Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce Zauba Cloud, as PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor.

Zauba Cloud is a next generation cloud computing platform that accelerates product development, reduces cost and increases overall performance and reliability of assets on public cloud and on premise data centres.

Zauba Cloud is the first cloud computing company to charge users based on actual usage of resources and not provisioned resources. Zauba Cloud's deep expertise and culture of exceptional engineering results in services designed for best in class performance and high availability.

Zauba Cloud offers free developer accounts. Developers can try and deploy their small projects in production for free.

Zauba Cloud is currently in preview and is invite only. Developers can write an email to cloud@zauba.company for access to preview.

PyCon India 2018 Devsprints will happen on 8th and 9th October at Talent Sprint, PSR Prime Tower, Beside DLF Cyber City, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. We are excited to announce that tickets for Devsprints are open now!

Location: Map link

Get your ticket at https://in.explara.com/e/pycon-india-2018/checkout.

Update: 50% of the Devsprints tickets are sold out and another 50% of the tickets will be opened on 7th Oct, 11:00 AM.

Devsprints ticket are only available to those who have a valid conference ticket. So please use the email id that you used while purchasing the conference ticket.

Due to the limited capacity at the Devsprints venue which can accomodate only about 150 participants, we are taking a nominal amount of fee of INR 100 + GST on the tickets so that people who are really sure about attending the event register themselves. In the past we have seen keeping a plain registration allows people to simply RSVP to the event while the turn up is less than total and people who really wish to attend are left out. So we wanted to make sure people can commit to the event by keeping a nominal fee on the ticket.

To know more about what is a Devsprint and the list of projects check the Devsprints page. Also in case you want to mentor for a Devesprint project please add one there.

See you there at Devsprints !

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce VMware, as another PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor.

VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. VMware accelerates customers’ digital transformation journey by enabling enterprises to master a software-defined approach to business and IT. With VMware solutions, organizations are building extraordinary experiences by mobilizing everything. Our customers are responding faster to opportunities with modern data and apps hosted across hybrid clouds, and safeguarding customer trust with a defense-in-depth approach to cybersecurity.

VMware offers cutting-edge cloud infrastructure and security services to companies of all shapes and sizes. Our world is all about technology, and that world is growing because the imagination, ingenuity and talent of our teams knows no bounds. We believe that creativity sparks innovation and inspires our employees to think of VMware differently and change the world around them.

At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community.

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce Google, as PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor.

Our story: from the garage to the Googleplex:

The Google story begins in 1995 at Stanford University. Larry Page was considering Stanford for grad school and Sergey Brin, a student there, was assigned to show him around. By some accounts, they disagreed about nearly everything during that first meeting, but by the following year they struck a partnership. Working from their dorm rooms, they built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. They called this search engine Backrub.

Soon after, Backrub was renamed Google (phew). The name was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros and aptly reflected Larry and Sergey's mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

Over the next few years, Google caught the attention of not only the academic community, but Silicon Valley investors as well. In August 1998, Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote Larry and Sergey a check for $100,000, and Google Inc. was officially born. With this investment, the newly incorporated team made the upgrade from the dorms to their first office: a garage in suburban Menlo Park, California, owned by Susan Wojcicki (employee #16 and now CEO of YouTube). Clunky desktop computers, a ping pong table, and bright blue carpet set the scene for those early days and late nights. (The tradition of keeping things colorful continues to this day.)

Even in the beginning, things were unconventional: from Google’s initial server (made of Lego) to the first “Doodle”in 1998: a stick figure in the logo announcing to site visitors that the entire staff was playing hooky at the Burning Man Festival. “Don't be evil” and “The ten things we know to be true” captured the spirit of our intentionally unconventional methods. In the years that followed, the company expanded rapidly — hiring engineers, building a sales team, and introducing the first company dog, Yoshka. Google outgrew the garage and eventually moved to its current headquarters (a.k.a.“The Googleplex”) in Mountain View, California. The spirit of doing things differently made the move. So did Yoshka.

The relentless search for better answers continues to be at the core of everything we do. Today, with more than 60,000 employees in 50 different countries, Google makes hundreds of products used by billions of people across the globe, from YouTube and Android to Smartbox and, of course, Google Search. Although we’ve ditched the Lego servers and added just a few more company dogs, our passion for building technology for everyone has stayed with us — from the dorm room, to the garage, and to this very day.

