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{{Short description|Indian businesswoman (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Mallika Srinivasan
| image = Mallika Srinivasan - Chairman TAFE.JPG
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|11|19}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai district|Madras]], [[Madras State]]<br />(present-day [[Chennai district|Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]), India
| education =
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>|[[Bharathidasan Institute of Management]] - [[University of Madras]]|[[University of Pennsylvania]]}}
| occupation = [[Industrialist]]
| years_active =
| employer =
| organization = [[TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited]]
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| style =
| title = Chairman & Managing Director of TAFE
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| boards =
| spouse = [[Venu Srinivasan]]
| children = [[Lakshmi Venu]], [[Sudarshan Venu]]
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|[[A. Sivasailam]]|Indira Sivasailam}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.tafe.com/|tafe.com}}
}}

'''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 is also the [[Chairperson]] of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) constituted by the [[Government of India]] since 18 November 2021 .<ref>{{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}}</ref> She had served on the Global Board of the U.S.- India Business Council (USIBC) and has led the B20 – India Task Force on “Inclusive GVCs for Resilient Global Trade and Investment” held in August 2023.

== Education ==
She earned her degree in mathematics from the [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]]<ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 |archive-date=20 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120010444/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/srinivasan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career ==
Mallika Srinivasan established TAFE as a one of the world's largest tractor manufacturers. She led the company's growth to its present status with revenues in excess of Rs. 13,700 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 Industry|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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's 100 Richest |website=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/}}</ref>

