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= Kushal Das =
= Kushal Das =
I am the Fedora Cloud Engineer, and also a Fedora Ambassador and mentor from India. I keep contributing to various teams inside Fedora, like docs, l10n, artwork, packaging, marketing.
I am a CPython Core developer and director at Python Software Foundation.
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Visit my [http://www.kushaldas.in blog] .
Visit my [http://www.kushaldas.in blog] .
== About Me ==
== About Me ==
* I am the coordinator of Linux User Group of Durgapur ([http://www.dgplug.org dgplug] ). I stay in Pune, in India. I try to cover different GNU/Linux events though the country to spread the words of Fedora. My LUG, dgplug is mainly full of Fedora users :)
* I am the coordinator of Linux User Group of Durgapur ([http://www.dgplug.org dgplug] ). I stay in Kolkata, in India. I try to cover different GNU/Linux events though the country to spread the words of Fedora. My LUG, dgplug is mainly full of Fedora users :)  
* I am maintaining few packages at Fedora repo.
* I am a fellow and director at Python Software Foundation.
* I maintain various packages in Fedora , a list can be found at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/kushal?acls=owner&acls=commit
* I wrote a book on Python programming language, which is available for free, you can read it at [http://pymbook.rtfd.org here]
* I organize an online summer training for students which is generally attended by students all across India and from few other countries. 2014 is the 7th year of the training. Details can be found [http://wiki.dgplug.org/index.php/SummerTraining here]
* I teach Python in various workshops and also online.
 
== Badges ==
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== Given Talks ==
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* "dgplug,­first trip Round the Sun..problems & answer” in FOSS.IN 2005
== Talks & Workshops ==
* "An introduction to AJAX & Rico" in Linuxasia 2006
 
* "AJAX in 30 seconds" in Sapthagiri Engineering College, Bangalore.
* "Document your code", workshop at FOSSASIA 2015
* "Its Fedora" in "A day with Fedora", Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, 2006
* "Exciting days with Python", at FOSSASSIA 2015
* "Inside of Fedora Extras, a technical journey" in FOSS.IN 2006
* "Moments from my ongoing journey", keynote at PyCon India 2014
* "KDE Application Development" in Horizon07, Durgapur, 2006
* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2014
* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2013
* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at Flock 2013
* "Darkserver: Current and future roadmap" at Flock 2013
* "Darkserver: help to debug userspace" at PyCon US 2013
* "Document your code" at foss.in 2012
* "Introduction to Python" at PyCon India 2012
* "Document your code" at PyCon India 2012
* "Python workshop" at FUDCon KL 2012
* "Darkserver, way to the new world" at FUDCon KL 2012
* "gobject-introspection, a new friend to help" at PyConIndia, 2011
* "Fedora Activity Day" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
* "Python workshop" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
* "System programming using Python" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
* "Python Deadly Combo" at PyConIndia, 2010
* "Python workshop" at GNUnify, 2010
* "Deadly Combo" at FOSS.IN, 2009
* "Python Workshop" at Malda Engineering College, 2009
* "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at LinuxTag , Berlin , Germany, 2007
* "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at FOSS.NITC meet, Calicut, 2007
* "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at FOSS.NITC meet, Calicut, 2007
* "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at [[FedoraEvents/LinuxTag/LinuxTag2008| LinuxTag]]  , Berlin , Germany , 2007
* "Python and PyQt4" at SISCR, Pune , 2008
* "Python and PyQt4" at SISCR, Pune , 2008
* "Deadly Combo" at FOSS.IN 2009
* "KDE Application Development" in Horizon07, Durgapur, 2006
* "Python workshop at GNUnify" 2010
* "Inside of Fedora Extras, a technical journey" in FOSS.IN 2006
* "Its Fedora" in "A day with Fedora", Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, 2006
* "An introduction to AJAX & Rico" in Linuxasia 2006
* "dgplug,­first trip Round the Sun..problems & answer” in FOSS.IN 2005


Email: kushal AT fedoraproject DOT org
Email: kushal AT fedoraproject DOT org

Revision as of 10:22, 26 March 2015

Kushal Das

I am the Fedora Cloud Engineer, and also a Fedora Ambassador and mentor from India. I keep contributing to various teams inside Fedora, like docs, l10n, artwork, packaging, marketing. I am a CPython Core developer and director at Python Software Foundation.

Visit my blog .

