PROFILE & ACHIEVEMENTS
Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman & CEO,
Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, Chennai
Ms.Mallika Srinivasan heads the Rs 4750 crores Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), India’s pioneering manufacturers of tractors and farm equipment.
In a span of 25 years, she has steadily built this enterprise into becoming the world’s 3rd largest Tractor manufacturer, the country’s largest exporter of tractors and the most profitable tractor manufacturer in the world. Its brands Massey- Ferguson and Eicher are the first choices of the Indian farmer.
TAFE has played a pioneering role in farm mechanization and agricultural productivity in the country and, through its efforts at its adaptive research centre ‘J Farm’, revolutionized farming practices which have resulted in the enhancement of farm productivity and incomes, particularly in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Her personal efforts in the area of Women and child care and contribution to management education have been well acknowledged. Her organization’s contribution to social development in Tamil Nadu, through the establishment of schools , colleges, orphanages, community centers and wedding halls , besides contributions to a wide variety of causes aimed at better health care of the less privileged, are widely recognized.
Her achievements, in the sphere of Industry and Commerce, and her contribution to social causes, have won her several awards and recognition around the world.
Educational Achievements:
A university gold-medallist in Econometrics from the University of Madras, Mallika Srinivasan graduated as a Member of the Dean’s Honor List, and the Alpha Beta, Gamma Society, from the University of Wharton, Pennsylvania. She is today ranked as one of the top 125 most successful Alumni of the Wharton School of Business.
A graduate in Hindi, she is a gold medallist from the Hindi Prachar Sabha, and is also the recipient of the Kulapathi Gold medal ranking first in the country in Marketing and Advertising from the Bhavans College of Mass Communication
Contribution to TAFE
She joined TAFE and worked her way across the organization before taking over the reins of the Company. Deeply committed to core values, she has institutionalized the core values of integrity and ethics, maintaining long term relationships with customers and all stake holders, and ensuring that TAFE’s reputation as a manufacturer of quality products and customer satisfaction remained sacrosanct.
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