Pranalika Mahanta currently serves as the Head of Marketing & Events for India at AnitaB.org, a position held since January 2024. Prior experience includes a Senior Manager role at Prodigy Education from February 2019 to December 2022, and as AVP for Events, Marketing & Communications at LeadNOW for a brief period in 2018. Pranalika also worked as a Marketing Communication Manager at First Advantage from March 2014 to July 2018, and as a Freelance Content Writer at Compare Infobase Limited in 2012. Additionally, Pranalika was a Lecturer at JAIN University, Bangalore, from June 2011 to February 2012, and served as a Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2010. Pranalika holds a Master’s degree in Communication, Journalism, Mass Communication, Public Relations, and Advertising from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, completed in 2009.