| Malavika Harita | |
| Alma Mater: | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
| Nationality: | Indian |
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]
Malavika completed her masters from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 1982.[3]
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]
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.