https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Mahesh_AmaleanMahesh Amalean - Revision history2026-08-06T02:07:52ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Mahesh_Amalean&diff=462858&oldid=prevAhad Sabri at 22:04, 14 March 20262026-03-14T22:04:50Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}<br />
{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Deshamanya]]<br />
| name = Mahesh Amalean<br />
| image =<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --><br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|04|04}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|death date†|birth date†}} --><br />
| death_place = <br />
| other_names = <br />
| occupation = Chairman of [[MAS Holdings]]<br />
| years_active = 1978 - present<br />
| employer = [[MAS Holdings]]<br />
| known_for = <br />
| notable_works =<br />
| awards = Deshamanya<br />
| alma mater = [[National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli]]<br>[[Royal College Colombo]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[Deshamanya]] '''Mahesh Amalean''' (born 4 April 1955) is a Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist. He is the current Chairman of [[MAS Holdings]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070526110239/http://www.lmd.lk/2005/November/cov2.htm FABRIC OF A STRATEGIST AND A VISIONARY]</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life and education==<br />
Amalean was born to parents with [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] ancestry,. his father was in the family textile business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130818/plus/youve-got-to-get-out-there-with-an-innovative-mind-58229.html |title='You've got to get out there with an innovative mind' |website=www.sundaytimes.lk |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> He studied at [[Royal College Colombo]] and graduated from [[National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli|Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli]] (now known as [[National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli]]) with a [[BTech]] degree in [[chemical engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nitt.edu/home/icsr/alumni/daa2006-07/|title=NIT Trichy - DAA Recipients for 2006-07|website=www.nitt.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
Returning to Sri Lanka in 1978 Amalean took up the family businesses. Thereafter he started a manufacturing company with his brothers named Sigma Industries which began operations in [[Ratmalana]], in August 1985.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Moving into the apparel industry he founded MAS Holdings which is a leader in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka catering to major brands such as [[Victoria's Secret]]. For his contribution to Sri Lankan industry in 2005 he was conferred with the title of [[Deshamanya]] by the government of Sri Lanka.<ref name="National Awards">{{cite web|title=National Honours|url=http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/resources/national-honours/|publisher=Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka|accessdate=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928172141/http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/resources/national-honours/|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
<br />
In 2011, The Open University of Sri Lanka conferred an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) to Mahesh in recognition of his contribution to the country.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<br />
<br />
Amalean is also one of the five global business leaders recognised with a UN Award at the WEP’s inaugural Leadership Awards presentation where he received the award for Cultural Change for Empowerment. He is also the recipient of the CNBC-IIFA Global Leadership Award and is ranked amongst the Top 20 Progressive Asian Leaders by the World Business Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=54699746&privcapId=52991457|title=Deshamanya Dayalal Mahesh Amalean: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref> In 2017, he won Global Businessman award of [[Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=43262|title=Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 - award winners|website=Adaderana.lk|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090621123958/http://www.jaafsl.com/aArchiveView.cfm?nID=57 INTERVIEW: Mahesh Amalean, chairman MAS Holdings ]<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amalean, Mahesh}}<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan engineers]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Royal College, Colombo]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan Hindus]]<br />
[[Category:1955 births]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan people of Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Deshamanya]]</div>Ahad Sabri