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A Successful Drupal Global Training Day in Kerala, India

This is a guest blog by Lijo Abraham and Ali Fathima N. A. to tell you about a recent Global Training Days event in Kerala.

Group photo on stage at GTD event
Group photo by Sumesh S (sumesh_sr)

A Drupal Global Training Day (GTD) was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on September 29, welcoming 60 participants representing diverse sectors, including students from engineering colleges, software professionals, and government officials. The event created momentum to form the Drupal Community in Kerala.

The International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS)—an autonomous institution under the Government of Kerala that is mandated with propagation, promotion, and development of Free and Open Source Software—donated the event. Zyxware Technologies provided the technical partnership for the GTD.

The GTD had eminent personalities addressing the participants and sharing their experiences. In the inaugural address, M. Sivasankar IAS, Secretary of the E&IT Department for the Government of Kerala, stressed the role played by the Kerala Government in enabling the technology ecosystem in India. 

Dr. Rajeev R. R., Program Head of ICFOSS, welcomed the participants. Thomas P. Thomas, CEO of Zyxware Technologies, offered an Introduction to Drupal, the Drupal Community, and the GTD.

Vimal Joseph, Senior Manager of Technology at Zyxware Technologies, presented a session on 'Fueling the Digital Transformation with Drupal'—which was followed by open questions and answers regarding Drupal. 

A case study on 'Multi-site Platform for a Government Agency' was presented by Mathew T. Abraham, a Project Manager at Zyxware Technologies. Participants interacted directly with the speakers.

Vimal Joseph speaks with Umami demo showing on screen
Fuelling Digital Transformation with Drupal, photo by Sudheesh S. Babu.

Presentations were followed by hands-on Drupal workshops. Drupal developers of Zyxware Technologies namely  Abhinand Gokhala, Sumesh S, Jijo Joseph, Sudheesh S. Babu, Jithin Prabhakaran, Sahal V. A., Jeslin Shaji and Ali Fathima N. A. provided individual attention to the participants. Workshops led by Krishna R. P., Technical Project Manager, and Ajish J. Pulikottil, Technical Consultant, offered an introduction to Drupal, installing, and how to build a simple Drupal 8 application. Nearly a dozen staff from ICFOSS and Zyxware Technologies volunteered at the event as well.

The workshop on Drupal has been very inspiring. I am feeling delighted to have been a part of this and will try to continue with the wave approach on society with this positive technique,” stated Aishwarya Soman Nair, a student at Saintgits College of Engineering.

Overall, participants’ feedback stated that this was a new, helpful opportunity to learn more about Drupal in detail. Participants were awarded certificates of participation.

One of the best workshops I have attended. The training was inspiring, informative, and its method of delivery was so easy to receive. I am interested in forthcoming open source training also,” said Raveena R. Marangattu, a student at Saintgits College of Engineering.

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