About Me

  • I am the coordinator of Linux User Group of Durgapur (dgplug ). I stay in Kolkata, in India. I try to cover different GNU/Linux events though the country to spread the words of Fedora. My LUG, dgplug is mainly full of Fedora users :)
  • I am a fellow and director at Python Software Foundation.
  • I maintain various packages in Fedora , a list can be found at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/kushal?acls=owner&acls=commit
  • I wrote a book on Python programming language, which is available for free, you can read it at here
  • I organize an online summer training for students which is generally attended by students all across India and from few other countries. 2014 is the 7th year of the training. Details can be found here
  • I teach Python in various workshops and also online.

Badges

White Rabbit Associate Editor Mugshot Involvement Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Junior Editor Tanked! Flock 2013 Attendee Let Me Introduce Myself Speak Up! Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Secretary General Ambassador You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Flock 2013 Speaker Embryo Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Froglet You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Egg Tadpole Rockin' & Rollin' FOSSASIA 2014 Speaker Tadpole with Legs FOSSASIA 2014 Attendee Paranoid Panda Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Ambassadors Sponsor Tagger (Tagger II) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Bona Fide Partners in Crime The Blessing of the FPL Pycon 2014 Attendee Dancing with Toshio Flock Paparazzi Flock 2014 Speaker Baby Badger Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Blog Lobber (Planet VI) Nuancier 21 Senior Badger (Badger II) Senior Editor Take this and call me in the morning Fedora 21 Change Accepted In Search of the Bull (Tester I) FAD Phnom Penh 2014 Attendee Design Ninja Master Editor FUDCon Pune 2015 Volunteer FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Flock 2015 Speaker Macaron (Cookie I) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Corporate Drone Working' a Beat (Beat Writer I) Flock 2015 Attendee Delivery Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Horcrux Origin What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Fedora 22 Change Accepted What goes around comes around (Karma I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Nom Nom Nom Maestro If you build it... (Koji Success III) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Vacation Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Crypto Badger What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Top 500 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Top 100 Adult Frog Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Docs FAD 2016 Nuancier F24 Let's have a party (Fedora 24) PyCon 2016 Attendee Flock 2016 Attendee Krakow Brews! Python SIG member Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Black and White (Cookie III) Parselmouth I Flock 2016 Speaker Summer Coder Science (Kernel Tester I) FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Speaker Master Badger (Badger III) Blag Dragster (Planet VII) FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Attendee What goes around comes around (Karma II) Fedora 26 Change Accepted Fedora 27 Release Partygoer Helping Hand Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Pizzelle (Cookie IV) CommOps Superstar I Voted: Fedora 30 Nuancier F30 I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) I Voted: Fedora 32 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I converted to btrfs! Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) I Voted: Fedora 34 FOSDEM 2021 Attendee Extra!  Extra! Lets have a party Fedora 34 Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor It's a Cake Thing Lets have a party Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 36 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 37 Called to Action Community Survey Taker 2023 DevConf.cz 2023 Attendee Let's have a party (Fedora 38) I voted: Fedora 38 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Flock 2023 Attendee

Badges Count: 143

Talks & Workshops

  • "Document your code", workshop at FOSSASIA 2015
  • "Exciting days with Python", at FOSSASSIA 2015
  • "Moments from my ongoing journey", keynote at PyCon India 2014
  • "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2014
  • "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2013
  • "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at Flock 2013
  • "Darkserver: Current and future roadmap" at Flock 2013
  • "Darkserver: help to debug userspace" at PyCon US 2013
  • "Document your code" at foss.in 2012
  • "Introduction to Python" at PyCon India 2012
  • "Document your code" at PyCon India 2012
  • "Python workshop" at FUDCon KL 2012
  • "Darkserver, way to the new world" at FUDCon KL 2012
  • "gobject-introspection, a new friend to help" at PyConIndia, 2011
  • "Fedora Activity Day" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
  • "Python workshop" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
  • "System programming using Python" at NIT Durgapur, 2011
  • "Python Deadly Combo" at PyConIndia, 2010
  • "Python workshop" at GNUnify, 2010
  • "Deadly Combo" at FOSS.IN, 2009
  • "Python Workshop" at Malda Engineering College, 2009
  • "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at LinuxTag , Berlin , Germany, 2007
  • "OpenPCD: Free Hardware, Software for RFID" at FOSS.NITC meet, Calicut, 2007
  • "Python and PyQt4" at SISCR, Pune , 2008
  • "KDE Application Development" in Horizon07, Durgapur, 2006
  • "Inside of Fedora Extras, a technical journey" in FOSS.IN 2006
  • "Its Fedora" in "A day with Fedora", Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, 2006
  • "An introduction to AJAX & Rico" in Linuxasia 2006
  • "dgplug,­first trip Round the Sun..problems & answer” in FOSS.IN 2005

Email: kushal AT fedoraproject DOT org ...