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= Kushal Das =
= Kushal Das =
I am an Fedora Ambassador and mentor from India. I keep contributing to various teams inside Fedora, like docs, l10n, artwork, packaging, marketing.  
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 do keep contributing to various other projects upstream projects like Python, KGeography, Empathy, Glib, Sugar.
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 a Free Software developer and a coordinator of Linux Users Group of Durgapur ([http://www.dgplug.org dgplug] ). I stay in Pune, in India. I try to cover different GNU/Linux events through the country to spread the words of Fedora. My LUG, dgplug is mainly full of Fedora users :)  
* 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 am a fellow at Python Software Foundation.
* I wrote a book on Python programming language, which is available for free, you can read it at [http://pymbook.rtfd.org here]
* 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 organize an online summer training for students which is generally attended by students all across India and from few other countries also. 2012 is the 5th year of the training. Details can be found [http://wiki.dgplug.org/index.php/SummerTraining here]
* I wrote a book on Python programming language, you can read it at [https://pymbook.readthedocs.io here]
* I organize an online summer training for students which is generally attended by students all across India and from few other countries. 2017 is the 10th year of the training. Details can be found [https://dgplug.org/summertraining17 here]
* I teach Python in various workshops and also online.
* I teach Python in various workshops and also online.
== Badges ==
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== Talks & Workshops ==
== Talks & Workshops ==


* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at Flock 2013
* "MicroPython and NodeMCU", workshop at FOSSASIA, 2017
* "Micropython workshop for kids", Science Hack Day, India 2016
* "Testing containers using Tunir", Flock, Poland, 2016
* "Automated testing of CPython patches", [https://lwn.net/Articles/691307/ Language summit], PyCon 2016
* "Tunir, a simple CI", Flock, USA, 2015
* "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: Current and future roadmap" at Flock 2013
* "Darkserver: help to debug userspace" at PyCon US 2013
* "Darkserver: help to debug userspace" at PyCon US 2013

Latest revision as of 07:51, 7 July 2017

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 a Free Software developer and a coordinator of Linux Users Group of Durgapur (dgplug ). I stay in Pune, in India. I try to cover different GNU/Linux events through the country to spread the words of Fedora. My LUG, dgplug is mainly full of Fedora users :)
  • I am a fellow 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, 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. 2017 is the 10th 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 Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Embryo You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Froglet Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs FOSSASIA 2014 Speaker FOSSASIA 2014 Attendee Rockin' & Rollin' Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Paranoid Panda Ambassadors Sponsor Flock 2014 Speaker Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Tagger (Tagger II) Bona Fide Partners in Crime Pycon 2014 Attendee The Blessing of the FPL Flock Paparazzi Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Dancing with Toshio Take this and call me in the morning Blog Lobber (Planet VI) Baby Badger Nuancier 21 In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Senior Editor Senior Badger (Badger II) Fedora 21 Change Accepted Master Editor FAD Phnom Penh 2014 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Design Ninja FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Flock 2015 Speaker FUDCon Pune 2015 Volunteer Corporate Drone Flock 2015 Attendee Working' a Beat (Beat Writer I) Origin Macaron (Cookie I) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Horcrux What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Delivery Fedora 22 Change Accepted Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Nom Nom Nom Maestro If you build it... (Koji Success III) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Vacation You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Crypto Badger What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Top 500 Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Top 100 Adult Frog Fedora 24 Change Accepted Python SIG member Nuancier F24 Docs FAD 2016 Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) PyCon 2016 Attendee Krakow Brews! Black and White (Cookie III) Parselmouth I Flock 2016 Attendee Flock 2016 Speaker Let's have a party (Fedora 24) Master Badger (Badger III) Science (Kernel Tester I) Summer Coder What goes around comes around (Karma II) Blag Dragster (Planet VII) FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Speaker FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Attendee Fedora 26 Change Accepted Pizzelle (Cookie IV) CommOps Superstar Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Helping Hand Fedora 27 Release Partygoer Nuancier F30 I Voted: Fedora 31 Extra!  Extra! I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) 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 Voted: Fedora 32 I converted to btrfs! Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) FOSDEM 2021 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 34 Lets have a party Fedora 34 Nest Attendee 2021 Museum Visitor It's a Cake Thing DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 35 DevConf.cz 2023 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 36 Lets have a party Fedora 37 I Voted: Fedora 36 Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Called to Action Let's have a party (Fedora 38) I voted: Fedora 38 Flock 2023 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39)

Badges Count: 143

Talks & Workshops

  • "MicroPython and NodeMCU", workshop at FOSSASIA, 2017
  • "Micropython workshop for kids", Science Hack Day, India 2016
  • "Testing containers using Tunir", Flock, Poland, 2016
  • "Automated testing of CPython patches", Language summit, PyCon 2016
  • "Tunir, a simple CI", Flock, USA, 2015
  • "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 ...