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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 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 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 am a fellow and director at Python Software Foundation.
* 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 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 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. 2014 is the 7th year of the training. Details can be found [http://wiki.dgplug.org/index.php/SummerTraining 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.


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== Talks & Workshops ==
== 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", [https://lwn.net/Articles/691307/ Language summit], PyCon 2016
* "Tunir, a simple CI", Flock, USA, 2015
* "Document your code", workshop at FOSSASIA 2015
* "Document your code", workshop at FOSSASIA 2015
* "Exciting days with Python", at FOSSASSIA 2015
* "Exciting days with Python", at FOSSASSIA 2015
* "Moments from my ongoing journey", keynote at PyCon India 2014
* "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 2014
* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2013
* "Document your code", python-sphinx workshop at PyCon India 2013
* "Document your code", python sphinx workshop at Flock 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 Tadpole with Legs Egg FOSSASIA 2014 Attendee FOSSASIA 2014 Speaker Paranoid Panda Rockin' & Rollin' Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Ambassadors Sponsor Tagger (Tagger II) Bona Fide Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Partners in Crime The Blessing of the FPL Pycon 2014 Attendee Baby Badger Flock 2014 Speaker Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Dancing with Toshio Take this and call me in the morning Blog Lobber (Planet VI) Senior Editor Senior Badger (Badger II) Fedora 21 Change Accepted Design Ninja In Search of the Bull (Tester I) FAD Phnom Penh 2014 Attendee Master Editor Flock 2015 Speaker FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Volunteer FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Corporate Drone Working' a Beat (Beat Writer I) Flock 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Macaron (Cookie I) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Horcrux Origin What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Delivery Fedora 22 Change Accepted What goes around comes around (Karma I) Nom Nom Nom Vacation Maestro If you build it... (Koji Success III) Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Crypto Badger Top 100 Top 500 Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Adult Frog Nuancier F24 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Docs FAD 2016 Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Python SIG member Flock 2016 Speaker PyCon 2016 Attendee Black and White (Cookie III) Parselmouth I Flock 2016 Attendee Krakow Brews! Let's have a party (Fedora 24) Science (Kernel Tester I) Blag Dragster (Planet VII) Summer Coder Master Badger (Badger III) FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Speaker FUDCon Phnom Penh 2016 Attendee Fedora 26 Change Accepted What goes around comes around (Karma II) Nuancier F30 CommOps Superstar Helping Hand Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Fedora 27 Release Partygoer Extra!  Extra! I Voted: Fedora 31 I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 32 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 converted to btrfs! Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) FOSDEM 2021 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 34 Lets have a party Fedora 34 Museum Visitor Nest Attendee 2021 It's a Cake Thing DevConf.cz 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 35 Lets have a party Fedora 36 I Voted: Fedora 36 Community Survey Taker 2022 Called to Action Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Lets have a party Fedora 37 DevConf.cz 2023 Attendee Let's have a party (Fedora 38) I voted: Fedora 38 Community Survey Taker 2023 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Flock 2023 Attendee

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 ...