Bhavana Mittal is the Regional Head of Media, Digital and Communications for Reckitt Benckiser, South Asia. She is responsible for some critical and strategic areas such as media planning and buying, analytics, digital capability building, performance management of the media agencies, etc. across the region.  Prior to RB, she was heading Media and CSR for GSK CH for the Indian Sub-Continent.

Previously, she was responsible for the Media Audit division with Accenture India, handling both Indian and international clients.

With a  career span of more than 18 years, she started her professional journey with Saatchi and Saatchi launching Hyundai Santro and Accent in India, which went on win a bronze at the New York Advertising Effectiveness awards that year. Since then she has worked with various reputed organizations like Universal McCann, Group M – Maxus and Cheil Communications.

Bhavana is a science graduate from Hansraj College, Delhi, with a major in Physics and has an MBA in Marketing from the IMT, Ghaziabad.
Bhavana has been honored with the 3rd  Aadhi Aabadi Women Achievers Award 2011, a platform is to give recognition and honor to women who have achieved success in their respective fields against all odds and emerged as a role model and inspiration to others.