06 · Insights
News, stories and things we have learned.
Announcements from the group, updates from the ventures and stories from the people in them.
Company announcement
Ittras Group Private Limited is formed.
GroBananas, Maya Films and NeoSkill Learning Labs are the first ventures in one group. Here is why we did it, and what changes for clients and students. Short answer: not much, except more people to call on.
People stories
From typewriter ink to a group of companies
How K. Joseph Itty went from the army to a Mumbai ink business to a Kerala classroom.
Venture updates
Why our ventures share one roof
Marketing, film and education look like separate worlds. In practice they keep borrowing from each other.
Adventures
What a highline teaches a film director
Filx on balance, fear and finishing what you start.
Industry perspectives
What IELTS classrooms taught us about teaching
Lessons from training nurses in Karukachal that still shape NeoSkill today.
People stories
Planning a business on a bicycle
Josbin Itty on the long rides where most Ittras ideas get tested first.
Press and recognition
Ittras in the news
Coverage of the group and its ventures, collected in one place.