Mercedes Benz, TVS Sundaram Motors celebrate 20 years of partnership with exclusive initiatives
India’s largest automobile manufacturer and TVS Sundaram Motors are celebrating 20 years of their partnership.The mark the completion of 20 years milestone, Sundaram Motors has launched four unique initiatives exclusively for Mercedes-Benz Patrons.
The association between the two renowned automotive brands started on 6th Sep, 2001 at Bangalore, Karnataka and has now reached a milestone 20th year. In the last 20 years they have built a strong partnership and have set up 9 facilities across 6 cities in the 2 states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, making TVS Sundaram Motors the densest network in the southern region.
“Mercedes-Benz is the pioneer of luxury automobiles globally & it has always been synonymous with luxury opulence and success. TVS Sundaram Motors is yet another brand in the automobile industry that has gained the reputation for trust, value and service par excellence in the minds of its customers over the years” a press statement from Sundaram Motors stated.
“They together, have till now sold - 10,250 Mercedes-Benz cars, rendered 1,68,000 Star services, Sold more than 2,000 Pre-owned Stars and today employ a 800+ strong team to deliver the best Star Experience. The growth story is even more impressive when you look closer into the numbers. In 2001 Sundaram Motors started with 4 new car display showroom & in 2021 the company boasts of a 41 new car display capacity. In 2001 Sundaram Motors began with 20 work bays & in 2021 the company has 181 work bays. In the first 15 years Sundaram Motors expanded to 4 branches & during last 6 years Sundaram Motors added 5 more and are future ready with few more projects in the pipeline” it further added.
As part of the 20 year celebrations Sundaram Motors also launched 4 unique initiatives exclusively for Mercedes-Benz Patrons.
Key Customer Initiatives (#20yrsofStardoM):
- Sundaram Hues Studio - one stop-customized colouring solutions as per customers’ requests.
- SAFE – Sundaram Assured Future Value – Customers can drive away with total peace of mind, knowing the Assured Future Repurchase value for his / her vehicle at end of the agreed tenure.
- Dusk 2 Dawn – 24 x7 Service by Appointment – At customers’ service always.
- Sundaram Secured Service – Special Service Package with a great value proposition for cars that are more than 6 years old.
To know more, customers can connect with Sundaram Motors @ +91-9148155175 or through email at panchajanya.c@sundarammotors.com.
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Single higher education regulator bill tabled in LS; Oppn flags ‘centralisation,' JPC likely
New Delhi: A bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, which seeks to establish an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation, and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions in India.
Meanwhile, the move drew strong opposition, with members warning that it could weaken institutional autonomy and result in excessive centralisation of higher education in India.
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, earlier known as the Higher Education Council of India (HECI) Bill, has been introduced in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The proposed legislation seeks to merge three existing regulatory bodies, the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), into a single unified body called the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan.
At present, the UGC regulates non-technical higher education institutions, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE governs teacher education in India.
Under the proposed framework, the new commission will function through three separate councils responsible for regulation, accreditation, and the maintenance of academic standards across universities and higher education institutions in the country.
According to the Bill, the present challenges faced by higher educational institutions due to the multiplicity of regulators having non-harmonised regulatory approval protocols will be done away with.
The higher education commission, which will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the President of India, will cover all central universities and colleges under it, institutes of national importance functioning under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Education, including IITs, NITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs, and IIITs.
At present, IITs and IIMs are not regulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Government to refer bill to JPC; Oppn slams it
The government has expressed its willingness to refer it to a joint committee after several members of the Lok Sabha expressed strong opposition to the Bill, stating that they were not given time to study its provisions.
Responding to the opposition, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government intends to refer the Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed examination.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari warned that the Bill could result in “excessive centralisation” of higher education. He argued that the proposed law violates the constitutional division of legislative powers between the Union and the states.
According to him, the Bill goes beyond setting academic standards and intrudes into areas such as administration, affiliation, and the establishment and closure of university campuses. These matters, he said, fall under Entry 25 of the Concurrent List and Entry 32 of the State List, which cover the incorporation and regulation of state universities.
Tewari further stated that the Bill suffers from “excessive delegation of legislative power” to the proposed commission. He pointed out that crucial aspects such as accreditation frameworks, degree-granting powers, penalties, institutional autonomy, and even the supersession of institutions are left to be decided through rules, regulations, and executive directions. He argued that this amounts to a violation of established constitutional principles governing delegated legislation.
Under the Bill, the regulatory council will have the power to impose heavy penalties on higher education institutions for violating provisions of the Act or related rules. Penalties range from ₹10 lakh to ₹75 lakh for repeated violations, while establishing an institution without approval from the commission or the state government could attract a fine of up to ₹2 crore.
Concerns were also raised by members from southern states over the Hindi nomenclature of the Bill. N.K. Premachandran, an MP from the Revolutionary Socialist Party representing Kollam in Kerala, said even the name of the Bill was difficult to pronounce.
He pointed out that under Article 348 of the Constitution, the text of any Bill introduced in Parliament must be in English unless Parliament decides otherwise.
DMK MP T.M. Selvaganapathy also criticised the government for naming laws and schemes only in Hindi. He said the Constitution clearly mandates that the nomenclature of a Bill should be in English so that citizens across the country can understand its intent.
Congress MP S. Jothimani from Tamil Nadu’s Karur constituency described the Bill as another attempt to impose Hindi and termed it “an attack on federalism.”
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