GitHub India announces October virtual meetup on open source and Hacktoberfest

GitHub India is hosting its next virtual meetup on Tuesday, October 6th from 6:30 PM to 8 PM IST, focused on open source contribution and Hacktoberfest. The event is aimed at developers, maintainers, and contributors across India's growing developer community.

MV Karan, Developer Relations for GitHub India, will host the event and demo recent GitHub features relevant to developer productivity.

Speaker lineup and sessions

  • 6:30 PM – What's new at GitHub with MV Karan, DevRel, GitHub India
  • 6:40 PM – Contributing to Open Source through Hacktoberfest with Peeyush Gupta, Sr. Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean
  • 7:00 PM – Getting Started Contributing to Open Source with Richa Kumar, Sr. Director of Engineering at GitHub
  • 7:20 PM – Road to CNCF & growing a contributor community with Umasankar Mukkara, Co-Founder of OpenEBS
  • 7:40 PM – Networking and discussions

The final segment is reserved for open discussion and networking, giving attendees a chance to connect with GitHub staff, speakers, and peers from the Indian developer and open source communities. The organizers encourage RSVP for event updates, links, and additional details.