Contents
- DebConf 2021 bid for India
- Motivation Behind the bid
- Why India
- Diverse Open Source Communities
- Debian Events
- Regular, Local, and Large Open Source Conference Experience
- How to reach India ?
- Visas, Customs and Entering the Country
- Local Team
- Contact Details
- Venue: List of probable locations
- Power
- See Also
DebConf 2021 bid for India
DebConf 2021 bid for India
This page contains the bid information for ?DebConf 2021 in India.
Motivation Behind the bid
The Indian Debian community has been talking of hosting DebConf in India for long. But finally in DebConf 2018 we made our first move. We did our first informal bid for a DebConf India at DebConf Taiwan in 2018. India has a diverse community of Debian users and developers around the country. The Asian continent has far been away from having ?DebConfs in any Asian cities. That scenario changed with DebConf Taiwan and they did host a great DebConf Taiwan 2018. We want to continue on that momentum and go on to host another DebConf in Asia to be in India.
Why India
India is a huge and diverse country and also a unique travel destination. Although it has some of the biggest cities in the world, but much of it is in Rural and there are some incredible sites to be discovered all the time. The geographical diversity of India is vary diverse. In the North we have the Himalayas and many mountainous regions and to the south we have many beaches, there are deserts in the west and lot of tribal cultures thrive in the east.
Among the various travel oriented reasons for India, we want to mention that the Free and Open Source Software Communities in India are present in many regions and are diverse in terms of Technology. There are many Free Software User groups LUG's all over India.
Diverse Open Source Communities
There are many free and open source communities in India. This is a good chance to introduce them to the global community of Debian.
Some of the free and open source communities in India are listed below:
- Free Software Community of India
- Indian Linux Users Group-Delhi ( ILUG-D )
?PyDelhi
- Pune Linux Users Group ( PLUG )
- Durgapur Linux Users Group ( dgplug )
?LinuxChix India
- Mozilla India
?PyLadies
- Women Who Go
?LinuxChix
- Rails Girls
- ILUG Thrissur
- ILUG Thiruvananthapuram
- ILUG Cochin
- ILUG Kottayam
and the list is too big to be included here. Various other open source communities are also present and can be found on fsug.in
Debian Events
We have an active Debian community here organizing big and small events throughout the year, from ?MiniDebConfs, ?DebUtsavs, Debian Release Parties, Packaging Workshops we have all types of events.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyStretch https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy
Regular, Local, and Large Open Source Conference Experience
We have hosted many other conferences in Different regions around India. Some of the most prominent one's being.
- Fedora Users and Developers Conference 2015 and 2011 in Pune
- Gnome Asia Conference in 2016 Delhi.
?PyCon India hosted each year in different cities having a large footfall.
- And various other conferences keep happening
How to reach India ?
- Geographically, India is centrally located between East Asia, West Asia and Europe. This allows India to be easily accessible for a lot of people. India could be easily reached by air transport. Although International airports are present in many cities across India. The four major airports are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi and the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airports are some of the best airports in the world.
Although we are yet to narrow down on a specific venue.
Visas, Customs and Entering the Country
Conference visa is generally issued to attend conferences/ seminars/ workshops. Duration of visa sought may allow for tourism/ sightseeing in India in addition to attending the conference, etc.
Please note the validity of the visa is effective from the date of issue.
e-Visa. Citizens of most of the countries will be able to apply the e-Visa. Please view the FAQ of the e-Visa page.
Local Team
Debian Team
~ Pirate Praveen (DD) ~ Sruthi Chandran (DD) ~ Abhijith PA (DD) ~ Balasankar C (DD) ~ Kartik Mistry (DD) ~ Kumar Appaiah (DD) ~ Utkarsh Gupta (DM) ~ Sagar Ippalpalli (DM) ~ Raju Devidas (D?)
Free Software Enthusiasts
Kannan, Ambady, Ranjith, Sakshi, Anupa, Minto, Mangesh, Pranav, Kartik, Tarun, Siji, Balram, Syam, Joice, Manas, Akhil and many more
Contact Details
* IRC Channel: #debian-in on OFTC
* IRC Contact: libregeekingkid on oftc
Venue: List of probable locations
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Ernakulam
Hotel Apollo Dimora Trivandrum (our priority)
Website http://www.apollodimora.com/
- Location - Opposite to Trivandrum Central Railway Station
- Transport - Airport to venue is 7 kms or 4.3 miles
Accommodation - Hotel Apollo Dimora, Hotel Hycinth, Hotel Central Residency
- Food - Café Hive and Vega Dimora inside Apollo Dimora and many restaurants around it.
- Capacity - Total 6 Halls (Big Hall x 1 with 300 seats, Small Hall x 4 with 100 seats, Board Room x 1 with 15 seats). 2 Halls with 150 seats and 100 seats in nearby Hotel KTDC Chaithram (for hacklabs)
- Advantages - Good location nearby Railway Station and Bus Stand
- Downsides - Crowded location
- Costs - to be worked out
Power
Most common sockets found in India are Type D. Type C sockets (for low-power utensils) and Type M sockets (for heavy-duty equipments, power plug) are also used. Check link for details.
- Voltage/Frequency specification is 230V/50Hz.