She was named among the six Most Powerful Women of India Inc. by ''[[Business Today (business magazine)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2018, she was ranked fifth among India's Most Powerful Women in Business by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune India]]''.<ref name=top5/> In 2020, she was awarded "Businesswoman of the year" at ET Prime Women Leadership Awards 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! Year !! Awards and Honors !! Awarding organization !! Reference
|-
| 1999
| First Business Woman of the Year award for India
| [[BBC]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Mallika Srinivasan|url=https://www.amazon.com/wiki/Mallika_Srinivasan|accessdate=2013-04-16|newspaper=Amazon.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| Zee Astitva Award for Exemplary Women
| [[Zee TV]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Zee Astitva Awards honour women achievers|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/apr/apr216.htm|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=ZEE TV|date=18 April 2005}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| National Leadership Award
| [[IIM Lucknow]]- Lakshmipat Singhania award
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Lakshmipat Singhania IIM, Lucknow, national leadership awards - 2005|url=http://www.lpsiimlawards.in/past-winners.html/|publisher=IIM Lucknow|accessdate=2013-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212053601/http://lpsiimlawards.in/past-winners.html|archive-date=12 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2005–06
| Business Woman of the year Award
| [[The Economic Times]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=ET business woman of the year|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2006-09-27/news/27456820_1_banyan-tree-tafe-mallika-srinivasan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018162821/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2006-09-27/news/27456820_1_banyan-tree-tafe-mallika-srinivasan|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2015|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=27 Sep 2006}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| Selected as one of the few in the Wharton's 125 influential people and ideas
| [[Wharton School of Business]], [[University of Pennsylvania]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=A new voice in a tradition-bound industry|url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/srinivasan.html|publisher=The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, USA|accessdate=2013-04-15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626183439/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/srinivasan.html|archive-date=26 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2004–10
| Among 25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business - for 7 consecutive years
| [[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Tractor queen on a roll - Mallika Srinivasan|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/most-powerful-women-in-business-2011-mallika-srinivasan/1/18321.html|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Business Today|date=18 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| Among 25 Power Women
| [[India Today]] Woman
| <ref>{{cite news|title=India's 25 most influential women|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/indias-25-most-influential-women-369340-2013-03-13|access-date=2013-04-15|newspaper=India Today Woman}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| India Inc's Most Powerful Women Leaders
| [[The Economic Times]] Corporate Dossier
| <ref>{{cite news|title=India Inc's most powerful CEOs 2012: Top women CEOs|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/13409138.cms|access-date=2013-04-15|newspaper=The Economic Times Corporate Dossier|date=25 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| Entrepreneur of the year - Manufacturing
| [[Ernst & Young]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 - Manufacturing|url=http://www.ey.com/IN/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/EOY-2010-India-finalist---Mallika-Srinivasan|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Ernst & Young|archive-date=31 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831115827/http://www.ey.com/IN/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/EOY-2010-India-finalist---Mallika-Srinivasan|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Among top 6 Most Powerful Women of India Inc
| [[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Six Most Powerful Women of India Inc. 2011|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/photoplay/most-powerful-women-in-business-2011-hall-of-fame/1/220.html#photo6|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Business Today}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Ranked Among Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen
| [[Forbes Asia]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen Mallika Srinivasan|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/13/power-women-asia-12_Mallika-Srinivasan_2JQJ.html|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Forbes Asia}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs 2012 Top Women CEOs
| [[The Economic Times]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=India Inc's Most Powerful CEO 2012 – Top Women CEOs|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/corporate-dossier/india-incs-most-powerful-ceos-2012-top-women-ceos/articleshow/13409138.cms|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=25 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Forbes India Leadership Awards 2012 Women Leader of the Year
| [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes India]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=TAFE, Mallika Srinivasan: The Tractor Queen|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/leaderhip-awards-2012/tafe-mallika-srinivasan-the-tractor-queen/33883/1|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Forbes India|date=11 Oct 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa)
| Hindustan University of Technology & Science, Chennai
| <ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Annual Convocation - 2012|date=18 November 2012 |url=http://hindustan-university.blogspot.in/2012/11/3rd-annual-convocation-2012.html|publisher=Hindustan University of Technology & Science Chennai|accessdate=2013-04-15}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Ranked 2nd among India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
| [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune India]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=50 Most Powerful Women in Business – Ranks Fortune India|url=http://www.mediavataar.com/index.php/news/marketing/4978-50-most-powerful-women-in-business--ranks-fortune-india|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=Fortune India|date=16 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122030910/http://www.mediavataar.com/index.php/news/marketing/4978-50-most-powerful-women-in-business--ranks-fortune-india|archive-date=22 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ABLF Woman of Power Award
| Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards
| <ref>{{cite web|title=ABLF Awards 2012 Winners|url=http://www.ablfawards.com/winners/|publisher=Asian Business Leadership Forum|accessdate=2013-04-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701231021/http://www.ablfawards.com/winners/|archive-date=2013-07-01}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| India Today's Power List – The Influencers
| [[India Today]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=TAFE Chairman Mallika Srinivasan featured in India Today Woman's Power List 2013|url=http://tractorsindia.com/view_all_news.php?cat=26|publisher=tractorsindia.com|accessdate=2013-04-16}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| Business Thought Leader of the Year 2012
| [[NDTV Profit]] Business Leadership Awards
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Business Thought Leader of the Year: Mallika Srinivasan|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/videos/ndtv-special-ndtv-profit/video-business-thought-leader-of-the-year-mallika-srinivasan-270967|accessdate=2013-04-15|newspaper=NDTV Profit|date=9 April 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| Padma Shri for Trade and Industry
| [[Government of India]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Padma Awards Announced |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |accessdate=2014-02-11 |publisher=Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs |date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| Among The Most Powerful Women in Indian Business – Hall of Fame
| [[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=The Top League|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/kiran-mazumdar-shaw-zia-mody-naina-lal-kidwai-renu-sud-karnad/1/209031.html|accessdate=2015-07-28|newspaper=Business Today|date = 31 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women
| [[Femina (India)|Femina]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=India's Most Powerful Women|url=http://www.tafe.com/showpdf.php?path=upload%2Fpdf%2F551bcdb3bcd2a_powerful_women_Femina_03_Sep_14.pdf | accessdate = 28 July 2015|newspaper=Femina|date = 3 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women
| [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune Asia]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=The Most Powerful Women of Asia-Pacific|url=http://fortune.com/2014/09/18/most-powerful-women-asia-pacific/|accessdate=28 July 2015|newspaper=Fortune Asia|date=18 September 2014|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701220109/https://fortune.com/2014/09/18/most-powerful-women-asia-pacific/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| Ranked among Most Powerful Women in Indian Business
| [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune India]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=SBI's Arundhati Bhattacharya most powerful Indian woman in business: Fortune|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-09/news/55917945_1_arundhati-bhattacharya-fortune-india-powerful-women|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112021948/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-09/news/55917945_1_arundhati-bhattacharya-fortune-india-powerful-women|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2014|accessdate = 28 July 2015|newspaper=Fortune India|date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Conferred the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal
| [[XLRI- Xavier School of Management|XLRI - Xavier School of Management]]
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mallika-srinivasan-conferred-sir-jehangir-ghandy-medal-115032100712_1.html|title=Mallika Srinivasan conferred Sir Jehangir Ghandy medal|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2015-03-21|newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Among BBC 100 Power Women 2016
|[[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=100 Women 2016: India tractor queen 'one notch' above men|work=BBC News |date=2016-12-01|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38100120|language=en-GB|accessdate=2016-12-30}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|Conferred the Devi Award
|[[The New Indian Express]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/india-should-invest-in-research-for-tech-growth/articleshow/60443891.cms|title=India should invest in research for tech growth|date=10 Sep 2017|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-14|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|Honorary Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa)
|[[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/india-should-invest-in-research-for-tech-growth/articleshow/60443891.cms|title='India should invest in research for tech growth' - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|Ranked fifth among India's Most Powerful Women
|''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune India]]''
|<ref name=top5>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/mallika-srinivasan?year=2018|title=Mallika Srinivasan - Most Powerful Women in 2018 - Fortune India|website=www.fortuneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| USIBC Global Leadership Award
| U.S.-India Business Council
| <ref>{{cite web |title=USIBC to present Global Leadership Award to Shiv Nadar, Mallika Srinivasan. |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/usibc-to-present-global-leadership-award-to-shiv-nadar-mallika-srinivasan-121093000294_1.html |website=bsindia |date=30 September 2021 |access-date=January 25, 2023 |last1=India |first1=Press Trust of }}</ref>
|}

