{{short description|Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Deshamanya | name = Mahesh Amalean | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|04|04}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|death date†|birth date†}} --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Chairman of MAS Holdings | years_active = 1978 - present | employer = MAS Holdings | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = Deshamanya | alma_mater = National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli<br>Royal College Colombo }}
Deshamanya '''Mahesh Amalean''' (born 4 April 1955) is a Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist. He is the current Chairman of MAS Holdings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070526110239/http://www.lmd.lk/2005/November/cov2.htm FABRIC OF A STRATEGIST AND A VISIONARY]</ref>
==Early life and education== Amalean was born to parents with Gujarati ancestry,. his father was in the family textile business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130818/plus/youve-got-to-get-out-there-with-an-innovative-mind-58229.html |title='You've got to get out there with an innovative mind' |website=www.sundaytimes.lk |access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nitt.edu/home/icsr/alumni/daa2006-07/|title=NIT Trichy - DAA Recipients for 2006-07|website=www.nitt.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>
==Career== 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|date=July 2016}} 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.<ref name="National Awards">{{cite web|title=National Honours|url=http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/resources/national-honours/|publisher=Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka|accessdate=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928172141/http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/resources/national-honours/|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|date=July 2016}}
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=54699746&privcapId=52991457|title=Deshamanya Dayalal Mahesh Amalean: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref> In 2017, he won Global Businessman award of Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=43262|title=Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2017 - award winners|website=Adaderana.lk|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090621123958/http://www.jaafsl.com/aArchiveView.cfm?nID=57 INTERVIEW: Mahesh Amalean, chairman MAS Holdings ]
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