{"id":10,"date":"2019-08-28T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.kochi.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T20:10:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:40:41","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-grid wordcamp-speakers has-grid-columns-2\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-abhishek-deshpande\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/abhishek-deshpande\/\">Abhishek Deshpande<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/abhishek-deshpande\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b84863419b66bd3962f0bb4673ff993e2c2af75aa4c9b433d1fffa1715d37b1?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Abhishek Deshpande\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Abhishek is a web technology consultant based in Nagpur, currently working as Solutions Architect at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/peenak.com\/\">Peenak Solutions<\/a>&nbsp;with 10+ years of experience in Web Development, Digital Marketing across various domains.<\/p>\n<p>Abhishek started with his WordPress version 1.8 as a blogger in 2006. He has been active in the WordPress Community for the last six years. He is a serial WordCamper and Twitter addict, and you can find him on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fitehal\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;at any random hour.<\/p>\n<p>Abhishek will be speaking at WordCamp Kochi 2019 on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Let Amazon Alexa talk about your WordPress Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-aditya-kane\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/aditya-kane\/\">Aditya Kane<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/aditya-kane\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5545907b74e7769b1db330c1bec48f2c94930e99e6f2f51eaff3b3df9ce2d8b?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Aditya Kane\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Aditya works on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/\">WordPress Community<\/a>&nbsp;Team. He has lived much of his life in the two cities of Mumbai and Pune in India. He loves reading books and secretly wants to be a world-famous philosopher. He believes that the core tenets of Open Source culture and philosophy should make its way into education, politics, law, economics and more.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya will be presenting a&nbsp;<strong>lightning<\/strong>&nbsp;session on the topic&nbsp;<strong>Building and nurturing a local open-source community<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-aditya-shah\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/aditya-shah\/\">Aditya Shah<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/aditya-shah\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/781518e3519e07fbdd10503b45b6d203f3fd92de8c9fffd58a4e099069cb3d79?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Aditya Shah\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>His passion for WordPress began in 2012, and ever since then, he hasn\u2019t looked back. An avid contributor in the WordPress community, he is currently employed as a support superhero at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/premium.wpmudev.com\/\">WPMUDEV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya will be speaking at&nbsp;<strong>WordCamp Kochi<\/strong>&nbsp;on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Website Optimization \u2013 The Right Way<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-ajay-aravind\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/ajay-aravind\/\">Ajay Aravind<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/ajay-aravind\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed057b9522109e0940a315c9bba9d14f24ba68b0de3fa825c8990fbaad06e066?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Ajay Aravind\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>An Entrepreneur in love with WordPress, Founder and C.E.O. of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/midnay.com\/\">Midnay<\/a>, A specialist WordPress Agency from Kozhikode.<\/p>\n<p>Ajay has been working around WordPress for 12 years as a developer, architect, assistant. advisory, community member and many more roles which makes people smile with WordPress and its principles.<\/p>\n<p>Ajay will be presenting a&nbsp;<strong>lightning<\/strong>&nbsp;session on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Building a WordPress Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-anitaa-murthy\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/anitaa-murthy\/\">Anitaa Murthy<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/anitaa-murthy\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b431e50a8a3b2a462f1f3a3b8c612f0f665b9c502c3dc25b83b0a8ee90bcb4a5?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Anitaa Murthy\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>A software developer from Chennai, India, Anitaa is a member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automattic.com\/\">Automattic<\/a>&nbsp;mobile team where she works on WordPress and WooCommerce for Android apps. She has previously worked in multiple startups in and around India \u2013 where she specialized in building mobile apps related to advertising and payment at Airloyal and Brontoo.<\/p>\n<p>Anitaa will be speaking at WordCamp Kochi 2019 on the topic \u2013<strong>&nbsp;Contributing to the WordPress mobile apps<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-gaurav-srivastava\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/gaurav-srivastava\/\">Gaurav Srivastava<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/gaurav-srivastava\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9208af69a18f5ba8d9d44ff3b856c49e1eb0ec24e3bade25fe74a0c16101e6d0?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Gaurav Srivastava\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Blogs in Hindi at Digitalgaurav.in. Co-founder and trainer at Digi Path A Premier Digital marketing institute.WordPress Polyglot, TEDx Hindi translator. Podcasts a Hindi Digital Marketing Show. Apart from PC, Books are the major shareholder of my time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-hardeep-asrani\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/hardeep-asrani\/\">Hardeep Asrani<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/hardeep-asrani\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/809db0a17fba9bbc5e4377329f568e46e1a3d3b5edd0fd9896dab5e7b0fe5a1a?