Malavika Harita

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

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.

References

1. "Saatchi & Saatchi Focus rechristened to Publicis Health & Publicis Business".
2. "Saatchi & Saatchi Focus CEO Malavika Harita is president of Bangalore Ad Club".
3. "Busybee of the ad world".
4. "Advertising professional enters IIMB wall of fame".
5. "An opportunity, not a challenge: Malavika Harita". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2014.