Twenty Years of Democratizing Access and Building Technology!

At the dawn of this millennium, a wave of euphoria swept across the world of Computers and Information Technology, shaping the aspirations of an entire generation of educated youth. Andhra Pradesh was no exception, driven by policymakers, this excitement was so immense that we were led to believe India would emerge as an IT superpower, especially following the establishment of offshore development centers and shops by some tech companies. This enthusiasm was not unfounded; it was fueled by the fact that computers were becoming an integral part of every production process.
However, for those of us who thought critically, certain pressing questions arose. By the year 2000, the literacy rate in the then-united state of Andhra Pradesh stood at 60.47%, while English proficiency was limited to less than 10%. With 90% of the population unable to access computers due to language barriers, could we truly become an IT superpower? Could a subservient outsourcing ecosystem ever enable us to evolve into a true knowledge economy?
The answer to these questions is Swecha!
If we were to transition into a knowledge economy, access to computers had to be universal—not just in terms of hardware, but also software in native languages. The first-ever operating system in Telugu was named Swecha, marking a historic milestone. In fact, the first-ever computer operating system in any Indian language was developed in Telugu, and it was Swecha! Today, with even greater vigor and ambition, Swecha is pioneering the development of AI in Telugu.
The driving force behind this journey has been the relentless, selfless, and unwavering dedication of volunteers. What began as an effort by just three individuals has now evolved into a thriving movement with thousands of volunteers, including researchers, IT professionals, academicians, and students!
At the recent AI-Days Conference in Hyderabad, a remarkable 80% of the expert speakers from the Asia-Pacific region—the who's who of the field—were associated with Swecha, an inspiring testament to its impact!
Swecha is deeply grateful to everyone who has dedicated their lives to this cause, to those working part-time to support it, and to every individual who has been part of this journey at some point in their lives.
With the slogan "Swecha to Payanam—Nenu Manam gaa Jananam" (Association with Swecha—A Transition from I to We), Swecha invites everyone who wishes to be part of this mission—Democratizing Access to Technology and Democratizing the Process of Building Technology!
We will soon be publishing a series of experiences from this incredible 20-year journey!

February 9, 2005 – The day the Swecha Operating System was launched!

#community #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Swecha #Telugu

Greetings from Swecha! 🚀

#GoLangBootcamp on Dec 10 delved into various Go Language aspects, providing valuable insights. Thanks for your enthusiastic participation! Stay tuned for upcoming Go Lang Adv Bootcamp!

#DeveloperBootCamps #DevDaysHyd #Swecha #GoLang 🖥️👩‍💻

Today's #DigitalFreedom #Hackathon kicked off with a strong start. All the developers actively contributed to different projects.

The event featured informative project introductions and mentorship for all the projects. Notable projects developed in this Hackathon are,

1. ManaPrayanam for live tracking public transport.
2. Crafting a Rust and GStreamer media player for enhanced video playback.
3. Collaborating on the Civic Dashboard, exploring diverse datasets.
4. Hyderabad Tourism – To promote local tourism.
5. Collaborating on the Civic Dashboard, delving into diverse datasets.
6. Create memorable framed photo collections – the Photo Booth project.
7. Spearheading the healthcare, with blood donation focused, Raktha Raksha project.

We express gratitude to all the participants for coming together on #IndependenceDay and working on projects for #DigitalIndia.

We look forward to more projects and contributions towards #DigitalFreedom.

Wishing you all a Happy Independence Day!

#Code4Change #Swecha

🎉 A big thank you to our fantastic speaker, Ananya Mukherjee! She gave an impressive talk on AI & NLP, covering topics both before and after LLMs. Her presentation is a testament to how women are truly excelling and leading the way in tech. 🚀

#WomenWhoHack #Swecha

🎉 Kudos to our outstanding speaker, Bhavani Indukuri! Diving deep into various cloud service providers and highlighting the core DevOps tools, she reaffirmed that women are at the forefront of tech innovation. 🚀

#WomenWhoHack #Swecha

M Zubair Ahmed showcases various tools and frameworks that simplify the implementation of Micro Frontends. Attendees are gaining insights into the different strategies for orchestrating Micro Frontends within large-scale applications. The possibilities for faster iterations and smoother development workflows are capturing everyone's attention.

#ModernWeb #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

📈 Scaling on the cloud is a hot topic! Vivek Viswanathan shares best practices for automatic scaling, ensuring that applications can adapt to varying workloads seamlessly. Attendees are impressed by the potential for resource optimization.

#CloudComputing #DevDaysHyd #Swecha #scalable #CNCF

Akhil starts by introducing the idea behind the project – harnessing the power of Rustlang's performance and ChatGPT's language understanding to create accurate and concise podcast summaries. The audience is intrigued by the possibilities.

