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K. Joseph Itty in his regimental blazer

Founding legacy

K. Joseph Itty

A paratrooper who became an entrepreneur, and the reason Ittras exists.

Indian Army paratrooper Entrepreneur Educator

From the archive

In the Indian Army

Photographs from his years as a paratrooper, restored from the original prints.

K. Joseph Itty with his unit in the Indian Army

With his unit.

K. Joseph Itty in profile, wearing his regimental blazer

In his regimental blazer.

Early studio portrait of K. Joseph Itty

Studio portrait.

Biography

K. Joseph Itty served as a paratrooper in the Indian Army in the Goa Liberation, the Indo-China War and the Indo-Pak War.

After the army he went into business, and kept going. Construction consulting in Meghalaya, an ink business in Mumbai, then an IELTS and Spoken English Institute in Kerala that trained nurses for jobs abroad.

Experience
Indian Army Paratrooper. Goa Liberation, Indo-China War, Indo-Pak War.
Tura-Dalu Road, Meghalaya Consultant to the construction company building the road.
Typewriter ink, Mumbai Founded a proprietorship selling refillable ink across the city.
IELTS and Spoken English Institute, Karukachal Co-founded in the early 2000s. Prepared nurses for jobs abroad.
Expertise
Leadership Operations Sales Teaching
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