Open Source India

Happy to be part of the Open Source India’s Event @Bengaluru. Had an insightful interaction with the fellow Open source enthusiasts & learnt a lot about the recent trends 😊 Also, had a great experience to listen to tech talks about -Dominator, -Github projects to Linux kernel, -latest open source projects, -thoughtful panel discussion about Open Source in the era of GenAI 💥 #OpensourceIndia #OpensourceEvent

Open Source India Conference 2026 | Bangalore I recently attended the Open Source India Conference 2026, held on 5th and 6th November in Bangalore, along with my friend AKSHIT JOSHI. It was an insightful and engaging experience, bringing together developers, contributors, and tech enthusiasts from across the country to discuss the latest trends and innovations in the open-source ecosystem. During the conference, I had the opportunity to interact with several professionals and learn from their experiences. It was a pleasure meeting Mansi Agarwal and Aysha Rose from Google Cloud, who shared valuable insights about their work and contributions to open-source technologies. The event truly highlighted how collaboration and community-driven development continue to shape the future of technology. I’m grateful to have been part of such a vibrant gathering and look forward to contributing more actively to the open-source community in the future. #OpenSourceIndia #OSI2026 #OpenSource #Technology #Community #Bangalore #Developers #Learning

Team SIGMA OS at Open Source India 2025 (Nov 5 & 6) We had the opportunity to attend Open Source India (OSI) — one of Asia’s largest open-source conferences, bringing together developers, engineers, product teams, and companies contributing to open-source technologies. At the event, we engaged directly with engineering and leadership teams from Google, SAP, Autodesk, Sysdig, Kafka, Snowflake, and many others. We presented SIGMA OS, our context-aware, AI-powered operating system designed for offline inference and system-level automation. Google: Their team had in-depth discussions with us around our OS-level agent architecture, local inference pipeline, and automation model. Sysdig: Their senior leadership connected us with Emanuela Zaccone Zaccone (Senior Manager) for deeper technical follow-ups on SIGMA OS. Autodesk: Senior Manager MR ANIL MENAKATH and the Talent Acquisition team listened to our explanation of SIGMA OS, appreciated the initiative, and expressed interest in visiting Sahyadri for a campus recruitment drive. Their encouragement was truly motivating. We also attended multiple tech sessions led by engineering managers and open-source maintainers, where they demonstrated how large organizations build and maintain production-grade open-source systems. Overall, OSI gave us industry-grade exposure, valuable insights, and strong networking opportunities with companies actively shaping the open-source ecosystem. A proud milestone for Team SIGMA OS.

There is a greater need for open source in the AI era. The reasons are innovation, choice, software power, fueling the economy, grow entrepreneurship, localization. This is in addition to proprietary software and innovation in companies. We need both. AI is different because, just open software is not enough. We need openness in all aspects. Open data, open weights, open hardware architecture. And open mind. I do my bit in shaping the present and future, as Advisor to Open Source India conference for the last 10 years. Many thanks to Rahul Chopra and Niraj Sahay for running these initiatives. Open Source India Open Source For You Magazine #opensource #AI

✨ Just wrapped up my talk at the 22nd Edition of Open Source India, and wow… it was fun! 🚀 Now, full disclaimer, I’m not an #eBPF expert (yet 😅). But somewhere down the rabbit hole of #Kubernetes and o#bservability, I stumbled upon eBPF, and it instantly hooked me. It’s such a fascinating piece of tech that I couldn’t just keep it to myself. My mission? To make sure at least a few folks left the talk thinking, “Okay, what on earth is eBPF?” and immediately opened #Google (or #GPT 😜). If that happened, I’d call that a win. Huge thanks to the EFY Group and Niraj Sahay for this amazing opportunity, to be part of one of Asia’s biggest open-source conferences and to share the stage with so many brilliant people was an absolute honor. 🙌 I also had the best company, RAHUL M S and Reyvanth M, my travel buddies. It was their first time in #Bangalore and their first big conference. Watching their excitement throughout the event was like reliving my own first-time experience (minus the panic before going on stage 😂). Now let’s talk about Bangalore (Something I haven't done before). At this point, it’s starting to feel a little personal. I mean, sure, I’ve only ever gone there for conferences and talks, but every single visit just… hits different. The city’s got this crazy blend of chaos and charm and somehow, I always end up making more friends and memories than I expect. This time, I obviously got to meet Achanandhi M again, who’s been part of my community journey from the early days (he couldn’t make it to my talk, but we still made time to catch up 😄). And then there’s Fazlur Rahman Khan, who, in my world, is pretty much a celebrity, and yet one of the most grounded and friendliest people you’ll ever meet. I also got to catch up with Varun Gopal, whom I've met a few times, sadly I couldn't get a picture with him (Next time!) And finally, the real showstopper - the food (I'm gonna include those pictures as well this time 😌). My past trips to Bangalore were always too rushed. This time, I had the freedom to actually explore the city and delve into its food scene. Because honestly, Bangalore has everything. From fancy filter coffee to questionable late-night dosas, it’s a food lover’s side quest waiting to happen. 🍛☕ Every trip leaves me with a little more gratitude, a few more stories, and a stronger reason to keep coming back. So, until next time, Namma Bengaluru ❤️ #OpenSourceIndia #OSI2025 #OpenSource #eBPF #Kubernetes #Tetragon #Community #cncf #opensourceindia2025 #software #Programming #tech #computerscience #developer #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment #softwaredeveloper #oss #bangaluru #food #streetfood

