Soumya Prajna

Editor for CommsMEA, the leading telecommunications publication in the MEA region
Ideation, supervision, editorial planning and content creation for various channels of the brand- print, web, social media as well as videos
Built and grew a strong presence for the brand across various social media channels
Developed a strong network comprising leading stakeholders of telecoms, ICT and media companies, and analyst firms
Led CommsMEA to be among the ones to pioneer discussions around top trends like GDPR, blockchain technology, 5G and artificial intelligence
Supervise the planning, management and execution of the annual CommsMEA Awards
Pro-actively participated and covered various industry events both in the region and globally - including GITEX, Leaders’ Summit, GSMA MWC, Mobile 360, and Capacity ME

Conceptualized, executed and supervised ICT publications, and events marketing
Responsible for market research, drafting the editorial calendar, writing and proof reading news stories, interviews and features for print and digital media
Developed a strong network within the ICT industry in the MEA market and interviewed senior regional as well as global management of leading companies
Pro-actively covered various technology business events (including GITEX, GISEC- GEMEC 2015, and Gartner Symposia amongst many others)
Supervised the planning, management and execution of round table conferences, channel awards as well as corporate golf tournaments across the region

Wrote reports, essays, and reviews on a variety of subjects ranging from Science, Social Science, Management, Branding, HR, Philosophy, and Psychology

Worked at the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences) to design a comprehensive database of plant metabolites using a combination of biochemistry, and bioinformatics

Developed content to teach biology to school students in an innovative manner with the help of interesting presentations and animations

Supervised, wrote, and copy-edited content for various B2C websites