After 100 guests it's Season 2 on "U n' I with Rashmi Shetty"! This is episode 1, in conversation with one of India's best storytellers as celebrate World Storytelling Day on March 20th.
Our guest today is Geeta Ramanujam who is an internationally renowned storyteller, educator, academician, and administrator. She is the Executive Director of Kathalaya Trust established in 1998 which is the culmination of her vision and wisdom.
She also founded Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling –the only cre...
After 100 guests it's Season 2 on "U n' I with Rashmi Shetty"! This is episode 1, in conversation with one of India's best storytellers as celebrate World Storytelling Day on March 20th.
Our guest today is Geeta Ramanujam who is an internationally renowned storyteller, educator, academician, and administrator. She is the Executive Director of Kathalaya Trust established in 1998 which is the culmination of her vision and wisdom.
She also founded Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling –the only credible and globally recognized Academy for Storytelling in the World with affiliations to USA, Scotland, and Sweden. She has completed 187 batches of her certified Beginners and Diploma courses so far. She has trained over 99495 adults so far.
Geeta Ramanujam is an Ashoka fellow and has widely traveled to 48 countries and the 27 states in India to establish Storytelling as a tool of learning and also to set up centers.
Geeta has also performed and trained people at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, UK, Norway, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa, Austria, Greece, Istanbul, Thailand, Japan, Sweden, Poland, USA, Sri Lanka, and Brazil to name a few..
She is also the Indian Coordinator for the International Storytelling Network –RIC besides being the Indian coordinator of the Indian Storytelling Network. Geeta has several awards to her credit including the recent International award for the Best storyteller at the BOCADEU storytelling festival in Brazil and the Governor's award in Tamil Nadu for the Best Story Narrator. She has won the Bangalore Hero Award twice and was recently honored by Prime minister Modi ji in his Man Ki Baat program.
Geeta uses storytelling as an effective educational and cultural tool in training for parents, teachers, NGOs, and corporate sectors both in India and globally. Geeta is also a consultant in Education and is on the board of several educational institutions and storytelling centers both in India and abroad.
“Geeta is the goddess of storytelling and Kathalaya her heart beating for the world.” Linda Williamson – author and storyteller in Edinburgh
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