# Mallika Srinivasan

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. 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 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.
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. 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.
| Year | Awards and Honors | Awarding Organization |
| 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 | The Economic Times |
| 2007 | Selected as one of the few in the Wharton's 125 influential people and ideas | Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2004–10 | Among 25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business - for 7 consecutive years | Business Today |
| 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 | Ernst & Young |
| 2012 | Among top 6 Most Powerful Women of India Inc | Business Today |
| 2012 | Ranked Among Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen | Forbes Asia |
| 2012 | India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs 2012 Top Women CEOs | The Economic Times |
| 2012 | Forbes India Leadership Awards 2012 Women Leader of the Year | Forbes India |
| 2012 | Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) | Hindustan University of Technology & Science, Chennai |
| 2012 | Ranked 2nd among India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business | Fortune India |
| 2012 | ABLF Woman of Power Award | Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards |
| 2013 | India Today's Power List – The Influencers | India Today |
| 2013 | Business Thought Leader of the Year 2012 | NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards |
| 2014 | Padma Shri for Trade and Industry | Government of India |
| 2014 | Among The Most Powerful Women in Indian Business – Hall of Fame | Business Today |
| 2014 | Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women | Femina |
| 2014 | Ranked among India's Most Powerful Women | Fortune Asia |
| 2014 | Ranked among Most Powerful Women in Indian Business | Fortune India |
| 2015 | Conferred the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal | XLRI - Xavier School of Management |
| 2016 | Among BBC 100 Power Women 2016 | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| 2016 | Conferred the Devi Award | The New Indian Express |
| 2017 | Honorary Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University |
| 2018 | Ranked fifth among India's Most Powerful Women | Fortune India |
| 2021 | USIBC Global Leadership Award | U.S.-India Business Council |

## Organisations and affiliations

| Position | Organization |
| Member - Executive Board | Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli |
| Member - Executive Board | Indian School of Business, Hyderabad |
| Member - Governing Board (Rural Technology And Business Incubator) | Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai |
| Board Member | AGCO Corporation, United States |
| Board Member (Independent, Non-Executive Director) | Tata Steel |
| Global Board of Directors | U.S.-India Business Council |