It was an absolute pleasure to be part of the 22nd edition of Open Source India (OSI), the Asia's leading open source event, organized by team at Open Source For You Magazine in partnership with India’s Open Source community and industry. My session topic: “Building Scalable Architectures: API-led Connectivity using Open Source Gateways.” where I shared insights on how open source API gateways and API-led connectivity can empower organizations to build scalable, secure, and future-ready digital ecosystems. A huge thank you to the amazing organizers, volunteers, and everyone who joined the session, your energy and engagement made it truly special. 🙏 The conference was packed with incredible sessions, great learning, and inspiring conversations with companies building amazing open source products. 🚀 Also, a special shoutout to Varnata Singh for all the help, taking me to amazing food spots in Bangalore, and capturing all those great pictures 📸 — you made the experience even more memorable! #OpenSourceIndia #OSI2025 #OpenSource #APIGateway #Architecture #TechConference #DeveloperCommunity

My Experience at Open Source India 2025 NIMHANS Convention Centre - India, Bengaluru | 5 - 6 Nov 2025 Still buzzing with energy after attending Asia’s leading open source event, Open Source India 2025! The scale of the event was truly mind-blowing with so many speakers, sessions and tech professionals. It was inspiring to see companies like Google, Snowflake, Percona, Pure Storage, Neo4j, Siemens, SAP, MariaDB, NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited Autodesk, TuxCare and many others showcasing how open source continues to power #innovation at scale. I had the opportunity to visit their stalls, interact with their industry professionals, engineers and tech evangelists and dive deep into their open source products. Simranjit Singh, Raghu Varun, Pavan Balaji, Seshachalam Y V, Tushar Jain, Toshiki Nishioka, Madhu Gowda, Ashish Ranjan Yadav, Kenji Ito it was my pleasure to meet you. I also had some incredible conversations with fellow attendees Varun Priyesh, sahil patil and Thanish C sharing insights, ideas and our individual takes on the evolving open source ecosystem. A big shoutout to some amazing speakers Guru Bala on Google’s vision for the next era of AI, Siddhant Agarwal on the used of Graph + Vector DB at Neo4j, Ravi Trivedi and Dr. Mithun James on open-source EHR platform, Laxminarayan Chandrashekar on inner and open source products at Siemens and those I did not mention who made the sessions unforgettable and to everyone I met during the event, thank you for the great discussions and energy! This event was a reminder of why I love being part of the tech and open source community. All I felt is learning never stops when you’re surrounded by passionate minds. #OpenSourceIndia #OSI2025 #OpenSource #TechCommunity #Networking #Developers #Learning

🌟 Had an incredible experience attending the Open Source India Event at NIMHANS Convention Centre - India ✨ It was an amazing opportunity to explore the world of open source, collaborate with brilliant minds, and understand how open contributions can create real impact. Throughout the workshop, I learned a lot — from version control systems like Git & GitHub, community collaboration, project building, and contribution workflows, to understanding how open-source drives innovation across industries. It was not just about learning — I also participated in various activities, won some exciting competitions 🏆, and received prizes which made the experience even more memorable! A huge thanks 🙏 to the organizers and mentors for conducting such a well-structured and inspiring event. This workshop truly motivated me to contribute more to open-source projects and grow as a developer. #OpenSource #Workshop #LearningExperience #Community #TechInnovation #Coding #GenerativeAI #DeveloperJourney #GitHub #Collaboration #ContinuousLearning #OSI2025 Open Source India

✨ Reflecting on Day 1 of Open Source India 2025 — Bengaluru ✨ I had the opportunity to attend Day 1 (Nov 5) of Open Source India 2025 at the NIMHANS, Bangalore Convention Centre, and it was an incredible learning experience filled with insights, innovation, and inspiration from some of the best minds in tech! 💡 Google Open Source Keynote — Guru Bala, Technology Leader, Google Cloud The day kicked off with an impactful keynote by Guru Bala, Customer Engineering Manager at Google Cloud, on “The Business of Open Source Google Cloud.” He highlighted how open-source fuels innovation, scalability, and collaboration — showing how Google is making open models and ecosystems more accessible than ever. ⚡ Demystifying the Mahabharata with GraphRAG — Neo4j Another fascinating session was by Siddhant Agarwal, Developer Relations Lead, APAC at Neo4j, titled “From Ancient Epic to Modern Marvel: Demystifying the Mahabharata Chatbot with GraphRAG.” He demonstrated how GraphRAG (Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation) can bring structure and reasoning to large-scale narratives like the Mahabharata — blending mythology, AI, and graph databases in a way that made technical storytelling come alive. 🔄 From Inner Source to Open Source — Siemens Technology & Services Next, I attended a fantastic session by Laxminarayan Chandrashekar from Siemens, who shared how Siemens transitioned from inner source practices to open source contributions. Hearing how large enterprises nurture open-source culture internally before sharing with the world was truly insightful. 🏥 AMRIT — Empowering ASHA Workers Through Open Source One of the most inspiring sessions was by Dr. Mithun James from Piramal Swasthya, who introduced AMRIT, an open-source health platform being built for ASHA workers and community healthcare. It was amazing to see open-source principles driving social impact and accessibility for frontline healthcare in India. 🧠 Gemini CLI Workshop — Google Cloud To wrap up the day, I joined the Gemini CLI hands-on workshop by Shashi Ranjan and Abhradip Mukherjee from Google Cloud. Exploring the practical power of the Gemini command-line interface gave a real sense of how generative AI tools are evolving for developers. 🌱 Key Takeaways ✅ Open-source isn’t just about code — it’s about community and purpose. ✅ Enterprise collaboration through inner source is a great path to openness. ✅ Tech can be a bridge for public good — projects like AMRIT prove it. ✅ Hands-on learning with new AI tools like Gemini CLI is the best way to grow.