about · shemaylah
(02) — About
The long version
MA Media & Communication
Manipal · CGPA 8.2

A proudly chaotic creator.

Portrait of Shemaylah Shaikh
The short version

Born by the Goa coast, building a PR & corporate-comms career out of Manipal — and a portfolio out of every event, brief and op-ed I can get my hands on.

Bio

Hello, I'm Shemaylah — from the sunny coastlines of Goa, currently navigating my MA in Media & Communication at MIC-MAHE.

Whether I'm building an AI campaign from scratch, hosting a 200-person cultural event, or writing about India's energy future at midnight,

I show up with the same overenthusiastic, all-in energy.

I don't just work hard — I work curiously, chasing the angle that sticks and the story that actually moves people.

Now
Manipal, KA
Home
Margao, Goa
Focus
PR · Corporate Comms · Brand Storytelling
Currently
Open to internships
Mood
“Dare to dream”

Where I studied.

Sociology, economics, and the long shift into media — each one feeds the next.

2025 — Now

MA Media & Communication · MIC-MAHE

Manipal Institute of Communication, Manipal. First-year CGPA: 8.2. Coursework spans corporate communication, strategic messaging, media research, and digital culture.

2022 — 2024

BA Sociology & Economics · Parvatibai Chowgule College

Autonomous, Goa. SGPA: 9.80. Student of the Year, 2022–23 & 2024. Won the Sociology Dept. award and ranked 2nd in Economics.

2022

HSC — Arts · Loyola Higher Secondary, Goa

Class XII, 92%. Stream in humanities — sociology, economics, English literature.

2020

SSC · Fatima Convent High School, Goa

Class X distinction, 78%.

Where I've shown up.

Short stints with sharp learning curves — NGO comms, street research, on-ground production.

2024

Media & Teaching Coordinator (Intern) — Caritas NGO, South Goa

Managed internal and external media communication for NGO programmes across South Goa. Coordinated teaching sessions and developed content supporting stakeholder messaging.

2025

Street Interviewer — Chowgule Centre for Creative Arts & Education

Conducted structured street interviews for research and community engagement. Synthesised and presented qualitative findings to the creative team.

2025–26

Cultural Committee Member — MIC, Manipal

End-to-end event ownership: Freshers, Onam, Pongal, Karnataka Rajyotsava — logistics, communication, on-ground execution.

The toolkit.

Communication, craft and a stubborn willingness to learn the next thing.

Communication
  • Press writing
  • Stakeholder messaging
  • Research paper presentation
  • Public speaking
Media & PR
  • Media relations
  • Content creation
  • Social media communication
  • Event communication
Tools
  • MS Office
  • Canva & Photoshop
  • Instagram · LinkedIn
  • AI: Flow, Veo, Gemini
Languages

English (fluent)  ·  Hindi (fluent)  ·  Konkani (native)

Off the clock

Basketball · Handball · Swimming · Dance · Street plays · Fashion shows · Henna art.

“Every idea deserves a better version of itself.”
Curious. Loud when it matters. All-in. Overenthusiastic. Curious. Loud when it matters. All-in. Overenthusiastic.