Gurugram), and Prithvi Rakshak (Palamu)—will continue to develop their prototypes into scalable real-world solutions. They were awarded INR 1 crore in incubation grants.

In order to assess the finalists’ solutions across four thematic tracks—AI for a Safer, Smarter, and Inclusive Bharat; Future of Health, Hygiene, and Well-Being in India; Environmental Sustainability via Technology; and Social Change through Sport and Tech—the jury panel, which included Samsung leadership and specialists from academia, government, and industry, convened.

Thousands of participants from all around India presented audacious, human-centred ideas that combined creativity and purpose at this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. Before the Grand Finale, finalists were able to hone their ideas by getting firsthand access to FITT’s cutting-edge R&D facilities. Percevia (Bengaluru): A wearable eyewear system driven by artificial intelligence that can recognise things and provide real-time spatial awareness for the blind and visually impaired by announcing their location using a 33-grid voice and haptic feedback.

An AI virtual coach, AI referee, and neuro-inclusive tracker are all integrated into NextPlay.AI (Aurangabad), a mobile-first AI sports platform that guarantees athletes’ inclusion, fairness, and accessibility at all times and locations.

Paraspeak (Gurugram): A speaker-independent, real-time speech augmentation tool that uses deep learning algorithms to transform slurred speech (dysarthria) into clear communication, enabling people to speak with confidence.

Through recycling, adopting trees, and gamified eco-actions, Prithvi Rakshak (Palamu) is a community-driven green app that promotes sustainable living and raises awareness of environmental issues throughout India. Samsung keeps bolstering India’s youth innovation pipeline by forming multi-year agreements with Startup India (DPIIT), MeitY Startup Hub, and Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog), which provide doors for young innovators from all around the country.

“Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has developed an innovation architecture that celebrates creativity from all around India and democratises technology over the years. We saw incredible ideas come from tiny towns and rural communities this year as well, confirming that brilliance is not limited. In keeping with the government’s innovative programmes like Digital India and Startup India, we aim to continue leveraging technology for good by empowering, guiding, and supporting these young entrepreneurs to create a more inclusive and future-ready India,’ stated Mr JB Park, President and CEO of Samsung Southwest Asia.

Experts from the government, academia, and Samsung leadership were on the jury, including Mr KY Roo (MD, SRI-N), Mr Yuran Kim (MD, SDD), Mr Pankaj Mishra (CTO, SRI-D), and Mr Mohan Rao Goli (MD, SRI-B).

Diverse viewpoints and cross-domain expertise were contributed to the evaluation process by other jury members. All four themes were evaluated by the panel, which included Himanshu Joshi, Director of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog; Mamtha Venkatesh, Head of Startup India; Dr P.S. Madanagopal, CEO of MeitY Startup Hub; Dr Srinivasan Venkatrama, Assistant Professor of Design at IIT Delhi; and Dr Rakesh Kaur, Scientist ‘G’, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India. Together with Dr Sumeet K. Jarangal, Director of DPIIT, they were joined by Dr Rand Harrington, Director of the American Embassy School, who was a member of the jury for the topic Social Change via Sport and Tech: For Education & Better Futures.

Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Managing Director, FITT, IIT Delhi; Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India; Pragnya Mohan, International Olympic Committee Young Leader; and Professor Ajay K. Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, were among the distinguished guests at the awards ceremony.

India is in dire need of this new generation of innovators. Instead of simply copying what is being done around the world, they may create with a purpose. Ideas that start from scratch and are based on regional issues have the ability to change our course as a manufacturing nation, according to Prof. Ajay K. Sood, the Government of India’s Principal Scientific Adviser.