Powering the interconnected community in India

Just like Indian developers are nurturing the open source community at large, it is important to provide avenues for growth for newer, younger talent to learn how to tap into their skills. GitHub has taken a few steps in that direction.

GitHub Grants for Open Source: This programme was launched by GitHub to help support projects in India, since working long-term on a particular project can be an expensive affair. GitHub Grants for Open Source commits Rs 10 million (Rs 1 crore) to support and fund open source maintainers and contributors, as they build open source software that impacts India and the world.

GitHub Accelerate: This programme aims to support startups in their technological growth by providing access to GitHub’s enterprise products. The programme is currently open to startups that are a part of a select partner network consisting of accelerators, incubators and venture funds. Large organisations that have built their business model around open source or rely on it can now share their experiences with up and coming startups, and also get their engineering teams to share their strategies on scalability and security. This will help new startups learn from the best in the game.

GitHub Externship: The GitHub Externship programme provides students with a unique opportunity to engage with companies in

India, via fellowship programmes. It helps them build the right skills future developers need, including open source skills, to succeed in an enterprise environment. It guides them on what it means to be part of the open source ecosystem, what the different licensing mechanisms in open source are, when to use them, and so on. Third-year students work on enterprise open source projects, which is a win-win situation since student developers get exposure to real world challenges and the industry gets some cool coding talent.