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About Me
My name is Dhriti Shikhar. I live in Pune, India. I am a final year student pursuing engineering in Information Technology.


Contact Information
FAS username: dhrish20
Blog: https://dhrish20.wordpress.com/
Email Address: dhrish20 AT gmail DOT com
Freenode IRC Nick: dhritishikhar
Cellphone: +91 7875042440
GPG key:
Github: https://github.com/DhritiShikhar
Pagure: https://pagure.io/user/dhrish20
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DhritiShikhar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhritishikhar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DhritiShikhar

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?


Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora Project or another open-source project as a contributor?

Yes.

Have you participated in GSoC in the past? If so, what year(s) and which organization(s)?

No, I have never participated in GSoc before.

Do you plan to continue contributing to the Fedora Project after GSoC? If yes, what sub-project(s) are you interested with?

Yes. I will continue contributing to Fedora as much as I can. I am a little inclined towards Fedora-Infrastructure and would like to continue contributing to Fedora-Hubs.

Why should we choose you over other applicants?

  • I possess the knowledge of code base of Fedora-Hubs. I have worked in the making of 5 widgets(Pagure PR, Pagure issues, Github PR, Github Issues and Bugzilla Widget) uptil now for Fedora-Hubs.
  • I am willing to contribute to Fedora-Hubs and support the project through out.
  • I have a good working knowledge of Python, Flask, Git.

Have you contributed to any other open source organizations or projects? If so, do you have artifacts you can show so we can see your skill set(s)?

I have contributed to OpenStack Documentation before. Stackalytics: http://stackalytics.com/?user_id=dhritishikhar&project_type=all&release=all&metric=all&company=

Do you have any other open source experience (even if not coding-related)?

  • I have participated in PyCon India 2015, 2016. I have mentored in PyCon India DevSprint 2016 for Pagure. I have presented a poster on Pagure in the poster presentation in PyCon India 2016 (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQn2H6MUEAAGi10.jpg:large)
  • I am a regular participant of Pune Python Meetup. I have presented a talk on "Getting started with Fedora-Infra" and my next upcoming talk/ workshop is on "Fedora-Hubs" where in I will discuss how I started with Fedora Hubs and how to start contributing to it.
  • I have participated in Fedora meetups in Pune.
  • I took a workshop in Pune Pyladies on Git for beginners.