Bhavika Mangalanandan is an Indian Institute of Techology (IIT), Delhi graduate and been working as a diplomat with India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for 9 years. She cleared Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam in the year 2015 and was selected for the premier Indian Foreign Service (IFS).

Bhavika Mangalanandan called out Pakistan's “hypocrisy” for raking up Kashmir issue in India's Right to Reply at 79th Session of UNGA.

Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan criticized Pakistan’s history of cross-border terrorism and hypocrisy at the UNGA, asserting that a nation with a military-led government lacks the credibility to attack India’s democracy.

Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan on Friday hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over his statements on Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Giving a befitting reply,

Mangalanandan called out Pakistan for attempting to undermine India’s democracy while itself being run by the military and having a long history of terrorism. “The truth is that Pakistan covets our territory and has continuously used terrorism to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir,

India stressed that it is even more extraordinary for a country with a history of rigged elections to talk about political choices, that too in a democracy.

India and Pakistan sparred over Kashmir at the UN General Assembly after Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif drew parallels between the people of the Himalayan territory and Palestinians. Kashmir is at the heart of a decades-old dispute between India and Pakistan,

At the UNGA, Shehbaz Sharif said India should enter into a dialogue for “peaceful” resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.