Mallika Vaznaik

About Mallika Vaznaik

Innovation & entrepreneurship- Being incubated by Bridge for Billions Working as a Program Manager at social enterprise incubator Villgro. MSc. Social Innovation & entrepreneurship from the pioneering batch at the London School of Economics with distinction. Second runner up - LSE Generate Sustainable Venture building bootcamp Enactus UK National Competition semi- finalist & Enactus Warwick Co-director of Social Enterprise Undergraduate entrepreneurship bursary from Warwick Ventures & trained in lean start up Urban gardening collective founder @Mearthful Design thinking Distinction & award for best student consultation project at the LSE + winner of BRACx ideation challenge for masters thesis using human- centered design in collaboration with BRAC + online courses by IDEO.org and Acumen+5 years of work experience developing design thinking skills in diverse environments including a design studio run by creative professionals, as a UX researcher in the tech team of a plastic credits start up and in a corporate strategy consultancy pioneered by an anthropologist and psychologist. Design research for games, apps, website and digital traceability platform for plastic credits. Employed design thinking frameworks in research projects and culture studies resulting in 3 published UN reports & Best of UN research award + strategies for corporate clients + govt policy reports Completed online courses by Google in UX design + Cal Arts Games Design course Data analytics Online Masters in Data Analytics building on a strong foundation in quantitative research from doing econometrics at the University of Warwick. Knowledge to deliver data-driven insights using tools including Tableau, Excel and Python. Social impact, Sustainability & Climate Change Global Shaper @ World Economic Forum roots working in grassroots non profits in education, waste management, environment & women\'s empowerment Climate Action vertical @Villgro & Bangalore Community Lead @Nadhi-SheForClimate Plastic credits start up rePurpose Global + solid waste litigation @Goa Foundation + Sea Turtle Conservation @Dakshin Foundation I have diversified experience working across start up, corporate, consulting, academic, non-profit and freelance environments working with multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams. A naturally curious individual, with a growth mindset, I enjoy constantly learning new things and challenging myself.

Experience

1. Founder

   Stealth Startup

   Feb 2026 — Present

Education

• The Shri Ram School

  Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)

• University of Warwick

  Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BSc. honours Economics major)

  2014 — 2017

• Overseas Family School- Singapore

  International Baccalaureate (IB)

  2011 — 2013

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Master's degree (Executive MSc.) , Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  2017 — 2018