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community work

GNU Emacs
Programmer
November 2015 - Present

Shakthimaan
Fedora Ambassador
March 2009 - February 2014

http://www.linuxforum.com
Moderator
"x86processor"
December 2003 - November 2008

presentations

  1. Shakthi Kannan. (2023, August 28). Introduction to DevOps Monitoring and Observability (online). Army Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  2. Shakthi Kannan. (2022, November 23-25). Foundations to Security by Design: A Novel Approach to Building Type-Safe, Modular, and Efficient IoT Solutions. iotshow.in. Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  3. Shakthi Kannan. (2022, September 30). OCaml 5: Language, Platform and Ecosystem. Open Source India 2022, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  4. Shakthi Kannan. (2022, August 23). Fundamentals of DevOps (online). Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  5. Shakthi Kannan. (2022, March 24). Fast and Curious: Benchmarking (Multicore) OCaml (online). Functional Conf 2022, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  6. Shakthi Kannan. (2021, November 4). Careers with Free/Libre and Open Source Software (online). Seshasayee Institute of Technology, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.

  7. Shakthi Kannan. (2021, January 30). Career Opportunities in FOSS Technologies (online). Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

  8. Shakthi Kannan. (2020, October 20). Introduction to Git. Computer Society of India and IEEE Computer Society, Chennai Chapter, Tamil Nadu, India..

  9. Shakthi Kannan. (2020, September 12). Careers with Free/Libre and Open Source Software (online). FOSS Hack 2020. .

  10. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, August 9-11). "XeTeX Book Template". Tex User Group Conference 2019, Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel, Palo Alto, California.

  11. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, July 18). DevOps Automation webinar (online). E2E Networks, India.

  12. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, July 13). "di-git-ally managing love letters". R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  13. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, June 21-22). Shooting the trouble down the Wireshark Lua plugin workshop. Rootconf 2019, NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  14. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, May 1-2). Aerospike Automation. Aerospike User Summit 2019, San Francisco, United States of America.

  15. Shakthi Kannan. (2019, March 2). Opportunities in Free (Libre) and Open Source Software. Computer Society of India, Madras Chapter, Chennai, India.

  16. Shakthi Kannan. (2018, May 5). Elixir Scripting workshop. MVJ College of Engineering, Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  17. Shakthi Kannan. (2017, October 13-15). "Nursery Rhymes" and "Icoboard". Science Hack Day India 2017, Sankalp Bhumi resort, Belgaum, India.

  18. Shakthi Kannan. (2017, May 11-12). "Nursery Rhymes". Rootconf 2017, MLR Convention Centre, JP Nagar, Bangalore, India.

  19. Shakthi Kannan. (2017, February 16-17). "Nursery Rhymes", and "Yet Another Lightning Talk - Season Two". PyCon Pune 2017, Amanora, The Fern Hotels and Club, Pune, India.

  20. Shakthi Kannan. (2016, November 3). A World of Emacs. Chennai Geek Night 36th Edition, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  21. Shakthi Kannan. (2016, May 13). Literate DevOps using GNU Emacs. Pune Emacs Users' Group, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  22. Shakthi Kannan. (2016, April 23). Ansible mode in Emacs, Chennaipy meet. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  23. Shakthi Kannan. (2016, April 20). Literate DevOps using GNU Emacs, Chennai DevOps for Continuous Delivery and Beyond. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  24. Shakthi Kannan. (2015, October 2-4). "Pretty Printing in Python", "Nursery Rhymes", and "Yet Another Lightning Talk". PyCon India 2015, NIMHANS Convention Center, Bengaluru, India.

  25. Shakthi Kannan. (2015, September 26). G-code Visualization Tools, Chennaipy meet. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  26. Shakthi Kannan. (2015, August 22). Paho Python client for MQTT, Chennaipy meet. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  27. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, June 14). Fedora workshop, St.Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  28. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, April 20). Fedora workshop, Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

  29. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, March 2). Fedora OpenStack workshop, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Nagsen Vana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.

  30. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, February 22). Emacs + Magit = Git Magic talk, Pune Emacs Users' Group, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  31. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, February 15-17). Introduction to GCC workshop, GNUnify 2013, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  32. Shakthi Kannan. (2013, February 2-3). Fedora workshop, Sandip Institute of Technology and Research Center, Nashik, Maharashtra, India.