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce Corteva Agriscience, as PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor.

Corteva Agriscience™, the agriculture division of DowDuPont™, is the only major agriscience company completely dedicated to agriculture. By combining the strengths of DuPont Pioneer, DuPont Crop Protection and Dow AgroSciences, we've harnessed agriculture's brightest minds and expertise gained over two centuries of scientific achievement.

Purpose:

We are driven to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come.

Our Impact:

Champion of farmer success

Farmers are the first to face an ever-changing landscape, while constantly striving for higher yield, resilience and desirability. They need seeds and crop protection products that address their challenges—not just by country or region, but laser-focused down to the acre. We are on the ground alongside them, listening first and then innovating collaboratively to help enable their success. Our priority is the success of the farmer—because when producers thrive, our world thrives.

A novel approach to innovation

Ideas don’t live within the confines of a specific industry, sector or technology. It’s why we apply an open-source philosophy toward innovation, seeking inspiration from a diverse range of thoughts, ideas and solutions. When combined with our world-class research and development capabilities, ideas are transformed into reality with groundbreaking and sustainable agricultural solutions.

Research and Development discovery and commercialization process

The path from discovery of a molecule or trait to its introduction to the market is a long one. Launch is just the halfway point. Post-launch, the Corteva AgriscienceTM Research and Development team continues to explore different formulations and combinations with other innovations to meet the ever-changing needs of farmers.

A responsible food system

We understand that quality food is the foundation of thriving communities and we work closely with farmers to ensure that the latest thinking and technology are used to grow better food, while sustaining the land and conserving resources.

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce IBM India as PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor.

IBM has been present in India since 1951. Since inception, IBM India has expanded its operations with regional headquarters in Bangalore and offices in over 20 cities. These include regional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Today, IBM India has established itself as one of the leaders in the Indian Information Technology Industry.

As a leading cognitive solutions and cloud platform company, innovation is at the core of the IBM company strategy. This is reflected in the end-to-end solutions delivered to clients, which span from software and systems hardware to a broad range of infrastructure, cognitive, cloud and consulting services.

IBM helps clients solve complex business and technical issues by delivering deep business process and industry expertise. This is enhanced with advanced analytics, research capabilities, comprehensive IT infrastructure knowledge and the proven ability to implement enterprise solutions to deliver bottom line value to businesses and governments worldwide.

For more information on IBM India log on to: www.ibm.com/in

For information on IBM Corporate visit : https://www.ibm.com/annualreport/

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce the PyCon India 2018’s gold sponsor Soroco.

Soroco is a next-gen tech company pioneering cutting-edge business automation. The 4- year-old company with its global network of offices in Boston, London, Seattle and Bangalore has sparked off a revolution in the automation industry by creating innovative solutions for hard problems.

Team Soroco is a rare blend of talented engineers and enterprising business professionals. Our engineering leaders in Boston are graduates and PhDs from top-tier institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon. Many of them have also worked with top companies like Microsoft Research, and IBM Research. Closer to home, the Bangalore team comprises gold medalists and rank holders from the IITs, NITs, and top regional universities.

Soroco’s technology stack has been built from scratch. Collectively, the engineering team has filed more than 50 patent claims and published more than 100 research papers.

In the last 36 months, Soroco has combined Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing with traditional automation tech to deliver a whopping 36 automation systems. This has earned Soroco a robust portfolio of Fortune 500 clients who are from diverse domains spread across insurance, finance, healthcare, retail, education and entertainment.

At Soroco, we value a strong education, an extreme attention to detail, and a disciplined work habit. We are looking for brave and ambitious individuals to shape the future of work across the enterprise.

Come, join us http://soroco.com/careers/#/

Have you always wanted to get started with contributing to Open Source Software (OSS) but simply don’t know where to start? Are you an experienced OSS contributor looking for projects that could use your help? Are you the maintainer/contributor of an OSS project and need help with fixing bugs and/or managing the project? Or did you try contributing to an Open-Source project but got lost somewhere in the middle due to lack of guidance or motivation? If you answered “Yes!” to any of the above, then Dev Sprints are here for you!

PyCon India 2018 is a place for developers from across the country (and beyond) to get together and celebrate Python. But what good is a PyCon without getting your hands dirty writing some code? Hence, for all Open Source enthusiasts out there, the PyCon India team is happy to announce Dev Sprints @ PyCon India 2018.

