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Like most things in this world, Intinno began its journey with some hope, a dream, and followed up with lots of hard work put in to realize the dream.
The Intinno Dream – The Vision
- We spend about 25 years of our life learning/studying in one way or the other. The most exciting and precious of times of our lives. Intinno aims to revolutionize the way we learn to help you spend these 25 years more effectively, efficiently and fruitfully.
- Learning is just not fun. For most people its a burden, a compulsion or just an exam. We dream to revolutionize education to make it what it should be – FUN.
Luck By Chance – The Dream Team
Intinno has been extremely lucky to have had the most amazing group of people working for it. The bonding within allows us to live a life with an inexplicable mix of masti and hard work. The Intinno Team has had the best of times in terms learning, quality of work with capsules of fun every now and then.
Looking Back
If we ever write a book on Intinno about how we did what we did. This will be the summary of chapter 1 of the book.
- Conceptualisation: May 2007 to July 2007
- First office: Room Number C-314, RK Hall, IIT Kharagpur
- First prototype: September 2007 (Ran in Compiler Construction Course with the help of Prof Niloy Ganguly). Coded in php. Started work on Data Mining. Technologies for E-learning.
- October 2007: Started working on Ruby on Rails. Intinno Research and Development Roadmap finalised. Formulated the Intinno Architecture and Design.
- December 2007: Won Concipio – The business plan competition, IIT Kharagpur. Shifted to a new office.
- January 2008: Launched v1.0 of Intinno Paathshaala in IIT Kharagpur. Ran successfully.
- February 2008: Seed Funding, Incubation, Company Incorporated.
- March 2008: Moved to Incubation Labs. Aggressively pursuing research and development of Intinno.
- July 2008: Launched v1.06 of Intinno Paathshaala.
- October 2008: Launched Intinno Naarad – mobile based solution for educational institutes.
- January 2009:Launched v2.0 Intinno Paathshaala.
What we have been doing for the last few months ?
After development and successful deployment of Intinno Paathshaala v2.0 in IIT Kharagpur, Intinno took the next step forward. We visited colleges across the nation to understand the nitty gritties of education in India. We have met administration and faculty of 50+ educational institutes spanning 8 cities across India in a bid to understand our users/customers better. We have also met a lot of CEOs/CTOs in education space and attended several conferences.
The Road Ahead
- Research & Development – Having implemented the course management system at breathtaking pace, the Intinno R&D team is working day and night towards incorporating intelligence into the system. We are continually working on improving the user interface to enhance the user experience to a new level. Intinno will soon launch an Open Web Version of Intinno Paathshaala for individuals. Just follow the blog for updates on the coming features.
- Operations and Marketing – Intinno Marketing Team has already spent time in colleges/schools/coachings understanding the exact needs of the users. The response to Intinno products and services has been extremely positive. Exciting times are in store for Intinno users as we start expanding Intinno base to colleges across India. Also, Intinno is exploring channel partners to market Intinno Naarad and Paathshaala in India.
