Mallika Menon is Associate Director, Original Content at Discovery Communications India / South Asia, overseeing production of non-fiction, factual content for the network’s digital and linear platforms, including streaming service discovery+. She is responsible for the annual production slate, show ideation, development with production partners, and end-to-end production and post-production of content. Mallika has Executive Produced award winning shows including Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls and PM Modi, Into The Wild with Bear Grylls Superstar Rajinikanth as well as one-offs like Man Woman #MeToo and India 2050.
With more than 13 years’ experience in television production, Mallika started her career at the CNBC-TV18 newsdesk, and proceeded to produce one of India’s longest running feature programmes, Young Turks. She has subsequently produced a range of popular titles, including the food-travel show Highway On My Plate, and prior to Discovery, was responsible for local productions for HistoryTV18.
Mallika holds a Masters in Journalism specialising in Documentary Production from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a Masters in Journalism specialising in Broadcast from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, India.