During Dev sprints, Mentors/Contributors of OSS projects guide participants through the end to end process of OSS contribution, right from setting up build environments, to developing and testing code, to submitting patches for bugs. If you are stuck, mentors are all available to help you figure out issues and get you back up and running! From past experiences, we’ve seen a lot of people start off contributing to OSS through Dev Sprints and later go on to become regular contributors to various projects across the web.

Dev sprints are for everybody who want to participate and learn, as issues on repositories don't discriminate.

If you are a contributor or have been involved in maintenance of any Open source project, please come forward. You can submit your proposal for the Dev sprint here. This project can be any interesting Open source project which is based on Python. Ideally, you should have a history with the project through previous code commits. Your responsibility will be to help your team set up their development environment, list out beginner friendly bugs (preferably tag them using good-first-issue), and guide them on any problems they face during the event. Deadline for submitting proposals is 30 September 2018.

Registrations for participants will be announced very soon. Please watch this space and the PyCon social media channels for updates.

Dev Sprints @ PyCon India 2018 will be held on the 8th & 9th October 2018. We look forward to bringing developers together to collaborate with the shared language of code!

Hi Everyone, it's our pleasure to announce the PyCon India 2018’s silver sponsor FOSSEE.

FOSSEE(Free and Open Source Software in Education) project promotes the use of FOSS tools to improve the quality of education in our country. We aim to reduce dependency on proprietary software in educational institutions. We encourage the use of FOSS tools through various activities such as Textbook Companions, Lab Migration, Workshops, Conferences, Forums, Software Development and Others. We also develop and upgrade existing tools to meet the requirements in academia and research.

The FOSSEE project is based at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and is funded by the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India.

Hi Everyone, it is our pleasure to announce that we have partnered with OYO Rooms as the Accomodation Partner of PyCon India 2018.

People attending PyCon India 2018 can book rooms by contacting our Contact Person and avail discounted prices for Hotels booked via Oyo Rooms.

You can find below the Details of the Contact Person. You can SMS "PYCON2018" to 78372 82141 and our Contact person will reach you.

We have included below a list of Hotels which are near to the Conference Venue which you can choose from, for your accomodation. Please get in touch with our contact person for more information and options.

1. Tara Residency
   OYO Townhouse 009, Hitech City
   White Fields, Kondapur, Hyderabad
   Room Category: Classic (2X)
   Check-in time: 12:00 PM
   Check-out time: 11:00 AM
   Hotel Rating: 5.00/5
   You can check more details including photos here
   https://details.oyorooms.com/hotel_crs/b1m5yM0DJe49

2. Aurobindo Comforts OYO 15956 Aurobindo Comforts
   Behind Siddique Kabab Centre, Kothaguda X road, Kondapur, Hyderabad
   Room Category: Classic (2X)
   Check-in time: 12:00 PM
   Check-out time: 11:00 AM
   Hotel Rating: 5.00/5
   You can check more details including photos here
   https://details.oyorooms.com/hotel_crs/Xbk386SwRO63

3. OYO Townhouse 034 Devi Inn
   OYO Townhouse 034 Hitech City Road
   Jubilee Enclave, Hitech City, Hyderabad
   Room Category: Classic (2X)
   Check-in time: 12:00 PM
   Check-out time: 11:00 AM
   Hotel Rating: 5.00/5 You can check more details including photos here
   https://details.oyorooms.com/hotel_crs/rRR1Sk8g01Q4

4. Hotel Saharsh Grand
   OYO 13869 Hotel Saharsh Grand
   V.No. 3, Kothaguda, Beside Mahindra Showroom, Hyderabad
   Room Category: Classic (2X)
   Check-in time: 12:00 PM
   Check-out time: 11:00 AM
   Hotel Rating: 5.00/5
   You can check more details including photos here
   https://details.oyorooms.com/hotel_crs/36WVq0vN2JA4

5. Serene Majestic
   OYO 12384 Hotel Serene Majestic
   Pavan Priyanka Plaza, Kothaguda X Road, Opp Harsha Toyota Showroom, Hyderabad
   Room Category: Classic (2X)
   Check-in time: 12:00 PM
   Check-out time: 11:00 AM
   Hotel Rating: 5.00/5
   You can check more details including photos here
   https://details.oyorooms.com/hotel_crs/n1Nan9gaa656)