GSOC 2016/Student Application akshays

Contact Information

• Email Address: akshayshipurkar<at>gmail.com
• Blog URL: www.akshayshipurkar.me/blog
• Website: www.akshayshipurkar.me
• Freenode IRC Nick: akshays
• Code Forges (GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc.): both your personal handle and any orgs / previous projects you've worked on
  • https://pagure.io/user/akshays

• Social Media Accounts:
  • Linkedin https://in.linkedin.com/in/akshayshipurkar
  • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/akshayshipurkar

Questions to answer

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?

I was introduced to fedora through DGPLUG (Linux Users' Group Of Durgapur) an organization which teaches and helps students to grow and become up stream contributes. Although I have recently joined the community, I have been helped by many members of the fedora community and i aspire to work with them to learn and contribute to the greater goal of the fedora community i.e Freedom, Friends, Features, First.

Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora Project or another open-source project as a contributor?

I Am a part of Mozilla's Student Ambassadors program. Recently i have been attending Mozilla's events at Pune which is 125 Km away from my home every week. Last week we had a localization event where i helped in contributing to Mozilla's web spaces. I was introduced to fedora through #dgplug. The documentation, stories and the blogs of members like chandankumar, sayanchowdhury, fhackdroid is what actually got me motivated to get involved with fedora. I had been searching for a place to explore about open-source and dgplug has been the one. I recently joined the fedora project and i have been interacting with fellow members on various irc channels with questions and help regarding some of the hickups i initially faced in getting started. All the members i was involved with were nice and welcoming. This also was one of the reasons for me getting motivated to work for the fedora community, help me get the first hand experience of the FOSS culture. The experience till now was nothing but fabulous.

Have you participated in GSoC in the past? If so, what year(s) and which organization(s)?

No,This is my first time participating GSoC, but i would really like to participate this year as i will be free for the month june, july and 15 days of August. This is because i will be joining for my master program in this month and i would like to use my vacation to contribute to FOSS cause and Fedora, as-well as learn from it.

Do you plan to continue contributing to the Fedora Project after GSoC? If yes, what sub-project(s) are you interested with?

Yes,I would love to a longtime contributor to Fedora Project after GSoC. I'm interest in project-Pagure and various activites of the Community Operations like wiki, metrics, advocacy and messaging.

Why should we choose you over other applicants?

I believe there are many reasons for selecting me over other. I volunteer as Student Chair of IEEE-DRIEMS student branch. I'm also part of Mozilla student Ambassador Program. I also volunteer at Rotaract club of Panvel as Sargant-At-Arms. I have done internship at Reliance Industries Ltd as summer trainee and at a kleverk a small webdesign company. I am comfortable with C, C++, Java, Python (i know the basics),HTML/CSS, JavaScript. I am a fast learner and a dedicated person. I travel 125Km (25O km two way) on every Sunday morning 5:00 am just to contribute and meet people from different open-source communities.

Have you contributed to any other open source organizations or projects? If so, do you have artifacts you can show so we can see your skill set(s)?

Yes, I have been contibuting to mozilla project but in localization. I have not contibuted to mozilla's code base. Recently i have been trying to contribute to the pagure project.

Do you have any other open source experience (even if not coding-related)?

Being a part of Mozilla's student ambassador program I fully understand the FOSS ideology. I have been volunteering with respect to localization of Mozilla's products in Marathi.

Proposal Description

Any relevant experience you have

I have done internship at Reliance Industries Ltd as summer trainee and at a kleverk a small web-design company. I am comfortable with C, C++, Java, Python (i know the basics),HTML/CSS, JavaScript.

Any other details you feel we should consider

I have keen interest increasing my Fedora and FOSS contribution and I have been in regular touch with my mentor link title

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