Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2022 winners have been officially announced, you'll want to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an online competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems. Since 2017, the competition has awarded$3.25 million USD to 78 start-ups from 25 countries.

We are excited for you to learn more about the 2022 winning teams addressing some of the biggest challenges we face through technology-based solutions.

I had the opportunity to meet with Raghav Goyal and Eish Nangia, Co-Presidents of Asbah, which was awarded$15,000 USD as the winner of the Cisco Employees' Choice Award. Asbah provides clean and safe drinking water at a low-cost to underserved populations in urban and rural areas of India by building and maintaining community water filtration plants. The water is dispensed with the help of rechargeable digitized cards that are used for payment. Each plant is managed by two women entrepreneurs who are members of the community where the plant is located. Currently, Asbah is impacting 67,500 lives daily through its 21 plants operating pan India.

What problem is your technology solution trying to solve?

Raghav:In India, finding clean and safe drinking water is challenging. Water can be both unaffordable and inaccessible. People may need to travel up to 10 kilometers (