T. K. Malhotra is the President of the Automobile Association of Upper India (AAUI) since 1981.  He has served as the President of the Federation of Indian Automobile Associations (FIAA) for four terms.  In recognition of his contribution in the field of road safety and promotion of tourism, he was nominated as the Honorary Vice-President of the world body Alliance International de Tourisme (AIT), Geneva (Switzerland) for the year 1993-94, an  honor conferred first time on any Indian in 93 years of the history of the AIT.

Mr. Malhotra has served on various committees both at the state and national levels. Among others, he is a member on the following specialized committees:

-	Solatium Fund Committee for hit and run cases
-	The Central Traffic Advisory Committee of Delhi Police
-	The National Road Safety Council constituted by the Union Ministry of Shipping Road, Transport and Highways
-	Advisory Group, National Highways Authority of India
-	Tourism Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
-	National Committee on Tourism and Heritage set up by Confederation of Indian Industry
-	PCRA Transport Advisory Committee
-	Guest Columnist - Hindustan Times

Mr. Malhotra has also been the active member of Road Safety Programme Implementation Commitee set-up in the yester years by Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.

His participation in the fields of road safety and environment speaks volumes of his contribution, appreciated by the Government and motoring community at large.


His contribution to the motoring community on road safety through his regular weekly column in Hindustan Times and Indian Express has been widely acknowledged. Mr. Malhotra has also reached out to the vast base of road users in India through his infotainment TV serials "Hello Motorists" and "Road Watch" that were telecast on India's National Channel for more than 200 weeks.

The T.V. Serials were produced to focus attention primarily on various aspects of road safety, with the mission to minimise increasing number of road accidents, improve the flow of trafffic and change the attitude of the public for being more considerate to other road users. This was another brainchild of Mr. Malhotra.

Mr. Malhotra has presented many papers at national and international seminars.  He is also the author of a book titled "All You Need To Know About Cars & Safe Driving". He has also authored a booklet titled "ABC of Road Safety" for children.

In recognition of his efforts towards promoting road safety across the country, and leveraging India on the world map of international tourism, Mr. Malhotra has earned many accolades such as:

Mr. Malhotra was instrumental in AAUI becoming the member of the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT)/Federation Internationale de 1'Automobile (FIA) international organizations, having more than 130 countries as their members. He played a pivotal role in organizing AIT General Assembly in New Delhi in 1993 with delegates from more than 60 countries. The then AIT President Late Simon Dyre named this event as a 'Model International General Assembly'.

Mr Malhotra pioneered the idea to impart driver education in a more scientific manner. He established the most modern driving training school in India equipped with state-of-the-art electronic driving simulators as the prime audio-visual training aid. Thus he brought about a revolution in driver training in the year 1989. The idea was to lay proper foundation for training the drivers in India. His effort was duly recognized by the Government of India by a financial grant, which helped him to modernize the school with yet latest version of imported car/truck simulators of Skoda make in the year 2001. The Central and State Governments are now encouraging driving institutions and schools to use simulators in order to impart quality instructions and to develop their skills to drive safely. Thousands of truck & LMV drivers have benefited by this training.

He is also towing the idea to set up a Mini Employment Exchange in the institution for placement of LMV/HMV drivers. This would go a long way as a source of avenue to offer employment to drivers from average/poor families and lending a hand to poverty alleviation.

As a result of his exemplary dedication to promote road safety, Automobile Association of Upper India (AAUI) was declared the Runner-up for the National Award on Road Safety for the year 2000. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has instituted the award.

Vehicular Air Pollution caused due to exhaust emission of gases is a crucial issue, which has focused attention of the world being conscious of health hazard and polluting environment. In the year 2001, he initiated the idea to introduce a mobile pollution-testing center to test vehicles at the doorstep of motorists, city bus depots and business centers. The thought behind this innovative step was to inculcate a habit in vehicle owners to keep their vehicles pollution free all the times. The pollution testing programs so launched generated tremendous awareness amongst the automobile owners.

Under his guidance,the AAUI has also initiated an innovative program to educate truckers to prevent them from falling victims to HIV/AIDS deadly disease. More than 80 Drivers are benefited every day from the lectures and interaction in class rooms.

On a call given by United Nation for UN Global Road Safety Week 2007, the Automobile Association of Upper India under the lead provided by him successfully organized two international campaigns initiated by the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society. The campaigns 'Think Before You Drive' and 'Make Roads Safe' were successfully launched in Delhi, Chandigrah, Allahabad & Durgapur. Thousands of motorists and public at large have come forward to support these campaigns by signing the Declaration issued by the Foundation for submission to the UN. Copies of booklets relating to these campaigns have been distributed to a large number of motorists, road users, truck & bus drivers.