India, December 2025.
Artificial Intelligence is now at the heart
of India’s digital transformation—driving safety, accessibility and everyday
empowerment. Reflecting this shift, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow (SFT) 2025, in
collaboration with IIT Delhi, brought together thousands of students from
across the country to design real-world AI solutions under the theme “AI for a
Safer, Smarter and Inclusive Bharat.”
Here are the key highlights from this year’s
theme, “AI for Safer, Smarter and Inclusive Bharat.”
1.
A Theme Focused on Social Impact
The
AI theme encouraged students to design technology that enhances safety in
public spaces, improves accessibility for the visually impaired, and supports
real-time emergency response.
2.
The Innovators & Their Breakthroughs
Teams
like Chakravyuh, Error 404, Passionate Problem Solver, Percevia, and Sicario
brought forward solutions ranging from AI-enabled surveillance networks and
women’s safety apps to smart energy meters and wearable navigation devices for
the visually impaired.
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Chakravyuh (Uttar Pradesh):
Drone-enabled AI monitoring system to send alerts on infiltration activities on
borders
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Error 404 (Uttar Pradesh): AI-powered
safety app for women with real-time fall detection & ER
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Passionate Problem Solver (Delhi):
Decentralized smart energy meter system with AI-based encryption and predictive
alerts
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Sicario (Delhi): AI
glasses providing real-time face recognition & offline navigation support
for blind
3.
Theme Winner: Percevia
The
top team under this theme—Percevia, led by Bengaluru student Tushar
Shaw—created AI-powered glasses that provide object detection and
location-based guidance, enabling safer and more independent mobility for
visually impaired users.
4.
National Winners Beyond AI
Other
SFT 2025 national winners included:
·
NextPlay.AI –
AI sports coaching platform
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Paraspeak –
Deep-learning speech-clarification device
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Prithvi Rakshak –
Gamified sustainability app
5.
The Support That Makes It Possible
Winners
received up to ₹1 crore incubation support at IIT Delhi, with additional
awards for top teams, including ₹1 lakh grants, Goodwill Awards, Young
Innovator Awards, and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones.
6.
A Platform Creating Future Changemakers
Participants
gained access to FITT Labs, mentors from academia and industry, and
design-thinking training focused on empathy-driven, responsible AI. With 2.9
million young innovators engaged across 68 countries since 2010, SFT
continues to shape the next generation of problem solvers in India.