Naveen Sarawgi

Bimal Auto Agency, Bangalore

Bimal Auto Agency, an ISO 9001 certified company, is one of the largest Maruti-Suzuki dealership groups in the country. Bimal Auto started dealership operations in Guwahati in 1984 and further expanded operations to Bangalore in the year 2002.

With combined sales of over 12000 new cars at Guwahati & Bangalore, Bimal is among the top 10 dealerships for Maruti-Suzuki. The Bimal - Guwahati operations is managed by Bhagchand Sarawgi - the founder partner of the group. His son, Naveen Sarawgi, manages the dealership operations at Bangalore. The group turnover exceeded Rs. 450 crores in the year 2007-08 and employed over 1300 people.

Bimal - Guwahati dealership operations comprise of two new-car showrooms, a True-Value outlet, two service workshops and two accident-repair workshops. The Guwahati dealership has been the undisputed #1 dealership for Maruti-Suzuki in North-East India for the last 25 years.

Bimal - Bangalore dealership operations comprise of two new car showrooms, two True-Value outlets, four service workshops, two accident-repair workshops and a Maruti-Driving School. Bimal - Bangalore has been rated "Platinum Category" by Maruti-Suzuki under the Balanced Scorecard Study for 2007-08 & 2006-07. It has also been the all-India #1 outlet for True Value certified car sales for the last 3 years. Among its various laurels over the years, Bimal Auto Agency was Runner-up in the Maruti All-India "Dealership Employee Satisfaction Survey". Bimal's website www.bimalmaruti.com earned the award for "Most Innovative Marketing Campaign 2008" at the all-India dealer conference.

About Key Person

The driving force behind the tremendous success of Bimal Auto Agency at Bangalore is Naveen Sarawgi - a young and dynamic CEO of dealership in his early thirties. He is a qualified MSA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA. After his education, he gained experience at the Guwahati dealership before moving to Bangalore in 2001. He set up the Bangalore dealership from scratch and started its operations in February 2002.

His knowledge and key focus on business has also earned him recognition as the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2002-03 by Maruti-Suzuki. He has made several presentations on various aspects of dealership operations at many all-India dealer conferences. His keen involvement made Bimal to be the pioneers, including India's first Maruti-Driving-School, Maruti's Dealer Management System pilot-project, and the first large-format True Value outlet.

He has been the chief architect for the growth of Bimal Auto Agency, Bangalore. His vision and emphasis for future growth has made all this possible in just 6 years.