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Hello Everyone,

I hope you and your loved ones are safe.

My name is Gajendra Deshpande, working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India. I have a Master’s degree i.e., M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India and PG Diploma in Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru India.

Conference Talks

Scipy India 2020, 2018, 2017
EuroPython 2020
PyData Global 2020
PyCon France 2019
BelPy 2021
FOSDEM 2021
JuliaCon 2020, 2018
PyCon Taiwan 2020
COSCUP Taiwan 2020
BuzzConf Argentina 2020
PyCon Africa 2020
PyCon AU 2020
PyCon Tanzania 2020
PyCon Indonesia 2020
PyCon ES 2020
PyCon Korea 2020
PyDay BCN 2020
PyConf Hyderabad 2020
GirlScript Summit India 2020
PyJamas 2020
PyCon Hong Kong 2020
HoneyCon 2020 Online, Spain
PiterPy Russia 2020
Geekle’s python Universe WEB Edition Global Summit
PyOhio 2020

Workshops

FOSSASIA 2021
SciPy India 2020
Conducted Python workshops in few institutes (Refer website link at the end of this page )

Posters

PyCon US 2021
SciPy US 2021, 2020, 2019
JuliaCon 2020
CMU AIDR 2020
SMILES 2020
IRISS 2019, 2016

Upcoming Conference Talks (As of May 31, 2021)

EuroPython 2021
DjangoCon 2021
DjangoCongress Japan 2021
PyCon Namibia 2021
PyCon Colombia 2021
JuliaCon 2021
Geekle’s Cyber Security Global Summit

Conference/Meetup Organization and Non-profit

PyCon India 2021, CFP Co-lead
BelPy 2021, Organizing Chair
Treasurer, Gangadharrao Deshpande Memorial and Museum, Belagavi (Project by Govt. of Karnataka, India)
FOSSCon India 2019, Organizing Co-Chair
PyData Belagavi, Lead
OWASP Belagavi, Lead
PyCon India 2020, Volunteer

Reviewer/Program Committee Member

SciPy US 2021, 2020, 2019
SciPy Japan 2020
PyData Global 2020
JupyterCon 2020
BelPy 2021
Journal of Open Source Software
Journal of Open Source Education
Manning Publishers, USA
Oxford University, Press, India

Mentorship

Winning teams of Smart India Hackathon 2020, 2019, 2018
Top 7 Teams of CERN WebFest 2020
First Time speakers of PyCon US 2021, EuroPython 2021, SciPy India 2018

Projects

Inventing Curriculum using Pointer-Generator Network: Received $5000 in Google Cloud Research Credits. Project is being implemented in Python
python-school.org: Free Python Courses offered by Python Community members (Scheduled to be launched in September 2021)
Flowgorithm Flow Chart Interpreter: Contributing as a translator for Kannada, Marathi and Hindi languages to enable non-native English speakers to create executable flow charts in their own language.
Julia code generator for Flowgorithm.

Goals (2021 - 2024)

Introduce atleast 25 people from diverse background to the Python community as speakers. (3/25 achieved)
Introduce atleast 25 people from diverse background to the Python community as contributors, i.e., Volunteers. Introduced 5 students as volunteers to the PyCon India 2021. (5/25 achieved)
Work as a facilitator to start more regional Python conferences and City level chapters in the Global South.
Motivate students to become Core Python developers.
Create awareness among people regarding the activities of PSF, Python conferences, Projects and grants. Motivate and mentor people from diverse background to apply for grants and projects.
Study the financial models of other technical communities and non profit organizations and adopt proven and innovative ideas for sustainability.
Work with present PSF board members and actively contribute to the Python community.

For more information about me kindly visit https://gcdeshpande.github.io/

Thank you everyone for stopping by and going through my nomination. I ask for your vote and I look forward to earning your trust to serve the Python community.

Stay Safe. Take Care.

Best Regards

Gajendra Deshpande