Jamari is one of our 2023 Calico Callenge participants working on our Talawa projects. He started participating earlier this year, and was formally accepted in June. He has been collaborating with other participants and mentors on his various GitHub pull requests.

Welcome Jamari!

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I’m Jamari McFarlane from Jamaica, a participant in the 2023 Calico Challenge, and a second-year student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the University of the West Indies Mona.

I began programming during my early high school years when I discovered Python. Back then, I spent a lot of time coding simple console programs, solving programming challenges, and running automation scripts on any site that would allow me to. As time went on, my curiosity led me to explore other areas of this field, ultimately sparking my interest in web development.

Web development soon became my calling, and my desire to excel at it continued to grow. I soon found myself immersed in numerous web projects and often experimenting with the most interesting features of emerging technologies. It didn’t take long for me to develop an eagerness to step foot into the realm of professional development, and the Calico Challenge provided the perfect avenue for me to do just that, for which I’m extremely grateful.

Away from coding, you’ll usually find me involved in some kind of sporting activity or fully immersed in the world of online chess-playing, watching, or discussing games. Alternatively, I might be exploring the depths of Quora or listening to hours of songs on YouTube.

Noble is one of our 2023 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participants working on our Talawa projects. He started participating earlier this year, and was formally accepted as a GSoC participant in May. He has been collaborating with other participants and mentors on his various GitHub pull requests.

Welcome Noble!

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Noble Mittal is a software developer, who is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the esteemed Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. As a Junior at IIT Roorkee, Noble has demonstrated a profound interest in the fields of Competitive Programming and Full-Stack Development, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance his skills and knowledge.

Currently, Noble is engaged in an exciting endeavor as part of the Google Summer of Code 2023 program, working for Talawa, a project under The Palisadoes Foundation. He was selected for the project “Hybrid Innovation: Build User Portal for Talawa,” which aims to enhance the user experience for regular Talawa users. Since December 2022, Noble has been actively contributing to the Talawa Project, driven by the satisfaction of working on a solution that will benefit numerous nonprofit organizations. Talawa provides seamless management for organization admins, facilitating efficient organization member management and event coordination.

Apart from this, Noble actively engages in various programming platforms such as Codeforces, Codechef, and Atcoder, where he consistently challenges himself and strives to learn different algorithms. Moreover, as a Project Leader in the Information Management Group at IIT Roorkee, Noble takes on the responsibility of maintaining and developing Intra-Institutional apps for the residents of IIT Roorkee, leveraging packages like Django, Django-REST-Framework, Django-Channels, React, and Redux to create innovative solutions.

We talk to Noman Khan, one of our GSoC 2023 mentors. It’s an interesting wide ranging discussion on technology in the Indian context.

Here is our video status report of our GSoC 2023 participants’ project ideas.

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We talk to Eva Sharma, one of our GSoC 2023 mentors. It’s an interesting wide ranging discussion on technology in the Indian context.