Syed SumiyaProfile  ·  BengaluruEdition 2026

Bengaluru, India

Syed Sumiya

Currently Marketing AuditorPresidency University Head of Strategic PartnershipsOh My Web

I plan and audit marketing for Presidency University, and I lead strategic partnerships at Oh My Web, a digital agency. I started out in chemistry, and I still bring a scientist’s habits to the work: check the numbers, then explain them clearly.

Marketing AuditorPresidency University · since 2026
M.Sc. ChemistryMount Carmel College
B.Ed.Completing Dec 2026
Portrait of Syed Sumiya
Syed SumiyaScience · Marketing · Partnerships
01 — About

A chemist who learned to tell the story as well.

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I check the numbers, then explain them clearly. It worked in a chemistry lab, and it works in a marketing budget.
SSSyed SumiyaMarketing Auditor · Presidency University
  1. 01
    Science

    Three sciences, then one

    My undergraduate degree at Mount Carmel College covered microbiology, chemistry and zoology. I went on to an M.Sc. in Chemistry there, with a thesis on selenium nanoparticles made from rice starch.

  2. 02
    Teaching

    The classroom, and beyond it

    I taught chemistry at Presidency College from 2024 to 2025, and took on the college's digital marketing, its academic audits and AI tools workshops for faculty. My B.Ed. completes this December.

  3. 03
    Now

    Strategy, budgets and partnerships

    Since June 2026, I've been the marketing auditor at Presidency University, helping plan the strategy and auditing the full budget behind it. I'm also Head of Strategic Partnerships at Oh My Web, where I lead the pitches that bring in new clients.

Current roles
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At a university and an agency

Marketing AuditorStrategic Partnerships
Experience
0+

Years of work, from my first job to today

20202026
Degrees
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Science, then education

B.Sc.M.Sc. ChemistryB.Ed. Dec 2026
Languages
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Spoken and used at work

EnglishHindiTelugu
02 — Roles

What I do

Two roles now, and the ones that led here. Select a role to see what it involves.

  • I got this role because I could do two things at once: suggest strong marketing strategies and audit the money that pays for them.

    • Audit the University's full marketing budget
    • Help shape marketing strategy across channels
    • Keep what is planned and what is spent in step
  • I help the agency win and keep clients. A clear, well-built presentation is often what turns a first meeting into a signed project.

    • Lead pitches and client presentations
    • Build and look after partner relationships
    • Bring new clients to the agency
  • Full-time faculty. Theory, practicals and entrance-exam coaching for PU students.

    • Inorganic, organic and physical chemistry for 1st and 2nd PUC
    • Lab practicals: volumetric analysis and qualitative tests
    • NEET, JEE and KCET coaching
    • Lab inventory, practical exam schedules and student records
  • I led how the college appeared online, especially to parents and students choosing where to study.

    • Social media and the college's online presence
    • Admissions campaigns and outreach
    • Content and creatives for the college
  • I coordinated the college's academic audits so the records reflected the work being done.

    • Planned and coordinated academic audits
    • Gathered records and documentation from departments
    • Kept processes audit-ready through the year
  • A hands-on workshop to help teachers save time and teach better with AI tools.

    • Lesson planning with Claude
    • Wispr Flow with Claude for faster content creation
    • Turning AI prompts into Canva presentations
    • Google NotebookLM for research
  • A part-time role I held alongside my undergraduate degree.

    • Image automation work
    • Microsoft Excel and Office
03 — Workshop

AI is your teaching assistant

A hands-on AI tools workshop I ran for faculty at Presidency PU College, Kogilu.

Syed Sumiya speaking at the AI tools workshop
Leading the session, Presidency PU College, Kogilu
Faculty members attending the AI tools workshop
A full room of faculty
The AI Workshop website used during the session
The workshop site

Speak, let AI write, and turn it into a presentation.

The aim was simple: help teachers spend less time on preparation and more on teaching. Everyone worked through real tasks with tools they could use the next day.

  • ClaudeLesson planning
  • Wispr Flow + ClaudeFaster content by voice
  • CanvaAI prompts to presentations
  • Google NotebookLMResearch
Lesson to animated deck prototype shown in the workshop
Lesson → animated deck, a live demo
04 — Research
M.Sc. thesis · Mount Carmel College

Sustainable synthesis of selenium nanoparticles using Oryza sativa starch: characterisation and antimicrobial studies

I made selenium nanoparticles with a green chemistry method, using rice starch instead of harsh reagents. I then characterised them and tested their antimicrobial activity against bacterial strains.

Instruments

Analytical techniques from my research and my quality control internship at KAPL.

SEMScanning electron microscopy

Preparing samples for nanoscale surface imaging and reading electron micrographs for particle size and shape.

Sample preparationMorphologyParticle size
XRDX-ray diffraction

Identifying crystalline phases from diffraction peaks, working out crystal structure and checking sample purity.

Phase analysisLattice parametersPurity
UV-VisSpectrophotometry

Measuring absorbance, using the Beer-Lambert law to calculate concentration, and building calibration curves.

Beer-LambertCalibration curvesQuantitative analysis
HPLCHigh-performance liquid chromatography

Reading chromatograms to identify compounds and check drug purity against IP, BP and USP standards, under GMP documentation.

Drug purityPharmacopeial methodsGMP
05 — Journey

Education & experience

Drag or use the arrows
Jun 2026 — PresentWork

Marketing Auditor

Presidency University, Bengaluru

Marketing strategy and a full audit of the University's marketing budget.

PresentWork

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Oh My Web · Digital agency

Pitches, client presentations and partnerships.

Dec 2026Education

B.Ed.

Bachelor of Education

Formal teacher training to go with the time I've spent in the classroom.

Jul 2024 — Jun 2025Work

Chemistry Lecturer

Presidency College, Bengaluru

Teaching and practicals for PU students. I also took on digital marketing and academic audits here.

Apr — May 2023Industry

Quality Control Intern

Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Tested pharmaceutical samples, read HPLC chromatograms and worked with spectrophotometry and gas chromatography.

Mar 2023Community

Volunteer Teaching Assistant

St. Alphonsus Academy

Taught science to underprivileged students and prepared simpler study material.

2022 — 2024Education

M.Sc. Chemistry

Mount Carmel College Autonomous

Thesis on green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles from rice starch.

Feb 2020 — Aug 2022Work

Image Automation

S3 Ventures · Part-time

My first job, held alongside my degree.

2019 — 2022Education

B.Sc. Microbiology, Chemistry, Zoology

Mount Carmel College Autonomous

Three sciences side by side, from cell biology and genetics to organic chemistry.

2017 — 2019Education

Higher Secondary, Science

Sri Chaitanya · CBSE

Physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.

Languages EnglishProfessional HindiProfessional TeluguNative
06 — Contact

Let’s talk.

For marketing audits, agency partnerships, faculty workshops or teaching.

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