Mr.K.V.S. Prakash Rao and Mr. John K. Paul, have been elected President and Vice President respectively of the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) for 2014-15. Mr. Vinay Sanghi and Mr. Mukesh Jain have chosen Hony. Secretary and Hony. Treasurer respectively.
Mr. Prakash Rao, a Post-Graduate in Business Management with specialisation in Marketing, is the Managing Director of Garapati Autoventures Pvt. Ltd. and Managing Partner of Garapati Garage located at Vijayawada. He is the Managing Partner of Ramcor – dealerships of Piaggio, Eicher and New Holland Tractors – and the Proprietor of Kaiser India, a company dealing in Honda Power products. He also deals in Polaris off-road vehicles.
President of the Kerala Automobile Dealers Association, Mr. John K. Paul is the Managing Director of Popular Vehicles and Services Ltd. and Popular Mega Motors (India) Ltd., and Director of Popular Kuttukaran Cars Private Ltd., Popular Auto Dealers Pvt. Ltd., Popular Auto Spares Pvt. Ltd., and Popular Autoworks Pvt. Ltd.
He is the Partner of Kuttukaran Trading Ventures, comprising the divisions of Popular Automobiles, Popular Mill Stores & Kuttukaran Engine Rebuilders, Auto House, Popular Infotech and Kuttukaran Machine Tools.
Mr. Vinay Sanghi, Promoter & CEO, MXC Solutions Pvt. Ltd., has been the driving force behind CarTrade.com since its inception in 2009. Based in Mumbai, he hails from a renowned family engaged in automobile retail business. Sah & Sanghi Group is one of the oldest groups of automobile dealerships in India. Before starting CarTrade.com, he was associated with Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd.
Mr. Mukesh Jain, a Chartered Accountant, has been in automobile business at Delhi for the last 40 years. He also has a vast experience in transportation of vehicles as fleet operator. With his expertise in costing, finance and marketing, he is also the Hony Treasurer of the Automobile Traders Association Delhi (ATAD).