  33. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, December 1). OpenStack workshop, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  34. Praveen Kumar, Charles Rose, Shakthi Kannan. (2012, October 7). Fedora Activity Day workshop, R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  35. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, June 30). Fedora workshop, Indira College of Commerce and Science, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  36. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, June 17). Quite Universal Circuit Simulator - A Qt Love Story. Barcamp Mumbai 9, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

  37. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, March 28-29). Publican. Document Freedom Workshop 2012, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

  38. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, March 24-25). nursery_rhymes.rb. RubyConf India 2012, Hyatt Regency, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  39. Shakthi Kannan. (2012, February 26). i-want-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do-fedora. Pragyan 2012, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

  40. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, December 27). Introduction to Fedora, Tux workshop. MindSpark 2011, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  41. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, December 4). Introduction to Fedora workshop. Foresight Institute of Management and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  42. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, November 4-6). FUDCon Pune 2011: "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator - A Qt Love Story". College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  43. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, October 8). Fedora Activity Day II 2011: i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do", and di-git-ally managing love letters. College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  44. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, September 28-October 2). Shaastra 2011: i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do". IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  45. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, September 24). Fedora Activity Day I 2011: di-git-ally managing love letters". Red Hat, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  46. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, September 16-18). PyCon India 2011: From Python to Silicon. Symbiosis, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  47. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, August 26-27). GNU Make: Dum Ka Biryani, Make for each other. Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kerala, India.

  48. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, August 20). Introduction to Test Driven Development using Ruby, Rails, Cucumber. Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  49. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, August 6). Introduction to Python. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  50. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, February 19). Free/Open Source Hardware, What it means to Design Engineers. Electronics For You Expo 2011. Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India.

  51. Shakthi Kannan. (2011, February 11-12). Dum Ka Biryani, Make for each other. GNUnify 2011. Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  52. Shakthi Kannan. (2010, October 2). Fedora, Free Software workshop (IRC). Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.

  53. Shakthi Kannan. (2010, September 19-20). Building a FOSS Ecosystem in India; the role of different players panel discussion. OSI Tech Days. Chennai Trade Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  54. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, December 26). Fedora, Free Software workshop. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Vadodara), Gujarat, India.

  55. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, August 22). Fedora workshop. ACE College of Engineering, Ankushapur, Ghatkesar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  56. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, July 18-19). GNUtsav. National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India.

  57. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, May 16-17). Event report. http://fossjam.in. Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

  58. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, May 2). Introductory Free Softwareworkshop. NBKR Institute of Science and Technology, Vidyanagar, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  59. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, March 21). Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems, gEDA and Fedora Electronic Lab. Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

  60. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, February 28). Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems. FOSSConf 2009. Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil nadu, India.

  61. Shakthi Kannan. (2009, February 14). i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do. GNUnify 2009. Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICS), Pune, Maharashtra, India.

  62. Shakthi Kannan. (2008, October 18). Emacs a day keeps the vi-zing away, Department of Astronomy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  63. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2008, September 20). "Software Freedom Day". My session was on "GNU/Linux installation concepts". Primora, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  64. Somanath Avvari, Shakthi Kannan. (2008, August 1-2). Inky Pink Poky and Openmoko - Free Your Phone talks at Mukt.in 2008, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  65. Shakthi Kannan. (2008, May 16). Debian GNU/Linux installation session at Satyam Learning Centre Institute of Science and Technology, Piglipur village, Hayath Nagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  66. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, December 15). FOSS VLSI tools session at VLSI-Trends and Applications. Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  67. Aanjhan, Shakthi Kannan. (2007, November 17). Embedded/VLSI FOSS workshop. BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India.

  68. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, October 28). Introduction to OpenMoko talk. TwinCling Society, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  69. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, October 27). Free Software workshop. University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  70. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, March 24). GNU Embedded/VLSI workshop. Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  71. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, March 10). Free/Libre/Open Source workshop. Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  72. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, March 3). Careers with GNU/Linux, and Alliance VLSI CAD Tools. Free/Open Source Software at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India.

  73. Shakthi Kannan. (2007, January 20). Shakthimaan! The Indian Challenge of FLOSS Advocacy. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.

  74. Deepan Chakravarthy, and Shakthi Kannan. (2006, September 9). "Bioinformatics-FLOSS" workshop. Bioinformatics department. Karpagam Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

  75. Aanjhan, and Shakthi Kannan. (2006, September 2). "GNU Embedded/VLSI Workshop". SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.

  76. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2006, August 19-20). "FLOSSAGE 2006". Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  77. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2006, August 13). FLOSS training. Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  78. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, August 5). Careers with GNU/Linux, Free Software, GNU/Linux desktop, localization in GNU/Linux, played the movie "Revolution OS". "Introduction to FLOSS" workshop. CS and IT department. Karpagam Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

  79. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, July 31). Careers with GNU/Linux, GNU/Linux desktop, played the movie "Revolution OS". "Introduction to FLOSS" workshop. MNM Jain Engineering College, Thorappakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.

