Date of birth: December 11, 1952
Marital Status: Married with two children, Wife - Industrialist - Mrs.Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman of TAFE Ltd., one of India's largest manufacturers of tractors and farm equipment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Engg (Madras University) - 1974
- MSM (M.S. degree in management) - 1976
- From Purdue University, U.S.A.
Positions
- Sundaram-Clayton Limited, Chairman, Leading manufacturers of auto components
- TVS Motor Co Ltd. , Chairman, India's third largest manufacturer of powered two-wheelers
- Director of TVS & Sons Ltd , Lucas-TVS Ltd, Sundram Fasteners Ltd, Cummins (India) Ltd
- Tata Coffee Ltd, Oriental Hotels Ltd
- Honorary Consul General of Republic of Korea, Chennai
- Member, Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry, Government of India
- Member, Prime Minister's National Integration Council, Government of India
- Member, Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council, Government of India
- Member, National Manufacturing Competitiveness
- Council, Government of India
- Member, National Institute of Design, Government of India
- Chairman, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Government of India
- Chairman, National Safety Council, Government of India
Awards
- Conferred "Padma Shri" in the field of Trade & Industry, by the President of India, for the year 2010.
- "Order of Diplomatic Service Merit" by the President of the Republic of Korea, 2010.
- Conferred with the honorary "doctorate degree in science" by the University of Warwick, U.K. for excellence in manufacturing and contribution in the field of technology and R&D, in 2004.
- Jamsetji Tata Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2004 by the Indian Society for Quality.
- J R D Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the year 2004 by All India Management Association.
- Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by IIT Kharagpur, India, for outstanding contribution to the field of Quality Movement and Manufacturing Excellence in India, in 2009.
- Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, First company in India to have been awarded with the Deming Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, in 1998.
Awarded with the Japan Quality Medal by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, in 2002.
- TVS Motor Company Ltd, awarded Deming Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, in 2002.
Services
- Education - TVS Educational Society runs three schools as well as a vocational & advanced training centre to provide training in the disciplines of industrial machinist, mechanical maintenance and electrical & electronics.
- Agriculture and social welfare - A leader in the area of corporate social responsibility. Have been carrying out integrated rural development programmes in over 1000 villages across India. This is done in a sustainable manner to support the self-help groups for income generation and employment catering 30,000 families below the poverty line. TVS Agriculture Sciences Research Institute has successfully promoted organic and eco-friendly agricultural practices.
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