Malavika Harita is an Indian executive who is the former CEO of advertising and communications company Saatchi & Saatchi Focus that has now been rechristened to Publicis Health & Publicis Business.^[1] She is also the president of Ad club of Bangalore.^[2]

Early life and education

Malavika completed her masters from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 1982.^[3]

Career

Malavika started her professional career at HMT Watches in an advertising and sales promotion function and joined Saatchi in 1993 after a stint at Mudra Communications. She also teaches advertising and brand management at various postgraduate institutes of management and communication in India.^[4]

Awards and honours

Malavika was the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by IIM Bangalore.^[5] She was one of the first Gurukul Chevening Scholars, selected by the British Government for a special program under Lord Meghnad Desai at London School of Economics on Globalization.