February 19: United Traders Syndicate Pvt Ltd organsied a ceremony to announce the winners of the “Toyota Dream Car Art Contest” on Sunday, February 18, at VOITH complex.

Issuing a press statement, the organisers said that the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest invites children from all corners of the globe to share ideas about the future of mobility by drawing their dream cars.

The contest is divided into local contest and world contest. The local contest was held in each participating country from November 2017 to February 2018. Winners of this contest will be entered as representatives of their country into the world contest, to be held in Japan in May 2018.

The national contest saw 700 participants from around the country.  Among the entries, three participants from each entry category were selected as winners.

The artworks of the winners of 12th Dream Car Art Contest of Nepal will be submitted to the World Contest where international jury will evaluate the artwork and select the top 10 among each category from all the local winners from the world.

Nhooja Roy was declared the winner of the contest in 12-15 years category while Devansh Agarwal and Diya Neupane finished second and third respectively.

“Every great idea was born in the glimmer of a dream, and we at Toyota hope that this activity will help nurture the creativity of the next generation of great inventors, thinkers and dreamers,” reads the statement.

Since 2004, the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest has been conducted as part of Toyota’s social contribution initiatives. In 2017, there were 830,000 entries from approximately 79 countries and regions around the globe.