About
Dhanya Adiyodivalappil Kunju is an international journalist, strategic communications consultant, and Founder of DComms, a boutique communications consultancy delivering journalism-led strategic communications to organisations across sectors.
With more than 15 years of experience across India, the Middle East, and the UK, she combines a di
Dhanya Adiyodivalappil Kunju is an international journalist, strategic communications consultant, and Founder of DComms, a boutique communications consultancy delivering journalism-led strategic communications to organisations across sectors.
With more than 15 years of experience across India, the Middle East, and the UK, she combines a distinguished editorial career spanning investigative journalism, news reporting, feature writing, and multimedia storytelling with deep expertise in strategic communications, brand narrative, media relations, and digital audience development.
Dhanya has built publications and communications functions from the ground up — growing organic audiences, securing government recognition, winning CSR funding, and delivering campaigns with measurable international impact across three continents.
As artificial intelligence reshapes how organisations communicate, her work is guided by Editorial Intelligence — combining AI with human editorial judgement to produce communication that is accurate, credible, and worthy of trust.
She holds an MSc in International Journalism with Distinction from the University of Stirling, UK — where her investigative documentary on the closure of Glasgow East Women's Aid was nominated for the Dee Amy Chinn Prize in Gender and Feminist Studies and awarded the highest grade in her cohort. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in PR and Advertising with First Class honours from Kerala Media Academy, India.
She is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and a PVG Scheme member in Scotland. She champions solutions journalism, press freedom, and the vital role of local reporting in strengthening communities and democratic values. She is particularly committed to rebuilding audience trust in an era shaped by social media and artificial intelligence.
Key Skills
Editorial Leadership
Strategic Communications
Media Relations & PR
Content Strategy & Brand Storytelling
Investigative Journalism
Multimedia Storytelling
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement Crisis Communications
Digital Content & SEO Strategy Fundraising Communications Community Engagement
Thought Leadership
Corporate Affairs
Publi
Key Skills
Editorial Leadership
Strategic Communications
Media Relations & PR
Content Strategy & Brand Storytelling
Investigative Journalism
Multimedia Storytelling
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement Crisis Communications
Digital Content & SEO Strategy Fundraising Communications Community Engagement
Thought Leadership
Corporate Affairs
Public Affairs
B2B & Consumer Communications
Tools and Platforms
Microsoft Office Suite
Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and
Premiere Pro
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Filmora Pro Video Editor
Canva
Audacity
WordPress
Nexis
HubSpot CRM
Brevo Email Marketing
Education
MSc in International Journalism
Grade: Distinction
Year: 2024
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations and Advertising
Grade: First Class
Year: 2008
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Functional English
Little Flower College, Guruvayoor,
Grade: First Class
Year: 2006
DComms — Fluent in Every Narrative
DComms was built on a simple belief: that the most powerful communications work happens when journalism meets strategy and when every narrative begins with trust.
At DComms, Dhanya brings the rigour of the newsroom, the discipline of strategic communications, and the empathy of storytelling — guided by Editorial Intelligence — to every client engagement, helping organisations communicate with authority, integrity, and purpose.
Services include communications strategy and public relations, media relations and press office support, thought leadership, crisis communications planning, communications audit, editorial and multimedia content, social media strategy, LinkedIn strategy and executive profile management, and responsible AI communications.
Every client works directly with Dhanya, receiving senior expertise, journalistic precision, strategic thinking, and genuine personal commitment to every engagement.
