MIT Solve - India Challenge (Global)

MIT's global competition offers a significant grant and mentorship for startups solving UN Sustainable Development Goal issues in India, focusing on Water, Health, and Climate. MIT Solve runs its challenges as part of a broader global open-innovation model rather than a standalone India-specific program: across its history it has evaluated over 28,200 applications from 190+ countries, backed more than 460 solutions with over $85 million in mobilized funding, and those solutions are estimated to now reach over 430 million people. Winning solutions are expected to demonstrate a credible pathway to scale against specific UN Sustainable Development Goal indicators — consistent with this listing's Water, Health, and Climate focus — and funding is typically paired with a year of pro-bono support from MIT Solve's partner network rather than being a one-time disbursement.