== Organisations and affiliations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! Position !! Organization !! Reference
|-
| Member - Executive Board
| [[Bharathidasan Institute of Management]], [[Tiruchirappalli]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Board|url=https://www.tafe.com/corporate/profile/Mallika-Srinivasan-Profile.pdf}}</ref>

|-
| Member - Executive Board
| [[Indian School of Business]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Board|url=http://www.isb.edu/about-isb/leadership-and-governance/executive-board|publisher=Indian School of Business|accessdate=2013-04-16}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| Member - Governing Board (Rural Technology And Business Incubator)
| [[Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Chennai]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.rtbi.in/board.html|publisher=RTBI, IITM's Rural Technology and Business Incubator|accessdate=2013-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218154508/http://rtbi.in/board.html|archive-date=18 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Board Member
| [[AGCO]] Corporation, United States
| <ref>{{cite web|title=DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS|url=http://www.agcocorp.com/company/directors_officers.aspx|publisher=AGCO|accessdate=2013-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424153955/http://www.agcocorp.com/company/directors_officers.aspx|archive-date=24 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Board Member (Independent, Non-Executive Director)
| [[Tata Steel]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.tatasteel.com/about-us/management/board-of-directors.asp|publisher=TATA Steel|accessdate=2013-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006165621/http://www.tatasteel.com/about-us/management/board-of-directors.asp|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Global Board of Directors
| U.S.-India Business Council
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.usibc.com/board-of-directors/|publisher=USIBC|accessdate=2019-12-12}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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