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Innovation in financial services have just begun to come through, but this field is different than others. The challenge is not only in providing newer and more innovative services that either benefits a customer or helps investors and banker make better decisions. The challenge is also in securing these systems from the ever growing numbers of vulnerabilities and from the malicious intent of wrong doers. If you can build new and innovative financial solutions, while building a cyber fort knox, then Fintech needs you.

Our day-to-day work lives have become so dependent on suite of productivity tools that help save time and increase our overall work output. From emails to cloud file storage to offline/online messaging, the world of productivity apps have evolved with changing times. Still a whole lot of them suffer from a brisk fragmentation and incompatibility issues. A simplified, seamless experience for all such apps would be ideal for most professionals and consumers alike.

Organizations are on a constant look out for discovering meaningful patterns. Apply analytics to data, to describe, predict, quantify and envision a smart future.

Customers are increasingly becoming online so are banks but we are still a long way from delivering a great online experience in banking. Today, customers are interacting with their money in different ways. Can the non banking community solve these challenges?

Data can unravel things helping us challenge the status quo everyday. Big data can help us solve big problems and help us solve real life challenges in any field across economy, governance, mobility, quality of life etc.

Build applications that leverage cloud infrastructure. Re-imagine how things like cloud storage and cloud computing can help you solve real world problems in a different and scalable manner.

Communication in today’s world has drastically changed. With every person being connected with every other person, instantly and through a multitude of channels, they are communicating with ways, previously unimaginable. Build applications that help people communicate better, solving some tangible problems.

Humans are today, more vulnerable from threats from all sort of sources. Be it in the society, natural calamities, cyber domain or any other form of hazard. However the massive advancement of technology, easy access to internet and a highly connected digital world offers us a chance to tackle these threats in newer and much better ways. Build applications that make this world a more secure place.

E-commerce has changed everyone’s shopping behavior. The ability to sit at your home, browse through millions of searchable and indexed products and get them delivered with a click of a button is revolutionary. But a lot of things can be improved. Build apps that help us in better buying decision, that make the operations process much simpler or simply just makes e-commerce more consumer friendly

The power couple of technology and educational content has revolutionised how people learn today. From online universities like Coursera and Udacity, to learning management solutions like Moodle - technology has changed the art of education for the better. But we’re still scratching the surface. With the advent of big data technology, mobility and the maturing of machine learning and artificial intelligence, the world is now ready for ed-tech 2.0. Think you can harness these powerful tools and give a new dimension to educational technology?

In the hospitality industry, the attention to little things go a long way. So much about a person’s likes and dislikes can be obtained from their online social footprint - from their favorite musicians to the food they like. The hospitality industry can benefit greatly from today’s technology. It can be greatly leveraged in going that extra mile and will help in making a good experience into a great one. Personalised on demand media based on likes and preferences? Or a tailor made cuisine based on pre-obtained data on a mobile app? Or simply a first person view of what a hotel room would look like? You decide!

If only our judiciary could be more efficient. Why do we need to stand in queues in courts. why do we need to do all the paper work offline in legal system. and Why are we still signing agreements offline. This all can be digitized and the system can be made very simple and effective. Re-imagining how we do our legal work, which can be a nightmare, would make our whole judiciary better and improve all our lives.

Just like how barter trade systems helped standardise and create a world wide economy model, with more power moving on to the hands of the consumers in the form of a highly connected smartphones devices that breaks barriers, the day is not far where paperless and card-less payments become the worldwide norm. Th​e​ key for a payment solution that "just works" everywhere should be able to revolutionise and securely model a ​traditional payment instruments system which aids both the merchants in managing their business inventory hassle-free and for the consumer in purchasing the services seamlessly across any payments platform in any country.

This era is of the robots. The scope of things that robots are doing today are pushing the boundaries of human imagination. From autonomous planetary exploration bots to semi-humanoid robots that can provide cognitive support. From high-tech surgical robots that assist in complex medical procedures to autonomous self-driving cars. Robots are helping us to re-imagine the world that we see around us. So what can you build in the world of robotics that help us solve problems, solutions for which previously did not exist.

Humans, around the world, commute millions of miles every single day. A significant fraction of our day is spent in traveling. Technology has played a very significant role in enabling more people to commute. Be it in the form discovery, aggregation or purchase, technology has redefined the way we commute. Imagine how technology can human experience even better in day to day transportation and commute. What can technology do make public and private transportation much simpler.

A world of devices connected by internet opens up opportunities for us that were previously unthinkable. The fact that devices can now be connected to each other, share data and take intelligent decisions by talking to other devices can disrupt the way we interact with our surroundings. Build applications on Internet of Things that help us improve our experience in our day to day life.