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 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 storytelling courses. The various modules are customized by experts with 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 in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chennai, the Himalayas, and Bangalore, its main training centre. 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 180 batches of its Beginners course and over 37 batches of its Diploma courses.

 

Kathalaya has also trained over 99,500 storytellers across the world through workshops and webinars.