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Hardeep Asrani\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Hardeep Asrani is a developer and Star Wars fan from Kanpur. He loves contributing to the WordPress community in many ways, including support, themes, plugins and more. You can find him on Slack pretty much all the time exploring different parts of the WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>Hardeep will be taking a workshop on \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Building Blocks for Gutenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-imran-sayed\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/imran-sayed\/\">Imran Sayed<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/imran-sayed\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c012f016410d94907d8ec33c1bef3694be703b6da5ea15b5aae4e80aa31b472?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Imran Sayed\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Imran is a Web Engineer at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rtcamp.com\/\">rtCamp<\/a>. He is also a WordCamp Speaker, Meetup Organizer, and a regular contributor to the open-source community. He has a rich experience in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graphql.org\/\">GraphQL<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/\">Node<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reactjs.org\/\">React<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/laravel.com\/\">Laravel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the author of the popular Twenty Nineteen WordPress theme ported over to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frontity.org\/introducing-twenty-nineteen-frontity-theme\/\">Frontity<\/a>&nbsp;in React. Apart from this, Imran has a great passion for teaching and sharing knowledge. You can check out his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/ImranSayedDev\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp;channel, where he teaches Programming. As a hobby, Imran likes to write blogs on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@imranhsayed\">Medium<\/a>&nbsp;and has a passion for photography.<\/p>\n<p>Imran will be taking a workshop on \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Building a WordPress Site in React in 30 Min \u2013 with Frontity<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-jack-lenox\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/jack-lenox\/\">Jack Lenox<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/jack-lenox\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4d77e8a88bc1238769f9f5b3c0aab0b3120e2f825b4f9a24ff6981830c842c1?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Jack Lenox\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>&nbsp;Jack&nbsp;is an Engineer on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpvip.com\/\">WordPress VIP<\/a> team at <a href=\"https:\/\/automattic.com\/\">Automattic<\/a>. He is very interested in environmental issues and is currently studying for an MSc in Sustainability and Behaviour Change. He is also a parliamentary candidate for the Green Party of England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Jack will be <strong>live-streaming<\/strong> his session and will introduce all of you on the topic &#8211; <strong>How better performing websites can help save the planet<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-kumar-abhirup\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/kumar-abhirup\/\">Kumar Abhirup<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/kumar-abhirup\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab7e50c68a4ec619470c60d39ed1b27ad59b920806707f3ae2f3c56f3ddb4aa?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Kumar Abhirup\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Kumar is a 16-year-old JavaScript React Developer who builds cool projects since 2018. He\u2019s specialized in building full-stack applications that use React in frontend and GraphQL in the backend.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar will be speaking at&nbsp;<strong>WordCamp Kochi<\/strong>&nbsp;on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Headless WordPress with React<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-md-saif-hassan\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/md-saif-hassan\/\">Md Saif Hassan<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/md-saif-hassan\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66f0655b51217d00609c038cc5945705bcd7d64e0d5b08fd7825683d99b7e4af?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Md Saif Hassan\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Saif is currently working as a Product Manager at weDevs. He\u2019s a passionate speaker; you can find him in Bangladesh talking about WordPress, community &amp; open-source projects.<\/p>\n<p>He is an entrepreneur at heart as he founded his own managed WordPress hosting company by 17. Deeply passionate about technologies that make human lives more comfortable.&nbsp;&nbsp;A longtime WordPress enthusiast, he believes that websites and the tools used to build them should be well crafted, intuitive, and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Saif possesses excellent knowledge of Human-Computer Interaction and loves building products that users love to use.<\/p>\n<p>His session on WordCamp Kochi will be on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Human Computer interaction 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-menaka-s\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/menaka-s\/\">Menaka S<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/menaka-s\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/787da98ec7a41301c74f64f1b2d0a89c4b8bf29512a64557d2b94e6191483650?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Menaka S\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Currently working at <a href=\"https:\/\/automattic.com\/\">Automattic&#8217;s<\/a> WooCommerce division as Code Wrangler, she started developing software 22 years back and have been intermittently working on research projects and as a developer.  Menaka has a PhD in Natural Language Processing, and enjoy all aspects of working with software &#8211; development, testing and support. <\/p>\n<p>She has been working with WordPress for the past 7 years, of which the last 2 years have been in <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/\">WooCommerce<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Menaka is going to speak on the topic &#8211; <strong>Local WordPress Development &#8211; What, Why and How<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-prathamesh-palve\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/prathamesh-palve\/\">Prathamesh Palve<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/prathamesh-palve\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adb50224f18a834e82ab43ecbdead3aa2d97b9cca4335b5c5a4a35e627a31cb8?