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Drupal Ecosystem in India
Anoop JohnFounder & CTOZyxware Technologies
http://www.zyxware.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/anoopjohn
Drupal in India
Introduction
A brief presentation about the Drupal ecosystem in India both commercial & non-commercial
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
Interesting facts about India
Huge cultural and religious diversityRelatively young population ~50% < 25 yrs3rd largest economy by PPPExpected to grow at around 7%
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
Policy Environment
National level IT policy prescribes open source for government projectsDrupal recommended as the platform of choice for upcoming national e-governance policy
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
Policy Environment
Overall environment favorable for DrupalAlready drupal is well used and recommended in government projects – india.gov.in, data.gov.in
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
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
Drupal in India
Drupalcon in India
Large talent pool Favorable policy frameworkPotentially huge Drupal marketIndia has not had a DrupalCon yet
Drupal in India
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)
Drupal in India
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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