Aishwarya Pissay joins TVS Racing Training Academy as chief trainer

Aishwarya Pissay, India's most decorated woman motorsport rider, now appears on TVS Racing's own website as a Chief Trainer at its Racing Training Academy, alongside Jagan Kumar, KY Ahmed and Vorapong Malahuan. The listing puts the rider who is preparing to attempt the Dakar Rally 2027 in the same role as the instructors who teach complete beginners their first laps.

Twelve national titles, one world title, now a trainer's badge

Pissay's own racing record is laid out across her sponsors' and media coverage. She has won twelve Indian national titles as of 2026, according to a report in The News Mill. In 2019 she won the Ladies category of the FIM Bajas World Cup, becoming the first Asian woman to take a motorsport world title, as reported by Asianet News. She was signed by TVS Racing in 2017 as the brand's first woman factory racer, the same year TVS set up its Racing Training Academy.

Before any of that, Pissay trained at the Apex Racing Academy in Coimbatore and then at the California Superbike School, which Asianet News describes as "a turning point that set her on the path to competitive racing". California Superbike School is itself one of the global benchmarks this desk tracks, so an Indian rider who trained there is now training other Indians on home soil.

What Level 1 and Level 2 actually cover

TVS Racing's academy page states it has trained more than 1,500 aspiring racers since 2017. The academy runs two certificate levels. Level 1 costs ₹13,000 including taxes and mixes classroom theory with on-track riding, covering racing technique, track etiquette, safety gear, the racing line, body posture and braking. Finishing it lets a rider apply for an FMSCI road racing licence. Level 2 costs ₹20,000 including taxes, revises the Level 1 material and adds cornering, reference points, body positioning and quick turning drills on the circuit. A report by evoindia places the training at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai, on a race prepared Apache RTR 200 4V.

Training others while still chasing Dakar

Pissay's own next target is the Dakar Rally 2027. The News Mill reports she is working toward becoming the first Indian and Asian woman to race and finish the event on two wheels, and that she is competing in the FIM World Rally-Raid Championship and in the Rallye du Maroc to prepare. She told the outlet what finishing would mean. "If I can cross that finish line, it won't just be my achievement, it'll belong to every girl in India who was ever told she couldn't."

For a reader on this beat, the detail that matters is simpler. TVS Racing's Level 1 course is a track riding school, not an off-road or ADV course, so riders heading to the Himalayas should still look at dedicated off-road schools. But it is one of the few programmes in India where a rider who has trained at both an Indian academy and a recognised foreign school now teaches the first lesson herself, on a defined fee and a defined syllabus, rather than leaving a beginner to work it out on the street.

Sources

• TVS Racing Training Academy, TVS Racing
• TVS Racing Diaries: The TVS Racing Training Academy, evoindia
• Aishwarya Pissay: India's trailblazing motorsport world champion, Asianet News
• Aishwarya Pissay aims for Dakar Rally after winning 12th national title, The News Mill
• I aim to be not just India's but Asia's first woman on two wheels at Dakar: Aishwarya Pissay, Autocar Professional