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
- ↑ Saatchi & Saatchi Focus rechristened to Publicis Health & Publicis Business.
- ↑ Saatchi & Saatchi Focus CEO Malavika Harita is president of Bangalore Ad Club.
- ↑ Busybee of the ad world.
- ↑ Advertising professional enters IIMB wall of fame.
- ↑ An opportunity, not a challenge: Malavika Harita. Retrieved 28 March 2014.