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Head of Community
Srijan | A Material+ Company

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On Drupal.org for 5 years 5 months

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Shadab serves as the Head of Community & Social media at Srijan Technologies since the past 8 months after getting involved hands-on with Drupal.

In the past 6 months alone, here are some events Shadab has conducted to grow the Drupal Presence:

- Lead Organiser & Speaker, DrupalCamp Goa 2019 (https://groups.drupal.org/node/534615): Led the team of organisers to host a DrupalCamp for 160+ Drupalistas on the west coast of India from organisations such as Infosys, HCL, TCS, Ameex, Srijan, Axelerant, etc.

Resources:
Find me in the regional and national news for the contribution to Drupal & technology in general:
* [National Newspaper] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/goa/drupalcamp-...
* [National Newspaper] http://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=84504&date=2019-03...
* [Local e-paper] https://goanewswire.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/drupalcamps-attract-the-bri...
* [Regional Newspaper] http://epaper.thegoan.net/m5/2067607/The-Goan-Everyday/The-Goan-Everyday...
* [National news blog] http://www.newsexperts.in/drupalcamp-goa-concludes-high-goa-university/

- Lead organiser & Speaker, DrupalCamp Delhi 2019 (http://2019.drupalcampdelhi.com/) - Led the team of organisers to re-establish the presence of DrupalCamp in Delhi. DrupalCamp Delhi made a comeback this year, the last camp was done in 2016. We witnessed 350+ audience size, stressed upon code/non-code contribution, and welcomed organisations such as TOTHENEW, Srijan, Studio Graphene, Unimity, HCL, and others.

Resources:
* Shout-out from Dries: https://twitter.com/Dries/status/1143491025899524096
* https://www.srijan.net/blog/dcd19-a-true-summer-delight

- Chief Organiser & Speaker, Frontend Re-United, New Delhi (https://www.frontendunited.org/sessions/welcome-note-frontend-re-united-...): Frontend United is one of the largest Frontend Conferences in Europe. We organised this event in New Delhi to propagate Drupal alongside other technologies in the form of streaming live talks from Utretch, Netherlands (FU 2019 venue) and have several in-person speakers, including myself.

- Organiser and mentor for various public Drupal contribution sprints.
* https://www.meetup.com/Srijan-GeekDays/events/260875031/
* https://www.meetup.com/Srijan-GeekDays/events/258062098/
* And several internal Drupal codesprints

Upcoming involvements in 2019/2020:
- Lead Organiser, Drupal DevDays in Delhi - The first ever in India
- Leadership roles in DrupalCamp Chennai, DrupalCamp Mumbai
- Conduct Monthly Drupal meetups/codesprints/hackathons

He is also one of the seven members of Global Charter for Drupal Events. This formation board will be tasked with finalising a Drupal events charter, reviewing it with community influencers and then getting approval from Dries. The goal of this charter is to improve global Drupal events, onboard new Drupal members effectively, create a stronger community and help local Drupal event organisers.

Except for this, at an organisational level, I finalize global Drupal event sponsorships and promotions. In the recent times, we have sponsored/promoted DrupalCon Seattle 2019 & Drupal Decoupled Days 2019.

Let's co-host a Drupal event/meetup together?

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