Malavika Harita takes over as President, Ad Club Bangalore

Malavika Harita, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Focus Network, took over as the President of The Advertising Club of Bangalore at the AGM held on Thursday April 25, 2013, from Prateek Srivastava, Regional President Ogilvy. This is Malavika's second term as President. 

The Managing Committee who were nominated at the same time include Bindu Gopinath, Business Director - South, Kinetic India, Sanchayeeta Verma, GM South, Maxus India, Sneha Walke , VP & Head, E4M - South, Binoy Joseph, AVP & NCD, Radio City, P R Satheesh, Principal, Telibrahma, Anilkumar Sathiraju, Head, Mudra Max - South, Navin Nair, Account Director, Sampark PR, Arunava Seal, Creative Director, Pentagon Communication. Prateek Srivastava, the immediate past president will be an ex-offcio member of the committee. R T Kumar, three-time Past President will continue in the role of adviser to the committee.

Arvind Kumar, Executive Director of The Advertising Club Bangalore continues on the committee and manages the functioning of the club very successfully.

Malavika Harita on being asked about the way forward for the Ad Club said "I am very excited about taking over the President ship again. I have a very energetic and stable committee and I am sure we will all work together to make the Ad Club Bangalore a force to reckon with. One which is inclusive and uses technology to build a vibrant community of communication professionals. One of our most ambitious ventures this year is to take the Big Bang, our annual awards competition, process online. In addition to sports and other activities we are looking at a college program where we try and make young communication graduates and post graduates explore communication as a career."