Mallika Srinivasan facts for kids
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Mallika Srinivasan
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| Born | 19 November 1959 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Organization | TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited |
| Title | Chairman & Managing Director of TAFE |
| Board member of | Tata Steel AGCO and U.S.–India Business Council |
| Spouse(s) | Venu Srinivasan |
| Children | Lakshmi Venu, Sudarshan Venu |
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Mallika Srinivasan (born 19 November 1959) is a famous Indian businesswoman. She is the chairman and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, also known as TAFE. This big company, started in 1960 in Chennai, India, makes tractors.
From 2021 to 2024, she was the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for the Indian government. She is also on the Global Board of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and the Boards of AGCO Corporation in the United States. She is a key member of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance and the India-US CEO Forum. She also serves on the Governing Body of Stella Maris College in Chennai.
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Leading a Big Business
Mallika Srinivasan helped TAFE become a huge company that makes many tractors. She guided the company's growth to earn over Rs. 10,000 Crores. TAFE now works in many areas. These include tractors, farm machinery, diesel engines, and generators. They also make engineering plastics, hydraulic pumps, and cylinders.
She has led many important industry groups. These include the Tractor Manufacturers' Association of India. She also held various roles in groups like the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Helping Others
Mallika Srinivasan supports many organizations that help people. She helps Sankara Nethralaya, a top eye care hospital. She also supports the Cancer Hospital in Chennai. She provides help to several schools and healthcare places in Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli district.
She also loves and supports the arts. She helps promote Carnatic music through the Indira Sivasailam Foundation.
Her Education Journey
Mallika Srinivasan studied mathematics at the Women's Christian College. Later, she won a gold medal in Econometrics from the University of Madras. She then went to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She was on the Dean's Honor List there. She was also named one of Wharton's top 125 most successful former students.
Awards and Honors
Mallika Srinivasan has received many awards for her work.
- In 2011, she was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young.
- Forbes India gave her the Woman Leader of the Year award.
- Forbes Asia listed her as one of the Top 50 Asian Power Businesswomen.
In 2012, Business Today named her among the six Most Powerful Women of India Inc. The Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) gave her the ABLF Woman of Power Award. NDTV Profit honored her with the Business Thought Leader of the Year 2012 Award. In 2018, Fortune India ranked her fifth among India's Most Powerful Women in Business. In 2020, she won "Businesswoman of the year" at the ET Prime Women Leadership Awards.
She also received the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2014. This award is given by the Government of India for her contributions to trade and industry.
Her family, the Amalgamations family, was ranked 64th among India’s richest tycoons in October 2024.
Important Groups She Belongs To
Mallika Srinivasan is part of several important boards and organizations:
- She is a Member of the Executive Board at Bharathidasan Institute of Management.
- She is also on the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business.
- She is a Board Member for AGCO Corporation in the United States.
- She serves as an Independent, Non-Executive Director on the Board of Tata Steel.
- She is part of the Global Board of Directors for the U.S.-India Business Council.
