TS innovator among top 10 winners of Samsung competition

Hyderabad: Himesh Chadalavada, a teenager from Telangana, who developed a smart wristband - Alpha Monitor to help Alzheimer patients around the world, has made it to the Top 10 teams in the inaugural edition of Samsung's Gen Z education and innovation competition, Solve for Tomorrow. His innovation, Alpha Monitor, monitors the patients' health status, such as wandering, pulse, and blood pressure. It can help these patients keep constant track of their health.

At the end of the Top 10 round, three national winners stand a chance to get mega support of up to Rs 1 crore and mentoring support for six months to take their ideas to the next level under the expert guidance of IIT Delhi. The programme encourages youngsters to submit their ideas under four themes – education, environment, healthcare, and agriculture, got over 18,000 registrations from youth across different regions of India.

Himesh's grandmother was an Alzheimer's patient, which motivated him to develop for underserved Alzheimer patients. A caregiver and doctor are automatically alerted if the patient gets out of bed and starts wandering. The prototype will also utilize an application to support the smartwatch to keep constant track of the patient's body. During the same time, real-time data is shared constantly to get the best results in optimal time.

Himesh, along with others in the top 10 teams, are working with mentors from Samsung and IIT Delhi to fine-tune their ideas and build a prototype that they will showcase at the final pitch event. They also visited Samsung India's headquarters in Gurugram and its R&D centers in Bengaluru and Noida where they got an opportunity to interact with young Samsung employees and researchers. The top 10 teams also experienced the Samsung product ecosystem at the iconic Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru.