Former IT Minister of Telangana and the current working President of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao inaugurated the 10th edition of National Student Motorsport Competition in Coimbatore jointly organized by the Fraternity of Mechanical and Automotive Engineers (FMAE), Hyderabad and Kumaraguru Institutions, Coimbatore.

Shankar Vanavarayar, President, Kumaraguru Institutons presided over the inaugural event. More than 1000 engineering students from over 100 colleges in 13 different states across the country are taking part in this event. 101 teams registered to participate in the event and 70 are heading to the final round.

The competition will have 4 different formats - Go Karts, Moto Student India (Moto GP Style Bikes) , FFS-India (Formula Style Cars) and BSVC - Bharat Solar Vehicle Challenge. The students have to build every part of the vehicle except the engine, and their vehicles will be evaluated by experts on 11th and 12th of October at Kumaraguru Institutions campus, followed by the main competition from 13th to 15th at Kari Motor Race Track in Chettipalayam, Coimbatore.

Aditya Rao, Founder, FMAE welcomed the gathering and expressed that this National Student Motorsport Competition has become a niche national movement in motorsports for the student community and providing them a creative and collaborative platform to apply and experience their engineering knowledge on a bigger scale.

Through this program, students are able to work on technological challenges in motorsports and the challenges of the future. The ultimate objective behind programs like this is to make India a global destination for motorsport innovation, he said. Aditya also expressed his gratitude to Kumaraguru Institutions for its decade-long collaboration with FMAE to conduct such events.

Shankar Vanavarayar in his address said that national-level competitions like this are the moments where one can see the energy of India. He wished the participants to give their best, compete and take home a wonderful learning experience from this event. 

K.T. Rama Rao, in his address opined that Motorsports is not merely about bikes, cars and tracks. It is about testing limits, discovering new frontiers, and proving yourself that with focus and courage we can always go further than we think.

He highlighted the innovations in Automotive industry made by the legendary G.D.Naidu in Coimbatore almost 80 years ago at a time when the technology was limited. K.T. Rama Rao encouraged the students to come up with the automotive technologies needed in the present including batteries and software needed in cars. "Why not imagine that the next Tesla should come from Coimbatore or Thoothukudi or the next BYD from Hyderabad or Vijayawada?" he asked. K.T.Rama Rao said the New India will be built by tier 2 cities as they have the fire in their belly. He wished the students to unleash their innovative spirit and make India proud.