Drupal is growing in popularity in India, with communities centered in major cities and government agencies using Drupal extensively. There are hundreds of small Drupal companies and freelancers, along with some large exclusive Drupal companies. National and some state-level IT policies promote open source software like Drupal. While community contributions are still growing, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert visited India and believes the community could become a significant part of the global Drupal community. The document proposes that India should host a DrupalCon conference to further promote Drupal adoption in the country.
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Contents
Interesting facts about India
Drupal Community in India
Labour market in India
Policy Environment
Drupal Users Groups
Drupal Companies
Dries' visit and vision about India
A drupalcon in India
About Zyxware
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Interesting facts about India
1.2 B people, 7th
largest
country
Largest democracy in the
world ~850M voters
400+ languages 1500+
dialects
28 states mostly language
based
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Interesting facts about India
Huge cultural and
religious diversity
Relatively young
population ~50% < 25 yrs
3rd
largest economy by
PPP
Expected to grow at
around 7%
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Drupal Community in India
Developers concentrated
in large cities
Informal groups in cities
across India
Government uses Drupal
extensively
Interest among
engineering students
Growing number of
Drupal companies
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Drupal Community in India
Drupal meetups in large
cities
Drupalcamps in large
cities
Drupal trainings and
workshops across the
country
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IT sector in India
One of the largest IT
industries in the world
Primarily serving
international market
India emerging as a large
IT market 16% CAGR
Government IT spending
growing at 4.3% CAGR
Large number of
Engineering graduates –
1.5 M engineering
students
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IT sector in India
Large and established
training infrastructure
Large IT companies
setting up operations in
India
Most medium & large
companies CMM & ISO
certified
Set 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 projects
Drupal recommended as
the platform of choice for
upcoming national
e-governance policy
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Policy Environment
State level policies vary by
state
State of Kerala
recommends Free and
Open source projects for
government projects
Some states teach Drupal
in IT curriculum – eg:
Kerala
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Policy Environment
Overall environment
favorable for Drupal
Already 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,
Bangalore
Dispersed groups of
Drupal developers in
smaller cities like
Hyderabad, Pune
Drupal meetups
happening infrequently
but across different cities
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Drupal Users Groups
Drupal codesprints and
bugathons driven by
different companies but
infrequently
Drupal 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, Unimity
7 featured service
providers listed on
drupal.org
A handful of medium
sized exclusive Drupal
companies
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Drupal Companies in India
Hundreds of small
companies and
freelancers working with
Drupal
Several 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 key
Offering dedicated Drupal developers for clients
Taking on maintenance contracts for Drupal websites
Assisting global Drupal companies with their Drupal
projects
Assisting self-employed Drupal professionals with their
Drupal projects
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Drupal Contributions from India
Significant contributions
by few large companies
Significant contributions
by small set of motivated
Drupal developers
Drupal 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
Increase
Organizations 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.org
Visited DrupalCamp Delhi 2013, Mumbai, Hyderabad
Spoke at meetings in 3 cities and around 15 PR
meetings
Promoted Drupal as a solution for large system
integrators like Accenture, Infosys
Expects 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
framework
Potentially huge Drupal
market
India has not had a
DrupalCon yet
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Drupalcon in India
Hosts large international
IT conferences like CeBIT
A DrupalCon would be a
significant promotion for
Drupal in India
India 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 India
Listed as featured service provider list on drupal.org
Over 40,000 websites use our modules and themes
More than 30 contributed modules and themes
Maintains Search404, a top 100 Drupal module
Over 1000 commits at drupal.org
Contributes all patches back to Drupal
Conducts, workshops, trainings, seminars, bugathons
Our profile on drupal.org – drupal.org/user/222163
Partnerships with Acquia, New Relic and Volacci