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Akbar Ebrahim said “It is a great honour to be elected as the President of the FMSCI .I intend to dedicate my time
and energy towards further development of Indian Motorsport right from the grass root level all theway to the top
Nationally and Internationally for all disciplines of the sport.”
An action packed 2017 Fmsci calendar awaits motorsports enthusiasts with 13 National Championships in
various disciplines set to kick off in January itself.
At the recent concluded FIA AGM, the following FMSCI nominees were inducted in to the following
FIA Commissions:
1) Driver’s Commission - Karun Chandhok
2) Drag Racing Commission – J Balamurugan
3) Rally Commission – Ashwin Pandit
4) Circuits - Manoj P Dalal
5) Medical - Dr Uday Balakrishnan
6) Land Speed Records – Hormazd Sorabjee
7) Women in Motorsports – Navaz Sandhu
8) Volunteers and Officials – Prabha Shankar
9) CIK Karting - Rayomand Banajee
10) Truck Racing - Vicky Chandhok
11) Closed Road - Mohan Nagarajan
12) Hill Climb - Raj Kapoor
13) Off Road - Jayesh Desai
FIM Comissions
1) GP Roop Kumar – Technical .
2) Anand Sashidharan – Legal .
Member of
Founded in 1971, the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) is recognized by the Government of
India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as the only National Sports Federation (NSF) for the promotion and
governance of motorsports in India. The FMSCI was set up with the main objective to standardise rules and
regulations for motorsporting events across India.
It is a Private Limited, non-profit company registered under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act 1956. And
is also a long standing member of the International Federations for motorsports viz. Federation Internationale
de l’ Automobile (FIA), Paris (four wheelers and above) and Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM),
Geneva (2 and 3 wheeler motorsports).
The FMSCI is also a member of the Indian Olympic Association, and has a wide base of affiliated member clubs
spread across the length and breadth of India.
FMSCI performs the following functions:
• Promotion of motor sports at the grass roots level, and to raise the standard of Indian motor sports to
international levels
• Training and deputation of sporting and technical officials to ensure safe, fair and orderly conduct of
motorsports
• Formulation of sportin