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 looking foreword to hosting a DebConf in India for a while now and finally for DebConf 2018 we made our first move. We placed our first informal bid for a DebConf at India at DebConf Taiwan in 2018. India has a diverse community of Debian users and developers distributed all over the country. It had been a while since a DebConf came to this part of the world and the developer communities were eagerly waiting for it to happen. That was when DebConf Taiwan happened and it is quite undeniable that it was a great Devconf. We want to continue on that momentum and go on to host another DebConf in Asia, in India.
Why India
India is the country with the second largest population in the world. It is geographically, linguistically and culturally a very diverse country. We have always played various important roles in world history, being the birthplace of zero the number, yoga, chess and more. In India we believe in the philosophy of "Unity in diversity", we're a country that believes in understanding and accepting each other's differences and working together for a better future. 'Atithi Devo Bhava' is a common household Sanskrit mantra that translates to "be one for whom the guest is God", which says a lot about the hospitality of the Indian People. Although it has some of the biggest cities in the world, much of it is in Rural and there are some incredible sites to be discovered all the time. The geographical diversity of India is world-famous. 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 alot of tribal cultures thrive in the east.
Among the various travel-oriented reasons for India, we want to bring to your attention the various Free and Open Source Software Communities which are present in various parts of India and are diverse in terms of Technology. There are many Libre Software User groups [LUGs] 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
Kochi (Ernakulam), Kerala - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi
Hotel Abad Plaza & Nearby Hotels
Website (main venue) - https://www.abadhotels.com/
- Location - MG Road, Kochi
- Transport - Airport to venue is around 22 kms. Well connected with metro/bus.
Accommodation - Hotel Abad Plaza & Abad Atrium, ibis Kochi City Centre Hotel, Hotel Imperial Residency, Hotel Pearl Palace, Hotel Span International
- Food - This is the downtown Kochi with numerous food options in addition to in-house restaurants in the venue hotels. Also we have a mall just near the venue with international food chains and local food.
- Venue details -
- We are planning on combining more than one Hotels to get enough number of hall facilities. Below listed are a few hotels we found suitable, all within 500m radius. Based on our final requirement, we can finalise on 2 or more hotels. Hotel Abad Plaza:
- GRAND BALL ROOM 4000 Sq.ft 350PAX VANTAGE POINT 2300 Sq. ft. 150 PAX INNER CIRCLE 1100 Sq. ft. 50 PAX IMPERIAL ROOM 800 Sq. ft. 40 PAX GARDEN COURT 1 400 Sq. ft. 20 PAX GARDEN COURT 2 400 Sq. ft. 20 PAX RENDEZVOUS 400 Sq. ft. 20 PAX
- THE EVENT 800 Sq. ft. 35 PAX FORUM 400 SQ.FT Approx 15 PAX
- SUMMIT 60 PAX
- The Imperial Insignia 1000 Vantage Point 500 Regal Hall 200 OVAL DESK 30
- Meeting Room 1 30 Meeting Room 2 50
- Hall 70 Board Room 15
- Hall 200
- We are planning on combining more than one Hotels to get enough number of hall facilities. Below listed are a few hotels we found suitable, all within 500m radius. Based on our final requirement, we can finalise on 2 or more hotels. Hotel Abad Plaza:
- Advantages - Good location, near city centre, very near metro station, near Centre Square mall.
- Downsides - Not one campus event as it will be spread across 2 or more hotels.
- Photos -
- 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.