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Mallika Srinivasan, TAFE’s Chairman and CEO, leads a traditional manufacturing business which today has flourished tremendously boosting the economic domain. In her two decades as a leader at Tafe, she has practically altered the company through innovative products and processes, multiplying revenue by a factor of 30. She is a thought leader, identified for entrepreneurship, commitment to excellence and contribution to Indian agriculture machinery business and academia. In January 2014, the Government of India conferred her with the prestigious ‘Padma Shri’ award for her contribution to Trade and Industry. In a span of 25 years, she has established TAFE as a quality mass manufacturer of tractors, a lean and resilient organization that can effectively weather the cyclicality of the tractor business MANZILA POLA UDDIN Citizenship/Residence British-Bangladeshi MALLIKA SRINIVASAN Citizenship/Residence India Mar Mar Aye is a prolific Burmese singer, born to Musician Parents. Music was in her blood. She started singing at an early age. 80% of the songs were sung by Mar Mar Aye by the 1980’s. She has been politically active. During the Saffron Revolution, she released a song entitled “Heartache Till the End of the World”. In 2012, she returned from exile to Myanmar, at the authorization of President Thein Sein. Look Deeply Into My Heart , recounts the aftermath of her divorce in 1970. MAR MAR AYE Citizenship/Residence Burma Manzila Pola Uddin is a British community activist of Bangladeshi descent, being the first Muslim and the second Asian woman to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Up Till October 15, 2015 57