We are excited to announce that AWSM Innovations has agreed to be the Bronze Sponsor for WordCamp Kochi!
AWSM Innovations is a WordPress development agency originally founded in 2010. They offer a host of
WordPress services including design, and development of WordPress based websites, themes, and plugins. They have developed over a thousand websites since their inception, and are also experts in the development of eCommerce websites using WooCommerce. The company also offers
Ala Carte Solutions for Installations, Migrations, Security Auditing, Backup, and
Maintenance.
They also have developed a few WordPress plugins themselves. Their first plugin
Embed Any Document has crossed 1,25,000 downloads on WordPress plugin repository and
some of other plugins are making great sales through Envato market.
Connect with AWSM Innovations on
Facebook and
Twitter. They are a bunch of super friendly people!
Author: Hari Shanker R
I am an experienced Community and Project/Program Management Professional.
Until July 2025, I served as the Community Program Manager (formerly known as "Super Deputy") on the Make/WordPress Community Team, where my focus was on making the WordPress Community the best it can be, through events and other community-led efforts. I used to lead the Contributor Working Group of WordPress, where we built, and successfully ran three editions of the Contributor Mentorship Program, which resulted in a net total of 150 active contributors for WordPress. I also co-led the Five for the Future Program, and was also involved in other contributor initiatives such as the WordPress Contributor Health Dashboard project. I also used to be a fully-sponsored contributor to the WordPress open source project for over four years from 2020 through 2024.
Even though I don't work with WordPress on a day-to-day basis these days, the software has a close place in my heart. I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place.
I have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education.
Outside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I'm a compulsive bibliophile. I'm also a happily married pet parent to three cats.
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