#RustLanguage #Rust #ChatGPT #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

Harsh Kumar Moroliya begins by explaining the fundamentals of Rust and its unique features that make it a strong choice for backend development. The audience is captivated by the language's safety and performance advantages. 🦀

#RustLanguage #Backend #Frameworks #WebServers #AIFALabs #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

We're thrilled to have Ranga Karanam guiding us through the intricacies of the cloud computing landscape! The excitement is palpable as tech enthusiasts gather to learn from an industry expert.

#CloudComputing #Webinar #AWS #Azure #GoogleCloud #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🚀 Excited to kick off #DevDaysHyd with an incredible inaugural session with over 300+ attendees.

Our Guests of Honour for today
1. Prof. Venkatesh Choppella, IIITH, Head of Virtual Labs Project.
2. Prof. Vikram Pudi, Head of Center for Open Source, IIITH.
3. Mr. Ram Prasad, Deliver Manager of ThoughtWorks Hyderabad.
4. Mr. Ganesh Katrapati, Swecha General Secretary.

Our experts will share the latest tech trends and insights. Stay tuned for live updates and highlights! Let's make this an unforgettable day of learning and innovation together.

#Swecha #CloudComputing #Golang #Rust #ML #ModernWeb

Go Language Track (2:00 PM to 4:30 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! 🚀 Discover the contemporary programming language - Go Lang, during the #DevDaysHyd event, "gRPC - A Modern framework For Micro-services Communication." Join Azar M, Full-stack Developer, @IntelOps Inc., as we discuss the features of using gRPC and how it enables building fast, secure, reliable, extensible and scalable micro-services.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#GoLanguage #Webinar #gPRC #MicroServices #IntelOpsInc #ModernFramework #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Go Language Track (2:00 PM to 4:30 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! 🚀 Discover the contemporary programming language - Go Lang, during the #DevDaysHyd event, "Programming in Go for Java Developers." Join Shubham Sharma, Software engineer, @Microsoft, as we explore the writing efficient and idiomatic Go code from a perspective of a Object-Oriented programmers from Java and .NET worlds.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#GoLanguage #Webinar #Programming #JavaDevelopers #DotNET #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Rust Language Track (11:00 AM to 1:00 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! ®️ Discover Rust, the cutting-edge programming language at #DevDaysHyd, "Beginning Backend With Rust." Join Harsh Kumar Moroliya, Systems Engineer at @AIFA Labs, Rust Developer, as we explore the back-end web-servers with Rust along with available frameworks.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#RustLanguage #Webinar #Backend #Frameworks #WebServers #AIFALabs #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Rust Language Track (11:00 AM to 1:00 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! ®️ Discover Rust, the cutting-edge programming language at #DevDaysHyd, "How I Built Podcast Summarizer Using Rustlang and ChatGPT." Join Akhil Teja, Sr. Data Scientist, @DBS Bank, as we explore the journey of building Podcast summarizer application using Rustlang.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#RustLanguage #Webinar #PodcastSummarizer #Rustlang #ChatGPT #DBSBank #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Modern Web Track (2:00 PM to 4:30 PM):

🎯 Exciting News! 🌐 Explore the World of Modern Web at #DevDaysHyd, "Future-Ready Web Components: Building for Tomorrow's Web!" Join Ganesh Kumar Pilli, Lead Software Engineer, @Berkadia, as we unlock the power of Web Components.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#ModernWeb #Webinar #WebComponents #TomorrowsWeb #Berkadia #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Cloud Computing Track (9:30 AM to 1:00 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! ⛅️ Discover the power of Cloud Computing at #DevDaysHyd, "Building cost effective scalable solution on the cloud." Join Vivek Viswanathan, Senior Vice-President at @Arcesium, as we explore technical challenges to be tackled while scaling up any service to handle the surge in demand, Approaches used in mitigating these challenges, Future research in this area.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#CloudComputing #Webinar #TechnicalChallenges #FutureResearch #Arcesium #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!

Cloud Computing Track (9:30 AM to 1:00 PM)

🎯 Exciting News! 🌩 Discover the power of Cloud Computing at #DevDaysHyd, "Navigating the Cloud Computing Landscape." Join Ranga Karanam, Architect & Founder of @In28minutes, as we explore AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Register here: https://swecha.org/devdays

#CloudComputing #Webinar #AWS #Azure #GoogleCloud #In28minutes #DevDaysHyd #Swecha

🎟 Find more details on other tracks and register now at swecha.org/devdays to secure your spot! You are welcome to join any track(s)!