KD Madan elected FMSCI president; New CEO to join from Jan 1
Chennai, 16 Dec 2008: Vijay Mallya, the chairman of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs in INdia (FMSCI) announced here that the Federation has taken a decision to appoint a Chief Executive Officer to run the administrative affairs of the National governing body of motorsports in India. Speaking to the media after the Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of FMSCI, he said that Rajan Syal, the current Secretary of Madras Motor Sports Association (MMSC), who has good experience both as a rally driver and motorsports administrator would join the federation as CEO from January 1.
He will be reporting to the chairman Vijay Mallya and to KD Madan of MMSC, as he is unanimously elected as the President of the federation. J. Prithviraj of Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (CASC) will be the Vice-President. The elections were held on Dec 16 at the end of the two-day AGM.
“The CEO will be in-charge of the day-to-day running and the federation is also keen to run motorsports in India in a professional manner. We will be making long-term plans to promote and develop the sport in India and this step is in that direction,” said Mallya.
Mallya added: ‘I want the FMSCI to function like the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, the world governing body for motor sport) and have a CEO to run the federation.’
The 55-year old Chennai-based Syal, who will now relinquish his post as the honorary secretary of the Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC), said: ‘Indeed, I am very happy. It is part of our efforts to run Indian motor sport in a professional manner.’
The terms and conditions of Syal’s appointment are still to be finalised, but it is likely that he will take charge on Jan 1, 2009.
Syal , himself a former racer and rally driver, has been the chairman of JK Tyre National Racing Championship for the past five years, a position that he would be giving up in view of his appointment as the CEO of the FMSCI.
KD Madan, representing the Madras Motor Sports Club, returns to the helm after an eight-year interlude while Mallya will continue as the chairman.
Madan’s election was said to be unanimous as he replaces Kolkata police officer Rajat Majumder who headed the FMSCI for the past four years. Mallya will be the India delegate at the FIA and Madan will represent the FMSCI at the FIM (two-wheelers).
The FMSCI recently regained the sporting power from its rival body, the Motorsport Association of India (MAI) that had overseen the sport in India since 2000.
New office-bearers: Chairman: Vijay Mallya.
President: K D Madan; Vice-president: J Prithviraj;
Council Members: Madras Motor Sports Club (Madan), Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (Prithviraj), Karnataka Motor Sports Club (Praneeth Perumal), Bengal Motor Sports Club (Rajat Majumder), Sportscraft (Shrikant Karani), Himalayan Motor Sports Association (Vijay Parmar), Sports Trek (Shyam Kothari) and Nashik Automotive Sports Association (Ravi Shamdasani).
Chairmen of sub-committees: J Prithviraj (Two-Wheeler Race commission); Praneeth Perumal (Rally commission); R Gopinath (National Racing, 4-wheelers); Vicky Chandhok (International racing, 4-wheeler); Shrikant Karani (2-wheeler commission); Shyam Kothari (Motorcross/supercross); Balamurugan (Disciplinary) and Rajat Majumder (Safety and Environment).
