The India MotorSports Academy is aimed at progressing both Female and Male racers, 2 and 4-wheel, onto the World stage. In addition, the Academy is aiming to also setup a number of business scholarships throughout India. We need your help to fund the initial startup of the Academy!

We believe that we are more than just a Sports Academy, we believe that we can enrich the lives of many in Society by giving them the hope and belief that they can succeed irrespective of their background. I think we all agree, sport plays a major part in the psyche of a country, and now that sports are starting to be opened up, this is first step, the first signs of the green shoots of recovery, of normality returning, as people can start to focus on more than just the pandemic.  If we can continue, and accelerate, that positive focus throughout the remainder of 2021 and beyond, we see that as something good for the Region.

Where we are different is that the entire Academy will be run by Indian Nationals.  The racers, support personnel, back-office staff, sponsors etc will all be from within India and be Citizens. This is the unique approach we are taking, and this is our differentiator. There are many race teams in all disciplines that employ drivers from a specific country and then market themselves in that Country as supporting the racers. In reality this is not the case, and it is just a marketing exercise – we are different! We do not see why there should be a demarcation between what a Female racer can do when compared to a Male equivalent, our racers will be chosen on one criterion only – their talent! We are hoping to have at least 50% of the Academy racers, across all disciplines, to be Female.

The goals of the India Motorsports Academy are:

• Promote Indian Region Racers onto the World stage (male and female, 2-wheel and 4-wheel)
• Provide a scholarship program to develop not only competition skills, but also design, engineering and mechanical skills in conjunction with Schools/Universities. IT, Diet and Nutrition will also play a major role in the Academy
• Produce an Indian based, funded and fully-staffed team, to compete in each of the major motorsport disciplines within 5 years (World Rally Championship, MotoGP, Endurance Racing, Formula-E)

The history of motorsport within the Indian Region is chequered, but with the formation of the India MotorSports Academy, we want to push the Regions racers to the top of all major motorsport disciplines worldwide. We want to lay, for future generations, strong motorsport foundations, and nurture the next generation of talent which will take competition to the next level.  We are searching for racers who can compete not only for podiums but for wins, drivers who can act as ambassadors for their generation/gender (male and female).

The tremendous success of Cricket, Hockey etc, and the growing influence of Soccer, results in MotorSport, of any kind, being well down the list of high-level competitive competition – MotorSport was ranked 9th in a 2020 survey of most popular sports in India, but is gaining in popularity and is one of development areas being promoted by Mr Rijiju – Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports. MotorSport may only be #9 ranked now in India, but this is undoubtedly going to change as more and more Indian racers come to the fore.

We believe at the Academy that the talent is undoubtedly there but needs to be given an opportunity to excel.  As we said, Motorsport companies are quite willing to take sponsorship from locally based companies, however, they are not always willing to promote the racing talent. We want to develop an Academy, where all staff are from the Region, and develop something that we can all be proud of. Our intention is to establish a dominant motorsport force worldwide, and to create an organisation which can produce racing talent across multiple disciplines for a number of years to come.  In order to do this, we are looking for Sponsors and Partners to work with us, all based in the Region, to fund the Academy short-term. This will also tie into our philosophy of having local companies supporting local people onto a global scale.  Long term we believe that the Academy will become self-funding, whereby large corporate organisations will want to become involved.  We are also looking to build our own cars, bikes etc, thereby increasing the impact that the Region has on the World motorsport stage. At the Academy, we want to change the perception of what many people believe motorsport is, and in order to do this, we need to portray a professional approach that people are proud to be associated with. 

By concentrating our focus on the MotorSports and the Academia side, we believe that we can help to develop different areas of specialism, and create future jobs for Indian academic students, whilst promoting the Regions racers onto a world platform.  We have a very simple Vision Statement for the Academy - Where Talent Meets Opportunity. We have enlisted the help of a high-profile Indian motorsports evangelist to become our Patron, and he is somebody that the Academy racers can look to for inspiration and proof that it is possible to succeed. We want to help improve the lives of many within India, and to show that anything is possible as long as they continue to dream.