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Prathamesh Palve\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Prathamesh Palve works as a Support Ninja with <a href=\"https:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/\">WPMU DEV<\/a>. He has been working on WordPress from 2009 since he started making websites. He has worked with a few companies in India in the past, and also ran a small web development firm in Mumbai. He loves the open-source culture and also contributes by doing translations in Marathi and Hindi for many themes and plugins. He is also an avid WordPress.tv contributor.<\/p>\n<p>At WordCamp Kochi 2019, Prathamesh will be delivering a session on the topic <strong>Remote Work, WordPress &amp; Life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rohan-sadanandan\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/rohan-sadanandan\/\">Rohan Sadanandan<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/rohan-sadanandan\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b77d427b66e88c232f7eddbf5ec07a1df5c41de21e0493ae21f579b78b550f28?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rohan Sadanandan\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>He has been using WordPress for more than 10 years. Prior to joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthegosystems.com\/\">OnTheGoSystems<\/a>, he was working as a PHP Web Developer &amp; has developed hundreds of sites in WordPress over a span of 10 years, and have developed many custom themes &amp; plugins in WordPress, and likes to experiment, discuss &amp; contribute to the WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>Currently working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthegosystems.com\/\">OnTheGoSystems<\/a>(the company behind <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/\">WPML<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/\">Toolset<\/a>) as WordPress Technical Support Engineer for the WPML plugin. His job is to provide technical support for the customers using the WPML plugin to ensure that their website is running smooth &amp; without any issues.<\/p>\n<p>Rohan will be talking at WordCamp Kochi, on the topic \u2013 <strong>Internationalization &amp; Localization<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-sathish-kumar\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sathish-kumar\/\">Sathish Kumar<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sathish-kumar\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f43ef9b27747124f5e87254d54dae4bbc52a1df2b660cdf2c0c7d4c19b8649a5?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sathish Kumar\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Sathish is a Senior Accessibility Consultant working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deque.com\/\">Deque Software<\/a>, Hyderabad. He&#8217;s a passionate accessibility evangelist spreading awareness of inclusivity and accessibility across the globe. <\/p>\n<p>His session on WordCamp Kochi will cover on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Anatomy of Accessible forms<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-saurabh-gupta\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/saurabh-gupta\/\">Saurabh Gupta<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/saurabh-gupta\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac68c67caee57bbf8873002a827e8754e1d32b66e257d46c2092d0d9d52c8330?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Saurabh Gupta\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Saurabh is a Tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience in the software industry. His focus areas and expertise are around DevOps, Cloud Automation, Containers, Kubernetes and Security. He\u2019s currently associated with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\/\">DigitalOcean<\/a>&nbsp;as a Sr.Developer Advocate, and you can find him often speaking at communities, and conferences.<\/p>\n<p>Session \u2013&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.kochi.wordcamp.org\/presenting-our-1st-speaker-for-wordcamp-kochi-2019-meet-saurabh-gupta\/\">DevOps &amp; Open Source: Marriage made in Heaven<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-shifa-shaji\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/shifa-shaji\/\">Shifa Shaji<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/shifa-shaji\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b10739d98110e6ccf3a33f92c0e6a21800cb5e252c05a175f3534056706b3d7?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Shifa Shaji\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Shifa started her career as a PHP developer, and eventually, got hooked to the world of WordPress. Her career in WordPress started after joining&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appmaker.xyz\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Appmaker.xyz<\/a>. and ultimately setting footsteps in plugin development.<\/p>\n<p>Shifa will be presenting a&nbsp;<strong>lightning<\/strong>&nbsp;session on the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>WordPress REST API Integration<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-sudeep-s\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sudeep-s\/\">Sudeep S<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/sudeep-s\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bb674b0372f77d4edd22dae0c8f7e92d56b341e4c9ddfc8d2ade2c791499611?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sudeep S\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Sudeep is a technological enthusiast who has a great passion for working on codes and designs. Coding gives the greatest joy to him. He holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Language and Literature but holds extraordinary love for engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever he has learned or achieved so far is a result of his hard work and perseverance, he believes that learning by oneself is more fun and experimenting can teach you a lot more than textbooks.<\/p>\n<p>His talk on&nbsp;<strong>Malayalam<\/strong>&nbsp;will be for the topic \u2013&nbsp;<strong>What Is WordPress and How to get started with it<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13868684,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbiCVe-a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13868684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kochi.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}