Sherina Kapany

Running a successful digital agency firm since the last 4 years, being a TEDx speaker and a contributor to numerous entrepreneurial websites across the web, Sherina Kapany’s journey at sunSTRATEGIC was a result of feeling deprived of a platform. While women sought for social media to speak their hearts out, she was vying to build a new empire of her own for men and women alike. She started sunSTRATEGIC as an HR Consultancy and within 4 years it has not only become a successful digital marketing agency but has also entered the e-commerce market with an American sock & accessories brand.
After working with multinational companies like Levis, Sony, Warner Bros., Adecco Group to name a few, Sherina garnered experience along with flexibility as she managed operations from locations such as the US, Europe and Australia for about 14 years. After years of experience in witnessing how content can be diversified, she decided to start her own entrepreneurial venture in India. She noticed a clear paradigm shift in the industry, but there were no guidelines to plan and strategize for these new media types.
Sherina’s ability to not only meet but create new benchmarks for an organization as well as the business operational areas has brought her international recognition. As Big 4 alum, Sherina previously consulted top-tier clients in North America, ANZ and select EMEA regions.
The road to success wasn’t easy for the Mumbai-based entrepreneur who has experienced corporate discrimination and biasness across the globe. Her corporate abilities being a female were doubted with statement such as ‘She won’t be able to bring much to the table,’ which in turn motivated her to create a platform for all the women and men who have been deprived of an opportunity to showcase their flair.
Employment Generation
Sherina Kapany supported her entrepreneurial dream and launched over 80 careers in India. Her contribution to her country is that within 35 years, she has created 45 job opportunities and is planning to create 150 job opportunities by the Q1 FY 2019 through the launch of an app. Having setting foot in UAE and USA, Sherina has created 5 jobs in UAE and 10 jobs in the USA through sunSTRATEGIC.
While contributing towards the youth of the nation, she has created a line of student training through sunSTRATEGIC wherein every year she provides in-depth entrepreneurship training to 40 students at least. No other agency goes #AgainstTheStereoTypicalLadder and allows interns to closely and vigilantly view the ups and downs of entrepreneurship by shadowing the founder.
Social Responsibility
Under the banner of sunSTRATEGIC, Sherina saved women from becoming harassment targets and trained them to become successful employable individuals. Till date, sunSTRATEGIC has saved over 40 domestic abuse female victims and gainfully employed them through sunSTRATEGIC or their clients.
Through Sherina’s efforts, a small unknown NGO has now generated over 30,000 USD in funding through a simple social media campaign and a website created by sunSTRATEGIC – all pro bono. That has saved over 300 children of prostitutes/women in flesh trade from getting into prostitution.
She distributes blankets to the Asha Pura Trust, a school for the underprivileged street kids. sunSTRATEGIC also created a ‘Fun Book’ which included puzzles, comics, stories and drawings for the kids.
She pledged to donate to organizations providing supplies and support to make sure different parts of our country to get relief.
Along with Indian Women Blog, Sherina also inspired a 17 year old girl from Vimukti Sanstha, a school for the girls in the rural area of Jaipur on the matter of financial stability and how she can start working towards it from an early age.
sunSTRATEGIC
Under Sherina’s leadership, sunSTRATEGIC boasts a vast clientele covering A-Z of brands which includes, 5asec, Airtel, ATG Tyres, Aegon Life Insurance, Bharti AXA, Aegis Logistics, Bayer, BIHR, Birdy’s, Baby Natura, BMW, Bajaj Finserv, Chai Pe Charcha, Cipla, Cineyug Celebrations, Centrum, Droom, Duke Offshore, Dadabai Holdings, Eris Pharma, Epic Channel, Essar, FTV, Gearsource, Glenmark Pharma, HDFC Realty, House of Naari, ICICI Prudential, Indiabulls, Kanakia, Marriott Hotels, MAC Cosmetics, MTV, Microsoft, Novartis, Nature’s Basket, Prabhudas Liladhar, Papulex, Payal NewYork, Roche, SocNation, Soulflower, Torrent Pharma, Toritz, UrbanClap, Yokohama Tyres, Zydus, to name a few.
sunSTRATEGIC’s innovative online ideology and offline strategies have helped their clients achieve some inspirational figures:
• Increment in revenues of over 3Cr for a telecom giant
• Installation of over 1000 applications per day for a loan provider
• Over 45 hours of electricity saved for an NBFC through a campaign
• Over 1.6 Billion impressions for a CSR video for an hospitality client
• Over 450 doctors pledged to prevent antibiotic misuse/abuse within an hour
sunSTRATEGIC is a learning ground for every individual to learn the methods and importance of incorporating ethics and discipline in their professional lives. Sherina nurtures every employee at sunSTRATEGIC and grooms them till they become confident individuals capable of empowering themselves to success.
ACHIEVEMENTS
With sheer hard work and dedication, Sherina has helped sunSTRATEGIC become a force to be reckoned with in the field of marketing and this can be found through the awards and recognition they have won in last 4 years.
1) sunSTRATEGIC got recognised as the “Best Bootstrapped Digital Start-up” by Drivers of Digital Awards 2018
2) Won the “Best Content in a BTL Marketing Campaign” for Cipla ‘I Pledge 2020’ by Masters of Modern Marketing Awards 2018
3) Acquired the “Best Content in a BTL Marketing Campaign” for Airtel by India Content Leadership Awards 2018
4) Sherina received award by Femina World Women Leadership Congress & Awards as a Woman Super Achiever for Excellence in Social Media.
5) sunSTRATEGIC won the award by Femina World Women Leadership Congress & Awards Best Organization for Women’s Talent Development.