Kathalaya felt the need to take deeper roots and in 2003 set up the International Academy of Storytelling, the first and only independent and globally recognized academy for storytelling with Geeta Ramanujam as its Key facilitator and Director.

Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling-KIAS was conceptualized as a Global  Institute with Accredited courses to  facilitate and train professionals in the art of Storytelling. KIAS adopted varied modules to attract interested individuals from Institutions across the World which included software professionals, journalists, students, doctors, lawyers Teachers, educators, Scholars, folklorists Storytellers and individuals from Corporate sectors including Parents, grandparents Rotarians, film makers, artists and artisans, poets, writers and authors to attend the course.

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KIAS soon became the only globally recognized Academy offering professional courses in Storytelling. The various modules are Customized by experts who have decades of experience in storytelling and related fields of education, leadership and communication.

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Today KIAS has spread its roots and set up new centres at  Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Himalayas and Bangalore its main centre for training. KIAS is now offering online courses too.  

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KIAS has trained over 2000 storytellers through its courses and KIAS has completed over 169 batches of its Beginners course and over 33 batches of its Diploma courses.

 

Kathalaya has also trained over 98,000 storytellers across the world through workshops and webinars.