Malavika Harita

Malavika Harita
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Title CEO of
Saatchi & Saatchi Focus
Religion Hindu

Malavika Harita is an Indian executive who is the current CEO of advertising and communications company Saatchi & Saatchi Focus. She is also the president of Ad club of Bangalore.[1]

Early life and education

Malavika completed her masters from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 1982.[2]

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.[3]

Awards and Honours

Malavika was the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by IIM Bangalore.[4] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Saatchi & Saatchi Focus CEO Malavika Harita is president of Bangalore Ad Club".
  2. ↑ "Busybee of the ad world".
  3. ↑ "Advertising professional enters IIMB wall of fame".
  4. ↑ "An opportunity, not a challenge: Malavika Harita".