Call for Community Partners - IndiaFOSS 2025

[Siddharth_Shivkumar]

We invite FOSS communities, user groups, and organisations across India that are passionate about building, sharing, and promoting open-source to partner with us. As a community partner, your logo will be featured on the official IndiaFOSS 2025 website. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your community to a wider audience of developers, enthusiasts, and contributors from across the country.

Please note that we are unable to offer complimentary passes or booths to community partners.

If your community shares our passion for FOSS and you would like to partner with us, please reply to this thread before 12:00 PM IST on August 31st, 2025, with the following details:

1. Community Name & Website
2. Your Name and role in the community
3. Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.
4. What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?
5. Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?
6. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
7. Please provide a link to a high-resolution version of your logo for use on our website if you are selected.

The program committee will review all responses after the submission deadline and will announce the selected community partners on this thread.

[shivam_agrawal]

1. Community Name & Website
   Code for GovTech (C4GT) - https://codeforgovtech.in

2. Your Name and Role
   Shivam Agrawal, Program Associate

3. Briefly describe some of your FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects

C4GT runs a 12-week mentoring program pairing contributors with maintainers on active digital public goods, alongside periodic contribution sprints, and project discovery of open communities projects like OpenMRS, Mojaloop, Mifos, MOSIP, and DIGIT. We conduct an annual DPG SCoRe (State of the Community Report) as our dipstick survey that tracks the health of open-source communities contributing to tech-for-good products. We also host DPG Dialogues, an annual conference that brings builders, adopters, and researchers together around the Digital Public Goods (DPGs) and Digital Public Infrastructure ecosytem.

4. One community achievement you’re particularly proud of
   Growing a 33,000+ contributor Discord community and converting first-time contributors into repeat maintainers, with multiple PRs landing in production deployments across major DPGs. See the DMP 2024 impact report

5. Why your community is a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025
   We bring hands-on pathways from issue to impact. Our programs help newcomers contribute confidently, help maintainers scale, and show how open source powers population-scale public services.

6. Anything else you’d like to tell us
   We would be happy to amplify the conference reach via our large network of 80+ organizations, 30,000+ member Discord server, and 12K+ LinkedIn followers. We will actively promote conference updates across these channels and would be happy to explore how we can integrate these efforts into the conference plan.

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[pratik_mahalle]

1. Community Name & Website
   Keploy – https://keploy.io

2. Your Name and Role in the Community
   Pratik Mahalle, Developer Relations Intern & Community Organizer

3. ** Events, Workshops, or Projects Organized**

• We run the Keploy API Fellowship, a hands-on program teaching students and professionals about API testing, open-source contribution, and DevOps best practices.
• Conducted open workshops and meetups with universities and tech groups on API testing, test automation, and open-source practices.
• Active in contributing and maintaining Keploy’s open-source API testing framework, which enables developers to auto-generate tests and mocks with zero-code.

4. Community Achievement We’re Proud Of
   We’re proud of building a growing contributor community of developers across India who actively contribute to Keploy’s open-source ecosystem. Keploy has successfully onboarded first-time open-source contributors, helping them make their very first PRs and gain confidence in FOSS contribution.

5. Why We’re a Good Fit for IndiaFOSS 2025
   Keploy shares the vision of IndiaFOSS—creating an inclusive and thriving open-source ecosystem. Our community focuses on lowering the barrier to entry for developers to contribute to open-source, while also solving real developer problems in testing and DevOps. Partnering with IndiaFOSS 2025 will amplify our efforts to engage, educate, and empower contributors across the country.

6. Anything Else You’d Like to Share
   We strongly believe in “learning by contributing.” Keploy’s programs, blogs, and mentorship initiatives are designed to make open-source more accessible. We’d love to collaborate with IndiaFOSS 2025 in inspiring the next wave of contributors and open-source leaders.

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[Achanandhi_M]

Community Name & Website:

OpenSearch Project - https://Opensearch.org

Your Name and role in the community

Achanandhi M, Organizer and Volunteer at OpenSearch Project

Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

This month, on Aug 23, we conducted our first OpenSearch meetup and welcomed a lot of new people into the OpenSearch community.

What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?

Starting a new open-source community in Bangalore is an achievement and we did it. We also conducted our first meetup in Bangalore, where a lot of people realized the true spirit of open source.

Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?

OpenSearch is an open-source project under the Linux Foundation. The OpenSearch project in India needs more contributions, visibility, and awareness. That’s why we feel OpenSearch is a good fit for India FOSS.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

Nope.

Please provide a link to a high-resolution version of your logo for use on our website if you are selected.

[Vishal_D]

FOSS CIT

1. FOSS-CIT’s Official Website: https://fosscit.netlify.app/

2. Name & Role: Vishal Dhanasekaran, Community Advisor

3. Our Flagship Events

• GNU/Linux Workshop:
  The Linux Workshop provided a practical introduction to the Linux operating system and command-line tools.

• Docker Workshop:
  Docker and containerization. The event brought together tech enthusiasts eager to get hands-on with containerized environments and deployment strategies. Know More

• FOSS Meetups FOSS United Coimbatore Chapter:
  FOSS-CIT is an active volunteer of FOSS United Coimbatore.
  FOSS CIT and FOSS United Coimbatore collaboratively organized an engaging event that brought together students and open-source enthusiasts in around Coimbatore. Know More

Our FOSS Projects:

• FOSSignup: An Open source event registration portal
  FOSSignup is an open-source registration portal built to manage all club-related activities and events at FOSS-CIT.
  Github | Repository

• CheckMate: An Open Source mobile app to mark attendance and on spot registration of participants
  CheckMate is a mobile application designed to streamline attendance tracking for college and campus events. The app allows organizers to quickly record student participation by scanning their college ID cards. Github | Repository

• WEBLOCKER: An Open Source browser extension
  Weblocker is a browser extension that can password-protect websites right in the browser. The user can lock the websites they want with a unique password.
  Github Repository

• MAIL MERCHENT: an open source email integration API
  Mail Merchant is an open source email integration API. It allows users to seamlessly integrate a contact form into their websites and receive messages directly in their inboxes. more
  Github Repository

• TickTOS: an open source user level Real Time Kernel
  GIthub Repository

4. Community achievement we’re particularly proud of:

• Conducted a free Linux Workshop for over 200+ participants. know more
• Organized a city-level meetup in Coimbatore to promote the FOSS ecosystem. know more
• Showcased our open-source initiatives at the Tamil Nadu Open Source Software Conference 2025. [TOSSConf 2025]

5. Why we are good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025

FOSS-CIT, established in 2018, is dedicated to exploring and mastering open-source frameworks and tools across various domains of computer technology. We empower students to dive into the world of open source through workshops, bootcamps, tech talks, webinars, coding competitions, and hackathons.

Our mission aligns closely with the spirit of IndiaFOSS, as we foster a vibrant community that learns, builds, and shares knowledge. By participating in IndiaFOSS 2025, we aim to showcase our contributions, collaborate with like-minded communities, and inspire more students to embrace open source as a way of learning and creating impact.

7. FOSS-CIT’s Logo: Click here

[MahajanPreksha]

1. Community Name: Open Source Chandigarh
   Website (in progress): Open Source Chandigarh | LinkedIn

2. Name: Preksha Mahajan
   Role: Community Organiser

3. Some of the FOSS-related events organised:

   • 5+ Expert Talks and Workshops on Open Source and various programs
   • GitHub Innovation Rally for 3000+ students, promoting Open Source
   • Onboarded Open Source projects and contributions during Hacktoberfest
   • Collaborated with multiple communities sharing the same vision

4. Community Achievement we are proud of:
   We are proud of building a community in Chandigarh as well as Punjab region, an area where there is not much tech exposure so that all new developers and Open Source contributors feel welcomed. With our initiatives, we have a lot many team members (1st and 2nd year students) who have been selected to various Open Source programs like: GSoC, LFX along with me trying to deliver impactful workshops and talks.

5. Why our community is fit for IndiaFOSS 2025:
   We believe that the mission of IndiaFOSS 2025 aligns with Open Source Chandigarh’s motto and principles. We try to focus on creating an impact and help Open Source contributors and tech enthusiasts grow and nurture their skills.

6. Anything else we would like to tell:
   Our community would be happy to create a reach amongst its members through our good social media presence on LinkedIn, Instagram, Discord and X with an audience consisting of both working professionals and students.