  80. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, July 22). Careers with GNU/Linux, Free software for engineers, GNU/Linux desktop. "Introduction to FLOSS" workshop. Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  81. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, July 2). Tamil with Ubuntu. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.

  82. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, April 22). Introduction to Quilt. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.

  83. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, April 8). "USB and GNU/Linux - An Overview". Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.

  84. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2006, March 25-26). "FLOSS Exhibit 2006". My session was on "Careers with GNU/Linux", and also coordinated sessions in the auditorium. Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India

  85. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2006, March 18). Introduction to FLOSS, Workshop. My session was on "Careers with GNU/Linux". SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.

  86. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, March 11). Free software and GNU/Linux. Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kochi, Kerala.

  87. Shakthi Kannan. (2006, March 4). Embedded GNU/Linux Labs HOWTO, Alliance VLSI CAD Tools HOWTO."GNU Embedded/VLSI Workshop". Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.

  88. Aanjhan, Bharathi, Shakthi Kannan. (2006, February 25). "GNU Embedded/VLSI Workshop" in association with Electrical Engineering Association, IIT-Madras. My sessions were on "Alliance VLSI CAD Tools HOWTO" and "Embedded GNU/Linux Labs HOWTO". IIT-Madras, India.

  89. Aanjhan, Bharathi, Ramanraj, Shakthi Kannan. (2005, November 12-13). "Tuxedo 2005". My session was on Careers with GNU/Linux and Free Software for Engineers. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

  90. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, October 22). Alliance VLSI CAD Tools with GNU/Linux and Embedded GNU/Linux Labs HOWTO. Crescent Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  91. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2005, October 16). GNU/Linux workshop for NGOs. ILUGC in association with CIOSA. Ma Foi Academy, Chennai.

  92. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, September 24). Careers with GNU/linux. Free software for engineers. Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  93. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, September 10). Careers with GNU/Linux. GNU/Linux desktop. Free software for engineers. Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  94. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, September 3). Careers with GNU/Linux. Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  95. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, August 20). Careers with GNU/Linux. Free software for Engineers. GNU/Linux workshop. Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  96. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, August 9). Careers with GNU/Linux. Hindustan College of Engineering, Padur, Tamil Nadu, India.

  97. Chandrasekhar (AU-KBC, MIT), Murali (AU-KBC, MIT), Shakthi Kannan, Venkatesh (AU-KBC, MIT). (August 6, 2005). AU-KBC FLOSS Road Show. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India.

  98. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, July 23). Careers with GNU/Linux. Free Software for Engineers. MCA Department, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India.

  99. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, July 16). Careers with GNU/Linux. Free Software for Engineers. GNU/Linux Desktop. GNU/Linux workshop. CSE Department, Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India in association with Tiruchirapalli MYSQL group.

  100. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, July 2). Careers with GNU/Linux. Free Software for Engineers. GNU/Linux workshop. MCA Department and M.Sc. IT students, St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  101. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, June 25). Introduction to Mambo CMS. GNU/Linux Vidyashram. Ma Foi Academy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  102. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, May 21). Introduction to LaTeX. GNU/Linux Vidyashram. Ma Foi Academy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  103. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2005, March 19-20). "Carte Blanche 2005". Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  104. S. Bharathi & Shakthi Kannan. (2005, March 12). Careers with GNU/Linux, & Free/Open Source Software for Engineers. GNU/Linux Workshop. EEE Department, at Crescent Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in association with IEEE Student Chapter, Crescent Engineering College, Chennai.

  105. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, March 5). The GNU/Linux Desktop, Introduction to GNU Mach and GNU Hurd, & Installation of GNU/Hurd. GNU/Linux & GNU Hurd Workshop. Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India in association with Kongu Linux User's Group, KEC, Erode and Operating Systems Interest Group, KEC, Erode.

  106. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, February 19). Careers with GNU/Linux, The GNU/Linux Desktop & Free/Open Source Software for Engineers. GNU/Linux/OSS Workshop. CSE Department, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India in association with ACM Student Chapter, Anna University.

  107. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, February 12). Installation of GNU Hurd. IIT-Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  108. Shakthi Kannan. (2005, January 17). Careers with GNU/Linux, Free/Open Source Software for Engineers, & Introduction to Linux Device Drivers. GNU/Linux/OSS workshop. Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.

  109. Shakthi Kannan. (2004, November 7). GNU/Linux Software Applications for Engineers and Tech Support. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India in association with IEEE Forums, Student Chapter, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

  110. Shakthi Kannan (Volunteer). (2004, July 10). GNU/Linux Demo Day. Asan Memorial School, Chennai.

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