Passionate about the power of communication, storytelling and digital marketing. Teaching, mentoring start-ups and empowering women is what drives her….
Malavika founded Brand Circle in 2018, a Consultancy Firm working in the areas of Digital Communication, Storytelling, Mentoring Start-ups, Women Entrepreneurs and Corporate Leaders.
In her earlier avatar she founded and ran Saatchi & Saatchi Focus in India for 25 years where she worked on brands like Bosch, Coats, Reliance Polymers, Infosys, Microsoft, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, Novartis, Mead Johnson, AIS and Novo Nordisk amongst others. She has 36 years of experience in communication and entrepreneurship. Brand Consultancy, Strategic Planning and Training are her focus areas.
After her accountancy training and MBA from the IIM, Bangalore Malavika joined HMT Watches. She then ran her own interior design and packaging firm before joining Saatchi in 1993 after a stint at Mudra Communications. Malavika trained briefly at Saatchi & Saatchi in London, New Zealand and Singapore.
Malavika was one of the first Gurukul Chevening Scholars, selected by the British Government for a special program under Lord Meghnad Desai at the London School of Economics on Globalization. Malavika is the first woman to win the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIM Bangalore.
She is on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam, on the Governing Council of Mount Carmel College and on the Advisory Board of the NSRCEL of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. At NSRCEL, she is actively involved in mentoring start-ups in the profit and non-profit sectors. Her current focus is mentoring women executives and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential.
Malavika was President of the IIMB Alumni Association and the Advertising Club Bangalore.
Malavika teaches Marketing and Communication at various post graduate institutes of management and communication in India and abroad. She has been doing this for the last 25 years because she believes that sharing knowledge is the only way to learn.