At the age of 20, Akanksha started her career as the youngest ever Editor-in-chief for STUFF Magazine, in Singapore. where she was at the forefront of the Web2.0 conversation and helped organize Asia's first-ever podcamp.
In 2008, she moved to Dubai to head marketing for a loyalty start-up and two years later, amidst the region's economic crisis, founded Socialize to harness the untapped business potential of then-emerging social networks.
Today, she is widely recognized as a business influencer, speaker, and a reference for social media marketing in the Middle East.