#e4mExclusive:  Soumya Ranjan Acharya quits Zee News after 6 years

Soumya Ranjan Acharya, who is very respected and valued in the media services industry, has quit Zee News after 6 years, e4m has learnt. At Zee News, Soumya was Head of Strategy and Alliances.

As part of his role, Soumya nurtured and managed all agency relationships. Soumya joined Zee News from Publicis and has worked for Madison, GroupM, Hindustan Times, IMRB and MoMagic.

Soumya Ranjan Acharya is a senior media professional with close to three decades of experience across media, broadcast, digital & agency. Soumya’s core strength lies in building revenue strategies, driving monetization, and creating partnerships that deliver business outcomes.

Over the years, Soumya consistently scaled revenues, strengthened agency ecosystems, and unlocked new growth across TV, digital, and platform businesses—by bringing brands, agencies, and content together in a way that makes commercial sense.

Soumya’s experience spans revenue strategy, media investments, partnerships, and go-to-market execution, with a strong focus on integrated solutions for advertisers.

Soumya has led teams in complex, matrixed environments—building new revenue streams, shaping product narratives, managing client KPI and driving execution at scale.

Soumya’s journey includes stints across Publicis Groupe, WPP, Madison World, Dentsu, HT Media, MoMagic Technologies and then Zee Media Corporation Limited.

Soumya is stepping into an ad-tech leadership role with a globally ad tech player, with a clear focus on building a data-led, scalable growth engine. The role and company would be announced coming week.

Soumya is soft spoken and respected across the board in the industry. Soumya s move is being watched keenly as he brings all his experience, learnings and relationships to the new role.

Soumya is known for his knowledge, relationships and execution and with his reputation of adding value and delivering results, Soumya is likely to make an impact wherever he joins.