AWS Community Day 2019 India Series

AWS Community Day 2019 India Series scaled up from 2 cities to 6 cities in a year and was amazing co-ordination within the AWS User Group Leads across the country, which made us enjoy the outstanding unity amidst the diverse culture to show-up a grandeur!

I am indeed proud and happy to co-organize & host in Bengaluru and present in 4 cities - Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & Kochi. Loads of learning on the way from the community leaders, AWS Heroes, volunteers & delegates from all over India & outside.




Well, see what happens when a mom is working on a Slide Deck for a presentation!
I am blessed to have two lovely & curious hosts;
Given a choice, would be ready to do the entire presentation 😊

Core Contributors / Highlights

AWS UG Leads across user groups in India have put in tremendous effort to make these events successful and really worth mentioning how some key folks have been associated.

Jeevan was instrumental in guiding the first timers onboard quickly by sharing the lessons learnt in organizing AWS Community Day for the past three years.
Prashanth's Lanyard as agenda app & web site code was handy for some cities.
No wonder if these guys launch AWS Community Day as a Service soon 😊 

KonfHub was a partner for events in Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & Kochi. KonfHub was much more than a ticketing platform for the events - they contributed by spreading the word about the events in the community and helped by managing the finances & sponsorships. An interesting fact about KonfHub is that it is built on AWS, almost entirely serverless. Heartfelt thanks to Ganesh Samarthyam  & Hari Kiran!

Closing Note is indeed as remarkable as the Keynote where great speakers like Madhusudan Shekar, Rohini, Sourav Sen & Dijeesh spoke in different cities. Whereas at Bengaluru AWS Community Day, Runcy Ommen with his Alexa skill stole the show by picking up the lucky winner!

Thanks to the folks - Jeevan, Partha, Prashanth, Ilan,  Pranesh, Gaurav Kamboj, SriDevi, Sukanya Mandal, Srushith, Sathyajith, Runcy & Vijaya Nirmala, who travelled to one or more cities to extend their support to strengthen the community or to share their knowledge with the enthusiastic learners. 

Diversity Program

Thanks to Rashmi Nambiar for being the driving force & a binding factor for the `India #AWSCommunity Day Series`. The inaugural #diversity program @ AWS User Group Bengaluru would have been a distant dream without her support. A collage from Rashmi on #WomenInTech participation in India #AWSCommunity Day Series. LinkedIn & Twitter

Media

Here is the media coverage on AWS Heroes from India, AWS Community Days

1.  Yourstory - AWS Community Day Bengaluru 2019
2.  Times Of India - Techies are coming together to program a geekier nation
    What-else the silent contributors need than the appreciation from Andy Jassy, the voice of
   @awscloud
   
   
    
   
3. Corey Quinn highlighted about the TOI article as follows in his weekly news letter - issue 127
   I missed this highlight of the AWS Heroes Program by the largest newspaper in India.  
4. Analytics India Magazine - Behind the code with the AWS Community Heroes
5.  Pinkerala - AWS Community Day Kochi 2019 
6.  Pinkerala - Video: AWS Community Day Kochi 2019 - A Round Up

ACD Experience

Here is my experience from 5 community days.

AWS Community Day Bengaluru 2019 - July 27th

AWS Community Day Chennai 2019 - August 10th

AWS Community Day Kolkata 2019 - Sep 14th

AWS Community Day Mumbai 2019 - Sep 28th

AWS Community Day Kochi 2019 - Oct 12th

You may also checkout AWS Community Day Ahmedabad 2019 which was driven by AWS Community Hero, Nilesh Velagala.

What day is it today?, an awakening phrase from Rashmi to kick start AWS Community Day :)
Those were lovely moments indeed.

With this, the AWS Community Day 2019 India Series is coming to a closure.
See you back with wonderful stories from 2020 series re-energised, replenished with new paradigm around #awscloud after re:Invent 2019 !

Well, 2020 series announcements are out even before stepping into the new year. Here you go with AWS Community Day Pune 2020.