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] 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.[4]
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]
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.[5] In 2017, he won Global Businessman award of Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year.[6]
^"Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 - award winners". Adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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mahesh, amalean, deshamanya, born, april, 1955, lankan, engineer, industrialist, current, chairman, holdings, deshamanyaborn, 1955, april, 1955, nationalitysri, lankanalma, maternational, institute, technology, tiruchirappalliroyal, college, colombooccupationc. Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean born 4 April 1955 is a Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist He is the current Chairman of MAS Holdings 1 DeshamanyaMahesh AmaleanBorn 1955 04 04 4 April 1955 age 69 NationalitySri LankanAlma materNational Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliRoyal College ColomboOccupationChairman of MAS HoldingsYears active1978 presentEmployerMAS HoldingsAwardsDeshamanya Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editAmalean was born to parents with Gujarati ancestry his father was in the family textile business 2 He studied at Royal College Colombo and graduated from Regional Engineering College Tiruchirappalli now known as National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli with a BTech degree in chemical engineering 3 Career editReturning 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 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 4 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 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 5 In 2017 he won Global Businessman award of Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 6 References edit FABRIC OF A STRATEGIST AND A VISIONARY You ve got to get out there with an innovative mind www sundaytimes lk Retrieved 23 August 2018 NIT Trichy DAA Recipients for 2006 07 www nitt edu Retrieved 27 February 2017 National Honours Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 28 September 2015 Retrieved 28 July 2016 Deshamanya Dayalal Mahesh Amalean Executive Profile amp Biography Bloomberg www bloomberg com Retrieved 27 February 2017 Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 award winners Adaderana lk Retrieved 2 October 2017 External links editINTERVIEW Mahesh Amalean chairman MAS Holdings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mahesh Amalean amp oldid 1214346522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
