About Me: 

With over a decade of experience in developing and delivering solutions using Open Source technology platforms, I have gained a varied and rich experience in catering to a varied client base. I am an Engineer by qualification from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras - one of India’s premier technology institutions.  Presently I am a Vice President & Director in UniMity Solutions, a technology firm based in Chennai.

My Drupal Experience

Using Open Source technologies for building enterprise solutions that are practical and effective. Specializing in Drupal - an Open Source Platform for Content Management and high interactive and intuitive Community web Portals. Experienced Site builder, Drupal technical architect and Project Manager. Started with Drupal 4 and quickly moved on to designing, building and managing a large Newspaper portal on Drupal 5. Since then, have been working on developing multiple products on the Drupal platform for Offshore and Indian clients.

Harnessing Drupal for Product Development

I have been part of a team that has developed an Enterprise Social Media Product that has been successfully implemented in many large and medium sized Corporates in India. This is an innovative adoption of Drupal’s powerful multi-media and collaborative capabilities to the Enterprise. The idea is to help enterprises to leverage the power and approach of Social Media within the organization to unlock human potential and promote innovation.

I am very  interested in working with Enterprises that want to harness Drupal in an innovative manner to enhance their digital presence through highly intuitive and interactive websites and portals.

Questions for the Candidate

Sivaji_Ganesh_Jojodae’s picture
Comment: 

Shyamala,

I'm happy to see you Contesting. You have been mentoring me time to time since 2008, I'm always inspired by your Drupal evangelism. Your energy for Drupal community and contributions are still coherent. Your motivation has helped me get through Google Summer of Code. Your selfless interest and passion may consider you immaculate for representing Drupal Asia. Our community needs representatives like you. Community building is something you are good at. Your Skills, experience, interest, Passion and career are all aligned to this endeavor. I'm sure many of us in Drupal community will have a story to share as mine. I see no reasons why you wouldn't be selected. Anyway best wishes! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Shyamala’s picture
Comment: 

Thanks Sivaji for you confidence! Look forward to meeting you at the sprint this Saturday.

lakshminp’s picture
Comment: 

Hi Shyamala,

I'm glad to see you contesting! I can't forget all the efforts you're undertook to galvanize the Chennai Drupal community and the mentoring at sprints. I'm sure that you will continue to do it, albeit al a larger scale. We need a combination of open source project management skills and technical chops, which you possess at right measures. Looking forward to see you at the helm of affairs and bring more girl power to Drupal :)

kannan@kiluvai.com’s picture
Comment: 

Hi shyamala,

I always admire your qualities like generosity, confidence, gratitude, commitment and willingness to learn.

You have mentored many of us to contribute back to community.

You are the key person on building Chennai Drupal Community, through this community we have conducted many training in colleges in and around Chennai, meetups and sprints.

your contribution to Drupal has demonstrated your skills and expertise on Drupal, project managment, QA, etc.

You deserve to be elected.

siva_epari’s picture
Comment: 

Glad to hear about Shyamala's nomination. She has been pivotal in spearheading Drupal community from the year 2009 in South India. I had the privelege to meet her at "National Convention for Academics and Research (NCAR)" where she spoke about Drupal to a large audience comprising of Academics & Researchers in year 2010. She has also been proactive in leading the Chennai Drupal community and spearheading Drupal 8 Mobile initiative as a project manager since 2013. 

She has all the qualities required for a Director and she deserves to be elected. Best wishes to her.

Shyamala’s picture
Comment: 

Thanks Lakshmi, Kamal and Siva. Hope to bring in Asian/Indian reperesentation on the board and help build a stronger community.

rahuldewan’s picture
Comment: 

There are people who do little and make a lot of noise about it. Then there are people who keep doing small things, consistently, over such long periods of time that you notice that you rarely notice the hand of the clock moving. Only when you look back you realise how much progress has been made, silently. Shyamala is among the latter type of people. She's been at the helm of organising Drupal community events in her own circle of influence over a very long period of time. Her silent work has inspired and motivated many in the Indian community -- me being one among those, surely. She's been a constant source of inspiration to me, and someone i have come to hugely respect over these years for her servant leadership. For years whenever there has been talk of having an Indian version of a Drupal Association, the first person who comes to my mind is Shyamala for her gentle, inspirational leadership. My first choice for the seat at the international Drupal Association too.

Maye the Force be with you! :)

Manjit.Singh’s picture
Comment: 

Glad to see the name of Shyamala in the nominations :) I met with shyamala on 2009 in Drupal camp Delhi, where she spoke about "Responsive theming in Drupal". And she takes up the "Drupal 8 mobile initiative" which is highly important at that time.

And personally, she had very good nature and inspirational to every one of us. Best of Luck Shyamala for this awesome opportunity. ;)

ThirstySix’s picture
Comment: 

Best Wishes :)

dineshkumarb’s picture
Comment: 

All the best Shyamala!

Purnachandra Rao V’s picture
Comment: 

Shyamala perfectly represents the best of the Drupal community.
She is a great organizer and leader on all sorts of projects.

She has my vote!

nal vAlthukkal!

devtherock’s picture
Comment: 

Great to see you in the nomination list, Best of luck Shyamala.

prateekS’s picture
Comment: 

Its will be really to good to have a director like you in drupal assoc.  All the best Shyamala 

sundarcreosen’s picture
Comment: 

Madam,

I live in Ashburn, VA, USA. I admire you a lot as well. I voted for you. Keep up the good work and best of luck in all your endeavours!

Thanks

Sundar

navaneeth_r’s picture
Comment: 

Hi Shyamala, Happy see you in Nomination list. All the best.

svnindia’s picture
Comment: 

Happy to see you in the nomination list. ALL The Best Shyamala :)

siva.thanush’s picture
Comment: 

Best wishes.

piyushpoddar’s picture
Comment: 

Shyamala has been one of the oldest Drupal leaders from India. While she doesn't make a lot of noise about what she does, she continues to mentor people, organise local events, evangelise Indian community in National and International events and has been a source of inspiration for many.

Indian Community needs leaders like Shyamala, in order to elevate to the next levels and keep growing the way we have over the last few years.

After having pulled a great Drupalcon, Indian / Asian community needs official presence and representation at the Drupal Association. It couldn't have been a time as relevant as now.

I fully support and vote for Shyamal and would strongly encourage others to do the same.

 

karthiselvam.seeralan’s picture
Comment: 

All the best Shyamala

 

Thanks,

Karthiselvam Seeralan.

 

ramuchidambaram’s picture
Comment: 

All the best Shyamala.

U deserve this.

Shyamala’s picture
Comment: 

Thanks all for your encouragement and support! 

harithab’s picture
Comment: 

All the best

Dharmendra.s’s picture
Comment: 

All The Beat Mam,

GV’s picture
Comment: 

Shyamala, your passion and dedication for Drupal is amazing. All the best!

vishnu358’s picture
Comment: 

I have attended yoursession on contribution to drupal at drupal con mumbai and it was very interesting. 

All the best!!

Sumit kumar’s picture
Comment: 

Best of luck @Shyamala

ashwin.ramaswamy’s picture
Comment: 

All the best

sashi.kiran’s picture
Comment: 

Sounds great that Ms.Shyamala is one of the nominee  to the contest. My first meeting with her was at "National Convention for Academics and Research (NCAR)" and I was moved by her intellectual and her interest to drive the community ahead.

I support her and will try in all means to get her more votes.

Planning for a photo session with quotes in support to her...!

Best wishes

Rohit kumar jha’s picture
Comment: 

All the best.