Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, has introduced the first ever design thinking & training workshop in select schools across the country. This unique initiative, part of Samsung’s ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ programme, focuses on enhancing essential skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, probing, and creativity among students through the Human-Centered Design Thinking framework. The national education and innovation competition aims to foster a culture of innovation amongst the next generation.
The one-day workshop, tailored for India, aims to instill design thinking in students, encouraging them to identify and solve real-world problems. As part of the academic curriculum, Human-Centered Design Thinking is a powerful practice for solving-problems. Using processes and tools from the design world, the-Human Centred Design framework impresses upon empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping and testing of a solution to improve the lives of users. SP Chun, Corporate Vice President, Samsung Southwest Asia said, “Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is part of our vision to empower the next generation and create an ecosystem of innovation in the country”.
The workshops aim to integrate design-thinking education into academics, assisting over 2,000 students in applying for a competition. The winning team of School Track, known as the ‘Community Champion,’ will receive an INR 25 Lakh grant for prototype advancement. The workshops encourage students over 14 to tackle societal issues through innovative solutions.
