Drupal Ecosystem in India

Anoop JohnFounder & CTOZyxware Technologies

http://www.zyxware.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/anoopjohn

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Introduction

A brief presentation about the Drupal ecosystem in India both commercial & non-commercial

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Contents

Interesting facts about IndiaDrupal Community in IndiaLabour market in IndiaPolicy Environment Drupal Users GroupsDrupal CompaniesDries' visit and vision about IndiaA drupalcon in IndiaAbout Zyxware

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Interesting facts about India

1.2 B people, 7th largest countryLargest democracy in the world ~850M voters400+ languages 1500+ dialects28 states mostly language based

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Interesting facts about India

Huge cultural and religious diversityRelatively young population ~50% < 25 yrs3rd largest economy by PPPExpected to grow at around 7%

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Drupal Community in India

Developers concentrated in large citiesInformal groups in cities across IndiaGovernment uses Drupal extensivelyInterest among engineering studentsGrowing number of Drupal companies

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Drupal Community in India

Drupal meetups in large citiesDrupalcamps in large citiesDrupal trainings and workshops across the country

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IT sector in India

One of the largest IT industries in the worldPrimarily serving international marketIndia emerging as a large IT market 16% CAGRGovernment IT spending growing at 4.3% CAGRLarge number of Engineering graduates – 1.5 M engineering students

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IT sector in India

Large and established training infrastructureLarge IT companies setting up operations in IndiaMost medium & large companies CMM & ISO certifiedSet to become the largest pool of software engineers by 2017

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Policy Environment

National level IT policy prescribes open source for government projectsDrupal recommended as the platform of choice for upcoming national e-governance policy

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Policy Environment

State level policies vary by stateState of Kerala recommends Free and Open source projects for government projectsSome states teach Drupal in IT curriculum – eg: Kerala

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Policy Environment

Overall environment favorable for DrupalAlready drupal is well used and recommended in government projects – india.gov.in, data.gov.in

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Drupal Users Groups

Semi-organized groups in large cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, BangaloreDispersed groups of Drupal developers in smaller cities like Hyderabad, PuneDrupal meetups happening infrequently but across different cities

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Drupal Users Groups

Drupal codesprints and bugathons driven by different companies but infrequentlyDrupal workshops and trainings happening in colleges and universities driven by companies and freelancers

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Drupal Companies in India

Few large exclusive Drupal companies like Srijan, Zyxware, Unimity7 featured service providers listed on drupal.orgA handful of medium sized exclusive Drupal companies

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Drupal Companies in India

Hundreds of small companies and freelancers working with DrupalSeveral of the large IT enterprises like Infosys, TCS, Capgemini running Drupal practices

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Popular Operating Models

Taking on Drupal projects and deliver turn keyOffering dedicated Drupal developers for clientsTaking on maintenance contracts for Drupal websitesAssisting global Drupal companies with their Drupal projectsAssisting self-employed Drupal professionals with their Drupal projects

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Drupal Contributions from India

Significant contributions by few large companiesSignificant contributions by small set of motivated Drupal developersDrupal community still in nascent stages

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Drupal Contributions from India

With Free Software gaining ground in the educational space commitment to contributions expected to IncreaseOrganizations like ICFOSS, NRCFOSS expected to drive a culture of contributions

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Dries' visit to India & vision for India

India is the 2nd largest source of visitors to drupal.orgVisited DrupalCamp Delhi 2013, Mumbai, HyderabadSpoke at meetings in 3 cities and around 15 PR meetingsPromoted Drupal as a solution for large system integrators like Accenture, InfosysExpects Drupal community in India to become a significant percentage of the global community

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Drupalcon in India

Large talent pool Favorable policy frameworkPotentially huge Drupal marketIndia has not had a DrupalCon yet

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Drupalcon in India

Hosts large international IT conferences like CeBITA DrupalCon would be a significant promotion for Drupal in IndiaIndia should host a DrupalCon in the next 2-3 years (IMO)

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About Zyxware

One of the largest exclusive Drupal providers from IndiaListed as featured service provider list on drupal.orgOver 40,000 websites use our modules and themesMore than 30 contributed modules and themesMaintains Search404, a top 100 Drupal moduleOver 1000 commits at drupal.orgContributes all patches back to DrupalConducts, workshops, trainings, seminars, bugathonsOur profile on drupal.org – drupal.org/user/222163Partnerships with Acquia, New Relic and Volacci

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Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Indiahttp://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-it-spending-in-india-to-grow-at-16-3-to-43-6-bn-in-2012-idc-308266http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2670715 http://buytaert.net/drupal-india-opportunity http://www.opensourceforu.com/2011/12/dries-buytaert-interview-drupal-8-business/ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/infosys-bets-big-on-the-country-s-private-sector-113101400913_1.html http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17844321/international-comparative-study-engineering-education-india http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240676/India_to_overtake_U.S._on_number_of_developers_by_2017 https://www.itschool.gov.in/pdf/Std_X/ICT/xEnglish.pdf

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