Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Karnataka Innovators Reach Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Top 40
Four young people from Karnataka have reached the Top 40 of a national technology competition.
They are working on three different ideas.
One idea could help keep blood at the right temperature during emergency transfusions.
Another uses a smart shoe to study how people walk and identify possible health risks.
The third uses smartphone cameras and AI to record scores in sports such as kabaddi, wrestling and kho-kho.
The competition teaches young innovators how to improve their ideas with mentors and hands-on learning.
The Top 40 will attend a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp.
After more rounds, four winning teams will receive grants and support to develop their solutions further.
Four young innovators from Karnataka have reached the national Top 40 of the fifth Samsung Solve for Tomorrow edition.
Karthik Pratheep Paramadathil is exploring a portable device to regulate blood temperature during emergency transfusions.
A V Kruthi Krishna and Bhavya Chawat are developing StepSense, a smart shoe system for capturing gait and movement data.
Roopal Guha Neogi’s NyaayKhel uses smartphone cameras and AI to record scoring events in grassroots sports.
The Top 40 will attend a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp, while four eventual winners will share INR 2 crore in incubation grants.
- Who
- Karthik Pratheep Paramadathil, A V Kruthi Krishna, Bhavya Chawat and Roopal Guha Neogi from Karnataka.
- What
- They have reached the national Top 40 of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow with three technology-based healthcare and grassroots sports ideas.
- When
- During the fifth edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow; the Top 40 will next attend a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp.
- Where
- The innovators are from Bengaluru and Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka; the bootcamp will be held through FITT-IIT Delhi and include visits to Samsung facilities in India.
- Why
- Their projects aim to make difficult-to-capture information—such as blood temperature, movement data and sports scores—more accessible and useful.
- Programme
- Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung’s flagship CSR innovation programme for people aged 14 to 22.
- National selection
- Four Karnataka innovators are among the national Top 40 teams.
- Projects
- The three ideas address emergency transfusion care, gait monitoring and transparent grassroots sports scoring.
- Next stage
- The Top 40 teams will participate in a 10-day Innovation Bootcamp.
- Mentorship
- Startup founders and industry experts at FITT-IIT Delhi will provide intensive mentorship.
- Further competition
- The teams will compete for selection to the Top 20.
- Prize support
- Four winning teams will collectively receive incubation grants worth INR 2 crore, along with incubation support from FITT-IIT Delhi.