Ankita Gaba

Ankita Gaba is an entrepreneur And Co-founder of Social Samosa, an Indian Social Media knowledge repository for thoughts, IDeaS, news, trends and dialogue AbOUT social media scenario in India. She is regarded as a thought leader in Indian social media industry and has been speaker and faculty for social media courses at various institutes under Mumbai University.

Early life

Ankita belongs from Mumbai, she took her graduation in Business Management from Wilson College, Mumbai. She completed her MBA in marketing from Welingkar Institute of Management in 2010.

Career

Ankita started her professional career in PR industry, where she was responsible for promoting in-house movie and music album productions. In June 2008, she started her first venture, Superchooha, one of India’s first Social Media firms. Ankita has been an Initiator in the formation of the Social Media Club’s Mumbai chapter, Social Media Club is an international NGO working towards connecting social media experts from around the world.

In 2011, she founded Socialsamosa.com, a prime source of knowledge repository for thoughts, ideas and dialogues about social media scenario in India.

Honours and awards

  • Listed in the “Global Top 100 Social Media Agencies and Consultants 2012-13″ list
  • 50 Indian Women to Follow on Twitter list
  • Won “The Social Media Entrepreneur of the Year Award” by Wat Awards in 2013.
  • Won Most Talented Social Media Professionals Of India by Global Youth Marketing Forum in 2014

Positions held

  • Co-founder Superchooha, Indian Social Media Agency (June 2008 – August 2010)
  • Co-Founder SocialSamosa.com (November 2011 – Present)