PR-e-Sense

PreSense
Type Monthly Ezine
Format PDF format
Publisher Prime Point Foundation
Editor Susan Koshy
Editor-in-chief Krishnaswamy Srinivasan
Founded 2006
Language English
Headquarters Chennai, India
Website PreSense

PreSense, India's first national Ezine, is published by Prime Point Foundation since 2006 every month.

Background

An Ezine is a periodic publication distributed by email or posted on a website. Ezines are typically tightly focused on a subject area. The Inaugural issue of PreSense was launched during March 2006 by Dr Y. S. Rajan, Principal adviser to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and an eminent Indian scientist.[1]

First 60 editions

PreSense was started as a monthly Corporate ezine (e-Magazine) to be published on the last day of every month, focussing on one unique corporate theme every month. Every issue was Guest Edited by one eminent person having expertise in the 'theme of the month'. Every issue carried Guest Editorial, Interviews from eminent people and few other expert views on the related theme. The lead article / interview was integrated with podcast in every issue. Till Feb 2011, 60 such editions were published in this format, focussing on one unique theme every month.

Beyond 60th edition

After 61st edition, the ezine started publishing multiple themes in every issue, to spread the positive vibration. 100th Edition is Digest containing the selected popular articles published in the earlier editions. Print and virtual editions of 100th edition titled "PreSense100 - A Collector's Digest" was launched at Chennai on 27 June 2015. [2] Till Oct 2015, 104 editions have been published.

All the issues of Ezine are in pdf format with less than 1 MB in file size. Every month the ezine is distributed free.

Editorial board

Krishnaswamy Srinivasan, founder and chairman of Prime Point Foundation and a senior communication professional and Social worker, is the Editor-in-Chief of this ezine. Susan Koshy, a Communication professional and former General Manager of Industrial Development Bank of India is the Editor of this ezine. Many professionals across the globe are in the Editorial Board.

Cartoon Character 'Prince'

The ezine introduced cartoons from July 2008 issue. Every month, the Cartoon character PRince created by Triambak Sharma used to convey messages. This cartoon character PRince was launched by Former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in July 2008.[3] This cartoon character PRince is more popular among the readers. Till Jan 2016, 89 Prince cartoons have been published.

Awards and honours

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References

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