[10][11] Malavalli was presented with an honorary doctor of science degree by California State University, East Bay in 2013.

[12] After graduating from the Institute of Engineering in Düsseldorf with a master's degree in industrial electronics, Malavalli moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[12] In Toronto, Malavalli worked for Canstar Communications’ fibre channel group, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.

[25] Malavalli is a co-founder and trustee of the Indus Trust, which builds schools that are not affordable by the middle class population of India.

[5][28][29] He also serves as a trustee of the American India Foundation and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

[12][30][31] He sits on the board of The Indus Entrepreneurs’ Silicon Valley Chapter and the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative.