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Colour Pencil draws first experiential store in Chennai
Vani Bhojan cuts the ribbon on India’s playful learning playground at Skyhub.
MUMBAI: Learning just got a serious upgrade and this time, the classroom has no walls, only wonder. Color Pencil, the Chennai-based early-learning whiz, has sketched out India’s very first kids’ experiential store at Skyhub on GST Road, Kilambakkam, turning shopping into a full-blown adventure playground.
The flagship space threw open its doors on 15 February 2026, with popular actress Vani Bhojan wielding the ceremonial scissors amid a cheerful crowd of families, partners and little explorers. Far from your average toy shop, this vibrant destination fuses curated learning zones, hands-on play stations and immersive discovery corners – all built to make young minds tick through doing rather than drilling.
The launch doubles as the debut of Color Pencil’s fresh brand identity, a visual refresh that mirrors its shift from screen-savvy apps to real-world magic. Founded in 2022 under the rallying cry “How Simple!”, the company has already built a tidy ecosystem, the Play Pixo learning app, Play TVO games, Vedic Maths books, flash cards, and more all crafted with IIT Madras to blend solid pedagogy with child-friendly fun.
Color Pencil founder P. Narayanan kept it delightfully straightforward, “From day one, Color Pencil has been driven by a simple but powerful idea to make learning simple, joyful, and truly effective. Our experiential store is an extension of this philosophy into the physical world… Chennai is where this journey begins, and we are excited to take this model to multiple cities across India over the next two years.”
Color Pencil CEO Meena Chhabbria chimed in, “This store represents a new chapter… With our new brand identity, we are reinforcing our commitment to screen-smart, play-led, and research-backed learning. Our growing ecosystem comes together in this experiential format to create a truly holistic learning environment.”
Vani Bhojan, clearly charmed, added, “Today’s children need learning experiences that are engaging, joyful, and meaningful. Color Pencil’s approach of combining play, visual learning, and real-world interaction is a wonderful way to nurture curiosity and build strong foundations in young minds.”
This Chennai outpost is merely the opening chapter six more experiential stores are pencilled in for key cities over the next two years. In a world where kids bounce between screens and schedules, Color Pencil is betting big on the timeless power of play, get them touching, exploring and laughing, and the learning happens almost by accident.
So if you’re in Chennai (or headed that way), pop into Skyhub. Who knows you might just watch a child discover gravity, colours or even themselves, one joyful scribble at a time.
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LTTS CDO Narayanan Ramanathan steps down
Resignation effective 19 February, company cites personal reasons
CHENNAI: L&T Technology Services Limited announced the resignation of its chief delivery officer and senior management personnel Narayanan Ramanathan, marking a key leadership exit at the engineering services firm.
Ramanathan stepped down from his role, effective at the close of business on 19 February 2026, citing personal reasons. The company accepted the resignation the same day and duly filed all regulatory disclosures related to his cessation.
Based in Chennai, Ramanathan led LTTS’s Digital Products and Manufacturing Services (DPMS) business as a P&L head, overseeing multi-million-dollar operations and large-scale digital transformation programmes. His mandate covered Industry X.0, the Internet of Things, operational technology cybersecurity, robotics, cobots, digital twins, analytics and artificial intelligence.
He joined LTTS in 2018 and spent nearly eight years at the firm, holding several leadership roles before becoming chief delivery officer in November 2024. During his tenure, he worked closely with global capability centres to execute engineering-led digital strategies for international clients.
A technology industry veteran with over 27 years of experience, Ramanathan previously held senior leadership roles at Tech Mahindra, where he served as vice president and global head for connected engineering and analytics, and earlier led integrated engineering solutions across APAC and MEAI markets.
Ramanathan is also the first recipient of the International Galileo Master Award from the European Space Agency. LTTS said there is no additional information to disclose regarding board relationships following his resignation.