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[Muneer_S]

1. Community Name & Website
   FOSS Club SSET
2. Your Name and role in the community
   Muneer S, Lead (POC)
3. Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

Simple As It Gits:
An annual event where participants spend a full day learning and gaining hands-on experience with Git and GitHub. The program, built around peer-to-peer learning, also introduces participants to open-source contributions.

Debian Day:
An annual event celebrating the anniversary of the Debian project, aimed at attracting new users and contributors. The event features talks, workshops, and Debian installation parties.

From Data to Destination:
An annual event exploring open data, Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and related projects, organized in collaboration with Open Data Kerala and the Wikimedia User Group of Kerala. The event includes workshops, talks, and competitions.

Monthly Meetups:
Meetups featuring talks, project showcases, contribution highlights, open-source news roundups, and panel discussions from club members and other participants at our college. These often include Linux installation parties as well.

4. What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?

College is a great place to explore free and open-source software. Many communities recognize this and have FOSS clubs in their colleges. However, most of the time these clubs and communities tend to make a common mistake: they directly tell participants to start contributing to open source. Often, people get overwhelmed while looking at “good first issues” or trying to find ones that align with their skills, and eventually give up altogether.

That’s why we follow the user first, contributor second principle. We encourage people to begin by simply using open-source apps, software, or websites or by switching to an open-source alternative for something they already use. From there, it becomes natural to start tracking bugs, reporting issues, raising pull requests, and gradually becoming part of the community.

During our tenure, we have managed to bring in many new users and contributors. We actively promote the idea that open-source contribution doesn’t necessarily have to mean writing code. It can involve design, feature requests, bug tracking, publicity, documentation, community operations, or anything else that benefits an open-source project.

I’m proud to be part of a community that takes a different approach to welcoming new users and contributors into the open-source ecosystem.

5. Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?

Recognition and acknowledgment at IndiaFOSS 2025 would be a big milestone for our community. At our college, many students (whether or not they are already part of the FOSS Club SSET) will notice and talk about our participation when we return. This visibility will not only strengthen the presence of our club within the campus but also inspire more students to explore free and open source software.

Being part of IndiaFOSS 2025 means contributing to a cycle of awareness and growth: our participation this year can motivate wider involvement in the community, leading to stronger representation and contributions at IndiaFOSS 6.0 and beyond. In the bigger picture, it helps nurture a sustainable FOSS culture in our college.

6. Anything Else You’d Like to Share

For me, the essence of contributing to free and open source software is the idea of doing something not just for yourself, but for a larger community. Being part of IndiaFOSS would give our club members a stronger sense of that community, helping them see their work in a bigger context. This experience would not only motivate our members but also strengthen the collaborative spirit that drives our club forward.

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[Vasanth_R]

1. Community Name & Website
   FOSSMEC

2. Your Name and role in the community
   Vasanth R, Vice Chairperson

3. Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

• DebUtsav 2024
  An unconference that included a Debian packaging workshop and contribution sprints with Debian maintainers. Students directly contributed patches upstream.
• Let’s Git It
  A beginner-friendly Git and GitHub workshop led by FOSSMEC members. Students set up version control and practiced collaborative coding.
• PravConf
  Hosted the first PravApp conference at MEC. Sessions and sprints focused on privacy-first communication tools, the Fediverse, and breaking away from vendor lock-in.
• Linux 101
  A beginner-friendly two-day workshop on debian insallation and usage.
• Build It Up
  Two-day workshop on full-stack web development using Next.js and Supabase. Around 75 students built projects and learned modern web workflows.

4. What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?
   FOSSMEC has managed to stay active and relevant year after year since its start. Each batch of students has carried the community forward, adding new events and collaborations while sticking to the goal of promoting FOSS. From organizing Debian sprints on campus to running our own conferences like PravConf, we’ve built a space where students get real exposure to FOSS culture.

5. Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?
   IndiaFOSS 2025 would give our community more visibility and encourage more students at MEC to explore FOSS. We’ve already been part of IndiaFOSS 3.0 and IndiaFOSS 4.0, and getting recognized again would push our culture of contribution further. It’s also a chance to show that student-led initiatives can play a big role in the open-source movement in India.

6. Anything Else You’d Like to Share
   FOSSMEC is about learning, sharing, and contributing together. For us, open source is not only coding, it’s design, documentation, debugging, and building sustainable communities. We want to keep that spirit alive and grow it further with every new batch at MEC.

