:Mallika Srinivasan
{{Short description|Indian businesswoman (born 1959)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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| name = Mallika Srinivasan
| image = Mallika Srinivasan - Chairman and CEO TAFE.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|11|19}}
| birth_place = Madras, Madras State
(present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
| nationality = Indian
| education =
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|Women's Christian College{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Celebrations-galore-as-WCC-turns-100-this-July/articleshow/47966063.cms | title=Celebrations galore as WCC turns 100 this July | work=The Times of India | date=7 July 2015 | accessdate=14 July 2018}}|Bharathidasan Institute of Management - University of Madras|University of Pennsylvania}}
| occupation = Industrialist
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| organization = TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
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| title = Chairman & Managing Director of TAFE
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| boards = Tata Steel
AGCO and U.S.–India Business Council
| spouse = Venu Srinivasan
| children = Lakshmi Venu, Sudarshan Venu
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|A. Sivasailam|Indira Sivasailam}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.tafe.com/|tafe.com}}
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Mallika Srinivasan (born 19 November 1959) is an Indian industrialist and is the chairman and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India. She served as Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) constituted by the Government of India from 1 April 2021 and served there till 18 November 2025.{{Cite news|date=2021-04-01|title=TAFE's Mallika Srinivasan to heads PSEB|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/tafes-mallika-srinivasan-to-heads-pseb/article34218128.ece|access-date=2021-04-03|issn=0971-751X}} She is additionally on the Global Board of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), and the Boards of AGCO Corporation - United States. She is a core member of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance (BRICS WBA) and a member of India-US CEO Forum. She is also the member on the Governing Body of Stella Maris College - Chennai.
Education
She earned her degree in mathematics from the Women's Christian College{{cite web |date=23 November 2011 |title=Ploughshares To Profits |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2011/1205/asia-power-business-women-mallika-srinivasan-tafe-ploughshares-raghunathan.html#52086be95cf5 |accessdate=14 July 2018 |work=Anuradha Raghunathan |publisher=Forbes}}{{cite web |date=8 July 2015 |title=Celebrating 100 years of learning |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/celebrating-100-years-of-learning/article7397108.ece |accessdate=14 July 2018 |work=The Hindu}}{{cite web |date=8 July 2015 |title=Women's Christian College celebrates 100th year with fanfare |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150708/nation-education/article/women%E2%80%99s-christian-college-celebrates-100th-year-fanfare |accessdate=14 July 2018 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle}} and later was a university gold-medalist in Econometrics from the University of Madras, she graduated as a member of the Dean's Honor List, and the Alpha Beta Gamma Society, from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and was ranked as one of its top 125 most successful alumni.{{cite web |title=A new voice in a tradition bound industry, Mallika Srinivasan, WG'85 |url=https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/srinivasan.html |accessdate=28 July 2015 |publisher=The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania}}
Career
Mallika Srinivasan established TAFE as a mass manufacturer of tractors. She led the company's growth to its present status with revenues in excess of Rs. 10,000 Crores with diverse interests in tractors, farm machinery, diesel engines, generators, engineering plastics, hydraulic pumps and cylinders, automobile franchises and plantations.
She led a variety of industry bodies such as the Tractor Manufacturers' Association of India, the Madras Chamber of Commerce and has held various positions in industry bodies such as the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.{{cite web | title=Mallika Srinivasan | url=http://quotes.wsj.com/IN/XNSE/UNITEDTEA/company-people/executive-profile/41730265|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=28 July 2015}}
Philanthropy
She supports organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (a leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai, and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli district in South India. She is also a generous patron of the arts through her involvement in the promotion and support of Carnatic music through the Indira Sivasailam Foundation.{{cite web|title=About Us / The Indira Sivasailam Foundation|url=http://isfoundation.in/about/is-foundation.html|publisher=The Indira Sivasailam Foundation|accessdate=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125045104/http://isfoundation.in/about/is-foundation.html|archive-date=25 November 2014|url-status=dead}}
Awards and accolades
Srinivasan has received a number of accolades and awards. In 2011, she was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young; awarded the Woman Leader of the Year award by Forbes India; and recognized by Forbes Asia as one of the Top 50 Asian Power Businesswomen.
As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated 9 October 2024, Amalgamations family is ranked 64th with a net worth of $5 Billion.{{Cite web |title=India's 100 Richest |website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/}}
She was named among the six Most Powerful Women of India Inc. by Business Today, while the Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) honored her with the ABLF Woman of Power Award. NDTV Profit, India's leading business television channel, accorded her the honor of Business Thought Leader of the Year 2012 Award, at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards.{{cite web | title=Business Thought Leader of the Year: Mallika Srinivasan | url=http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/news/video-business-thought-leader-of-the-year-mallika-srinivasan-270967|publisher=NDTV Profit|accessdate=28 July 2015}} In 2018, she was ranked fifth among India's Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune India. In 2020, she was awarded "Businesswoman of the year" at ET Prime Women Leadership Awards 2020.{{Cite news|title=Mallika Srinivasan awarded 'Businesswoman of the Year' at ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2020|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/mallika-srinivasan-awarded-businesswoman-of-the-year-at-etprime-women-leadership-awards-2020/articleshow/79057741.cms|access-date=2020-11-05}}
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| Year | Awards and Honors | Awarding Organization | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999
| First Business Woman of the Year award for India | BBC | |||
| 2005
| Zee Astitva Award for Exemplary Women | Zee TV | |||
| 2005
| National Leadership Award | IIM Lucknow- Lakshmipat Singhania award | |||
| 2005–06
| Business Woman of the year Award | |||
| 2007
| Selected as one of the few in the Wharton's 125 influential people and ideas | |||
| 2004–10
| Among 25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business - for 7 consecutive years | |||
| 2010
| Among 25 Power Women | India Today Woman | |||
| 2010
| India Inc's Most Powerful Women Leaders | The Economic Times Corporate Dossier | |||
| 2011
| Entrepreneur of the year - Manufacturing | |||
| 2012
| Among top 6 Most Powerful Women of India Inc | |||
| 2012
| Ranked Among Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen | |||
| 2012
| India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs 2012 Top Women CEOs | |||
| 2012
| Forbes India Leadership Awards 2012 Women Leader of the Year | |||
| 2012
| Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) | Hindustan University of Technology & Science, Chennai | |||
| 2012
| Ranked 2nd among India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business | |||
| 2012
| ABLF Woman of Power Award | Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards | |||
| 2013
| India Today's Power List – The Influencers | |||
| 2013
| Business Thought Leader of the Year 2012 | NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards | |||
| 2014
| Padma Shri for Trade and Industry | |||
| 2014
| Among The Most Powerful Women in Indian Business – Hall of Fame | |||
| 2014
| Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women | Femina | |||
| 2014
| Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women | |||
| 2014
| Ranked among Most Powerful Women in Indian Business | |||
| 2015
| Conferred the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal | |||
| 2016
|Among BBC 100 Power Women 2016 | |||
| 2016
|Conferred the Devi Award | |||
| 2017
|Honorary Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) | |||
| 2018
|Ranked fifth among India's Most Powerful Women | |||
| 2021
| USIBC Global Leadership Award | U.S.-India Business Council |
Organisations and affiliations
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| Position | Organization | Reference |
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| Member - Executive Board | ||
| Member - Executive Board | ||
| Member - Governing Board (Rural Technology And Business Incubator) | ||
| Board Member
| AGCO Corporation, United States | ||
| Board Member (Independent, Non-Executive Director) | ||
| Global Board of Directors
| U.S.-India Business Council |
References
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