Mahesh Amalean
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Deshamanya
Mahesh Amalean (born April 4, 1955) is an engineer and industrialist. He is the current Chairman of MAS Holdings
.
Born to parents with Gujarati
ancestry, his father was in the family textile business. Educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo
, he went on to graduate from the University of Madras
with a BTech degree in chemical engineering
.
Returning to Sri Lanka in 1978 he 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. Moving in to 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 he was awarded the title of Deshamanya
by the government of Sri Lanka.
He is married to Shaila and is the father of two daughters and a son, Siddharth.
Deshamanya
Deshamanya is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name....
Mahesh Amalean (born April 4, 1955) is an engineer and industrialist. He is the current Chairman of MAS Holdings
MAS Holdings
MAS Holdings is one of the largest listed conglomerates on the Colombo Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization in the large apparel industry of Sri Lanka.-History:...
.
Born to parents with Gujarati
Gujarati people
Gujarati people , or Gujaratis are an ethnic group that is traditionally Gujarati-speaking and can trace their ancestry to the state of Gujarat in western India...
ancestry, his father was in the family textile business. Educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo
Royal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
, he went on to graduate from the University of Madras
University of Madras
The University of Madras is a public research university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three oldest universities in India...
with a BTech degree in chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
.
Returning to Sri Lanka in 1978 he 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. Moving in to 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 he was awarded the title of Deshamanya
Deshamanya
Deshamanya is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name....
by the government of Sri Lanka.
He is married to Shaila and is the father of two daughters and a son, Siddharth.