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[Isha_Kotecha]

Haxnation

1. Official Website: https://haxnation.org

2. Name & Role: Isha Kotecha, Core Member

3. Our Events & Projects :

SUNHAX – Monthly Flagship Event

SUNHAX is our monthly flagship event that provides participants the opportunity to compete in Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges, hone cybersecurity skills, and contribute to a growing prize pool.

Mumbai Chapter Events :

• TechFest Mumbai 2024: Co-hosted a cybersecurity room with The Hacker’s Meetup Mumbai Chapter, impacting 100+ students through sessions on SOC, Offensive Security, Blockchain Security, and Critical Infrastructure.

• Monthly Meetups: Our Mumbai chapter hosts regular monthly meetups designed to provide hands-on cybersecurity learning and collaborative opportunities for enthusiasts at all levels. Check them out here.

Aurum Fest Cybersecurity 2024

Guided CTF design and development with speaker support, reaching 50+ students.

GDG DevFest Mumbai 2023

Developed open-source CTF challenges for participants, later uploaded to our open-source repository.

Our FOSS Projects :

Haxnation CTF Platform

An open-source platform providing an interactive arena for CTF players to practice and compete across multiple categories, complete with real-time scoring and progress tracking.

HaxRefs

An AI-powered career referral platform connecting cybersecurity enthusiasts to industry professionals, enabling seamless mentorship and career growth opportunities.

Open-Source CTF Challenges

Project Haxnation is building the largest collection of open-source CTF challenges in India, all under the GNU GPL license, allowing creators freedom to use and share them.

4. Community Achievements We’re Particularly Proud Of🎖️

• Developed and shared 100+ open-source CTF challenges nationwide.

• Hosted hands-on workshops and sessions for over 200+ students in Mumbai alone.

• Built a vibrant community fostering practical cybersecurity skills through collaborative learning, competitions, and mentorship.

5. Why We Are a Good Fit for IndiaFOSS 2025🌱

Haxnation’s mission aligns perfectly with IndiaFOSS ethos: we promote open-source, collaborative learning and practical skill-building in cybersecurity. Our open-source platforms, CTF challenges, and educational initiatives empower students and professionals to contribute meaningfully to the FOSS ecosystem. By participating in IndiaFOSS 2025, we aim to showcase our projects, collaborate with like-minded communities, and inspire more individuals to embrace open source in cybersecurity.

6. Additional Notes

Our community thrives on inclusivity and accessibility, ensuring learners of all levels can participate. Partnering with IndiaFOSS 2025 will help amplify our efforts, and together we can nurture a new generation of cybersecurity enthusiasts and contributors to the FOSS ecosystem.

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[Gautham_Mohanraj]

1. Community Name & Website
amFOSS – https://amfoss.in

2. Your Name and Role in the Community
Gautham Mohanraj – Mentor @amFOSS

3. Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

• amFOSS × Wikimedia Hackathon
  Organized every year in Kochi, India in collaboration with Wikimedia.
  Participants are introduced to Wikimedia’s technical spaces such as MediaWiki core, bots, gadgets, and user scripts, and get the opportunity to contribute to real Wikimedia tasks.
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• FOSSter
  An annual open-source conference organized by amFOSS.
  It brings together contributors of varying experience levels through workshops, talks, and interactive sessions, creating opportunities for networking and collaboration.
• OpenTalks
  A recurring community session where external speakers share their insights, journeys, and professional experiences.
  It serves as a bridge between the campus and the wider world, bringing diverse perspectives directly into our FOSS Lab.
• Hacktoberfest @ Amritapuri
  Every year, we introduce students to open source through workshops, interactive games, and a Hack Week.
  Participants work on pull/merge requests to contribute to open-source projects maintained by amFOSS.

4. What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?

At amFOSS, our proudest achievement is building a student-led culture that’s sustained for over a decade where members have gone from late-night coding sessions to GSoC, ICPC World Finals, and contributions to projects like Wikimedia and Mozilla. Through events like OpenTalks and FOSSter, we’ve created a space that inspires newcomers, connects alumni working at top tech companies, and keeps the FOSS spirit alive on campus and beyond.

5. Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?

amFOSS is one of Kerala’s largest and most active student-run open-source communities, with over a decade of experience in mentoring contributors, hosting events like Wikimedia Hackathon and FOSSter, and building impactful projects that reach beyond our campus. Being part of IndiaFOSS 2025 is a natural fit for us not just to showcase our journey, but to connect with the wider FOSS ecosystem, collaborate with like-minded communities, and inspire more students across Kerala and India to embrace the open-source ethos.

6. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

We’d love to play a role in extending the reach of IndiaFOSS to students and institutions across Kerala and beyond. With our strong network of alumni and collaborators, we hope to spread the culture of open source to a larger public and inspire more people to become part of the movement.

7. Please provide a link to a high-resolution version of your logo for use on our website if you are selected.

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[Mehul_Pardeshi]

Community Name & Website
Loopin City — https://loopin.city

Your Name and Role in the Community
I am Mehul Pardeshi, Founder of Loopin City. Along with me, we have a core team of 5 people and 2 interns, and 2 of our team members are also active open-source maintainers.

Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

• Through Loopin City, we have hosted and amplified events from various local tech communities across India.
• We have been the Community Partner for SunHacks 2025 Hackathon, which was recently recognized as the largest hackathon ever organized in Asia.
• Loopin has also been selected for a booth at IndiaFOSS 2025.
• Since our launch just two months ago, we have already listed and supported 10+ events, and we are now expanding to more cities to reach wider communities.

What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?
We are proud to be India’s first open-source tech events platform, designed to unify event discovery and support for local tech communities across the country.

Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?
Loopin City shares the spirit of FOSS by being completely open-source and community-driven. Our mission is to strengthen grassroots communities, make event discovery easier, and provide visibility to organizers, venues, and contributors across India. Partnering with IndiaFOSS helps us take this mission further by connecting with a larger audience of developers, enthusiasts, and open-source advocates.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

• We are already excited to be part of IndiaFOSS 2025 as a booth participant.
• Our platform is growing quickly and already onboarding multiple cities.
• The project is open-source on GitHub, where contributors actively participate in improving it.
• We look forward to collaborating and making India’s tech ecosystem stronger together.

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[Siddharth_Shivkumar]

Call for. Community Partners is now closed. Thanks to everyone who applied!

The programme committee will meet to decide the final list and will update on this thread.

[techshetty]

Community Name & Website

Sahyadri Open Source Community (SOSC) – https://sosc.org.in

Your Name and Role

I am Pratheek G Shetty, a community organizer at SOSC. I specialize in competitive programming and backend development.

Briefly describe some of the FOSS-related events, workshops, or projects your community has organized.

At SOSC, we’ve always tried to create hands-on spaces for people to learn and build with open source. Right now, we’re building an open-source contest hosting app (supporting both coding and MCQ challenges) to make it easier for communities like ours to run events. Over the years, we’ve hosted multiple hackathons, meetups, and workshops that introduced contributors to real-world projects. Our members also actively contribute to open-source.

What’s a community achievement you’re particularly proud of?

We’re proud of how SOSC has steadily grown into a hub for open-source in Mangalore. Our flagship event, Devhost, has become a platform where students, professionals, and open-source enthusiasts meet, collaborate, and launch projects. We also initiated DK24 Summit, an extensive network that brings together all the major tech communities across Mangalore, creating a stronger platform for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. It is a medium for the college communities to interact in a larger scale with other existing communities in other colleges.

Why is your community a good fit for IndiaFOSS 2025?

SOSC is built on the same spirit that IndiaFOSS celebrates: openness, collaboration, and contribution. We may be based in Mangalore, but our work has always been about connecting people to the larger open-source ecosystem. We’d love to bring that energy to IndiaFOSS 2025 and learn from other communities along the way.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

We are delighted to be part of IndiaFOSS 2025 as a student community booth participant.

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[Siddharth_Shivkumar]

The program committee met to discuss and has finalized the following communities:

1. Code for GovTech (C4GT)
2. FOSS CIT
3. FOSS Club SSET
4. FOSSMEC

Additionally, there are some communities in this thread above who have already been accepted for a community booth, so their logos will be on the IndiaFOSS website irrespective.

For the accepted communities, the tech team will get your logos added to the website this week.

Looking forward to meeting everyone at the event!

[Siddharth_Shivkumar]

Community partners and booths have been listed here:

IndiaFOSS '25 Booth and Community Partner