OREANDA-NEWS. September 18, 2012. Tata Motors launched the ‘Nano Student of the Year’ contest, for all college students in India, to mark its association with one of Bollywood’s biggest releases this year, Student of the Year, a romantic-comedy directed by Karan Johar. Tata Nano is the on-ground promotion partner for the movie.

The Nano Student of the Year will be awarded a Rs3 lakh scholarship, the first runner-up will get a Tata Nano and the second runner-up will receive a Macbook Pro.

All students above 18 years can register for the Nano Student of the Year contest on the website, www.nanostudentoftheyear.com, to compete for the Nano Student of the Year title. Entries for registration have started and will close on September 28, 2012.

In the first round, students will be judged on four parameters – academics, culture, sports and social life. The top eight finalists will be declared on the website on October 2, 2012. The finalists will compete for the Nano Student of the Year title and will perform six tasks. Viewers and Tata Nano fans can vote for their favourite student on the website.

A star-studded finale will be held with the young and vigorous star cast of the film, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt, who will be judging all the eight participants. Points given by them will be added to viewers’ votes. The student with the highest number of votes will be bestowed with the title.