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DDrupal Campus Ambassador Programme

www.drupalcap.org- A community initiative to foster Open Source in Education

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Problem - Rising Demand for Drupal SkillsFacts from Drupal Association Job Survey -

● 92% of hiring managers surveyed say there is insufficient Drupal talent in the market to meet their needs

● 64% of employee respondents say there are typically many jobs available for Drupal talent

● 60% of employee respondents say Drupal skills are "very valuable" in the marketplace

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Drupal in Education

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Drupal Rules EDUCATION ● 26% of all .Edu sites use Drupal● 71 of the top 100 universities like Harvard, Duke, MIT, Oxford, Princeton,

UC Berkeley, Stanford, McGill, and many more use Drupal

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Drupal In India

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Drupal Recruiters There are more than 180 organizations in India who use Drupal for offering business Solutions. Detailed list can be found at - https://www.drupal.org/drupal-services/all/all/India . Some major ones include

● TATA Consultancy Services ● Capgemini ● Wipro Technologies● HCL Technologies ● Accenture

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Solution - DrupalCAP

Through DrupalCAP, we aim to introduce Drupal and Open source in Educational Institutions. Drupal community members from different organizations will mentor students and help them learn Drupal Skills. We will also encourage Drupal organizations to visit Colleges to recruit Students with Drupal Skills.

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Introduction

Drupal campus ambassador programme (DrupalCAP) is the Drupal Community Initiative which aims to introduce Drupal to universities and engineering colleges across the globe by creating a network of Drupal Campus Ambassadors (DCA) across different universities and engineering colleges of India

Details of the Program - https://goo.gl/kOIq9S

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Why DrupalCAP ?

● Promote Open Source in Edu Institutions through Drupal● Meet the Demand of skilled Drupal resource for Jobs and

Internship● Introduce Students to Drupal Community and Enable them

to contribute to Open Source ● Bridge the gap between Industry and Educational institutes

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Objectives● Evangelize Drupal in educational institutions.● Build an ecosystem where we nurture Drupal talent at grassroot

level.● Make student understand and learn the ethos of open source

with Drupal which is a perfect example of Open Source.● Build a strong Drupal value chain and attract Drupal based

organizations for recruitment and Internship.

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University Advantage● Knowledge session/workshops would benefit students and staffs ● Collaboration with Industry and exposure to current industry

challenges● Faculty mentor of DCA will be exposed and connected with

Industry counterpart and open Source community● University gets a channel to place students in reputed

organizations ● Will help build a culture of contribution and innovation

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Students Advantage● Opportunity to lead DCAP, Evangelize and build a Drupal

community in your university and college ● Mentoring by a seasoned Drupal Professional from your regional

community ● Opportunity to travel to Drupal Events in your regions and

Drupal Camps happening across.● Opportunity to travel to DrupalCon● Opportunity to get Internship ● Enable entrepreneurship spirit

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Industry Advantage● Skilled Drupal Resources ● A way to contribute back to community by funding and

participating ● Gives a channel for organizations to absorb Drupal talent ● Active collaboration with young minds to expose the industry

problem and get innovative solutions

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Benefits to Drupal Open Source Project● Drupal project is largely benefitted by the student contributor● Student contributor can devote enough time which is generally a challenge

with working professional ● Drupal community will have more bright minds which is always better for

Open Source project● More participation in Drupal projects in Google Summer of Code

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Win Win for all● Students get exposure to the Drupal World before even

beginning their career● Students are exposed to amazing career opportunities● Industry gets groomed Drupal talent● Universities get in direct contact with the Industry and host

trainings on campus by Industry professionals● Drupal Community gets more contributors

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Program Details● 2nd and 3rd year students are eligible +Faculty ● One Day workshop to introduce Drupal , Open Source and

DCAP● Nomination Process● Selection process ● DCA Announcement ● Engagement of DCA

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Journey So Far● 2013 Idea to bring Drupal in Education● 2013 - 2014 Ideas was discussed in all major drupal Camps ● Nov 2014 - Initial draft was open to all community member for suggestion and

feedback● Jan 2015 - Team formation to own and execute the idea ● Dec 2015 - Program site was launched - www.drupalcap.org ● Jan 2016 - Pilot Phase of the program was conducted at Symbiosys Pune● Feb 2016 - Program launch in DrupalCon Asia 2016

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DrupalCap Selection Process● One Day workshop on Drupal and DrupalCap Program followed by self

nomination process.● Anyone who meets the eligibility criteria can apply for Drupal Campus

Ambassador program ● All nominations will be reviewed by selection committee ● There will be two level selection process

○ Level 1 : Review of profiles based on data submitted ○ Level 2 : Face to face call / Meetup with the candidate

● Once selected, Student will be notified and on acceptance a public announcement will be made.

● Faculty nominee will be selected based on interest and profile.

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RoadmapDrupal Campus Ambassador program will be executed in three phases

● Pilot Phase : We will on-board selected colleges in Western region with the help of local drupal community.

● Phase 1 : Based on the learnings from Pilot phase, we will onboard tier-1 colleges in each region.

● Phase 2 : We will expand the program to other known colleges in each region

● Open Phase : Colleges and Universities can sign up the program

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Community Role● Regional leads can help us spread the word in their Meetup● Find a Regional Mentor who can connect us with Colleges/Universities -

https://goo.gl/pc2vxz and help drive the initiative in different regions● Volunteer to present workshop / Tech Sessions at Colleges ● Help us with Selection of Drupal Campus Ambassadors ● Help with fund raising ● Lead the initiative in your region ● Onboard faculty and academicians who can help drive this further.

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The Team

● Rakhi Mandhania - Pune Drupal Community

● Kajal Kiran - Pune Drupal Community

● Nitesh Sethia - Pune Drupal Community

● Shipra Singh - Pune Drupal Community

● Rachit Gupta - Mumbai Drupal Community

● Dipen Chaudhary - Pune Drupal Community

● Mukesh Agarwal - Kolkata Drupal Community

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Join us● Website : www.drupalcap.org● GDO - https://groups.drupal.org/drupal-campus-ambassador-program-dcap● FB : https://www.facebook.com/drupalcap/● Twitter : @DrupalCAP● Google+ : https://plus.google.com/111394238472015651618● eMail : info@drupalcap.org

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