Develothon is a developer skill marathon aimed at helping the software developer community in India develop skills in newer technology areas. The name Develothon is derived from combining 'developerWorks' and 'Marathon'.
Concept
Develothon 2010 was a pan-India road show integrated with the IBM developerWorks forum and focused on topics covered under the Smarter Planet initiative. The program aimed to bring about active transformational learning through 40 Unconferences in 31 cities along with 40 technical briefings. Seventy five speakers delivered sessions chosen by the audience. In each city, the audience got a chance to vote speakers for the Top Speaker Trophy based on their presentation abstract and session delivery. It was conceived by Himanshu Goyal and his team including Kunal Dureja, Bharti Muthu, Prasanna Kumar, Apra Sahey, Dhirender Nirwani, Sarvanan Sekar, P Dasgupta, Anil Menon, Malathi Srinivasan, Pradeep Nair and many others at IBM.
In metro cities, the technical sessions with flexible agenda covered all of Smarter Planet themes, while in Tier 2 and Tier 3 smaller cities of India, the program offered technical briefing sessions on emerging technology topics such as Cloud Computing and Web 2.0. The sessions also focused on key IBM Software Group technologies such as Rational, Information Management, WebSphere, Lotus and Tivoli in accordance with IBM's Smarter Planet Theme of Dynamic Infrastructure, Smart Work, New Intelligence and Smarter Products based on local geographic needs.
Limca Book of Records
Develothon has been awarded the Limca Book of Records award under Learning for delivering skill marathon covering 40 Live technical briefings in 31 cities. Skill Marathon happens in a relay format with each set of team members passing the baton on to another set of team members during the trip thus ensuring continuity across the complete 40 days of the journey.
IBM developerWorks
Since 1999, IBM developerWorks has been a key destination for IT professionals as a comprehensive source for technical content, trial code, and forums. developerWorks continues to help software professionals stay ahead of the latest trends in open standards, develop new skills, solve problems, and work collaboratively with peers.
In addition to this, developerWorks offers an online community called My developerWorks, which was created to help users build relationships with technical professionals who have similar interests.
The Develothon Program was plugged into developerWorks to enable developers and academia to learn both online and offline. Some of the online learning aids from developerWorks that were available in the Develothon program were product trials, technology eKits, downloadable or cloud based sandboxes, online briefings, free eBooks, training SkillKits, Java Development Kit (JDK) and online workshops.
Over 18,000 IT professionals were skilled in 2009 in India.
Develothon 2010 Itinerary
The program started on 22 March in Mumbai and passed through various Metro, tier II and III cities. After covering a distance of over 4598 kilometers across 12 cities from 11 states and connecting more than 5000 people, Develothon 2010 finally ended its journey back in Mumbai on 30 April.
DateVenueCityMarch 22, 2010Sahara StarMumbaiMarch 22, 2010Sinhgad Institute of TechnologyLonavalaMarch 23, 2010O HotelPuneMarch 23, 2010Vishwakarma Institute of TechnologyPuneMarch 25, 2010Gogte Institute of TechnologyBelgaumMarch 26, 2010Hotel FidalgoGoaMarch 27, 2010BV Bhoomaraddi College of Engg. & TechnologyHubliMarch 29, 2010NMAM Institute of TechnologyMangaloreMarch 30, 2010Hotel Royal OrchidBangaloreMarch 30, 2010MS Ramaiah Institute of TechnologyBangaloreMarch 31, 2010National Institute of EngineeringMysoreApril 1, 2010Dayanand Sagar College of EngineeringBangaloreApril 5, 2010Le MeridianChennaiApril 5, 2010RMK Engineering CollegeChennaiApril 6, 2010Sri Venkateswera CollegeChitoorApril 6, 2010Sri Vidyaniketan Engineering CollegeTirupatiApril 7, 2010Vignan UniversityGunturApril 8, 2010KL UniversityVijayawadaApril 9, 2010Fortune Select ManoharHyderabadApril 9, 2010Padmasri BV Raju Institute of TechnologyHyderabadApril 12, 2010The Pride HotelNagpurApril 14, 2010Lemon Tree HotelIndoreApril 14, 2010Chameli Devi institute of Technology & MgmtIndoreApril 15, 2010Sagar Institute Of Research and TechnologyBhopalApril 16, 2010Bundelkhand Institute of Engg and TechnologyJhansiApril 16, 2010Indian Institute of Information Tech. & Mgmt.GwaliorApril 17, 2010BMAS Engineering CollegeAgraApril 19, 2010ITC SheratonDelhiApril 19, 2010JSS Academy of Technical EducationNoidaApril 20, 2010Fortune Select GlobalGurgaonApril 21, 2010SKITJaipurApril 22, 2010KK RoyalJaipurApril 22, 2010Banasthali VidyapithBanasthaliApril 23, 2010Geetanjali Institute of Technical StudiesUdaipurApril 23, 2010Pandit Deendayal Petroleum UniversityGandhinagarApril 26, 2010The Grand BhagwatiAhmedabadApril 26, 2010S V Institute of Computer StudiesKadiApril 26, 2010The Gateway HotelVadodaraApril 27, 2010Dharamsingh Desai UniversityVadodaraApril 30, 2010Sahara StarMumbai
Webathon 2010 Develothon continues its skill journey in a new online avatar called Webathon 2010. Spread across 10 days and delivered over the Internet, Webathon is an e-learning Skill Marathon providing daily virtual briefings on the 10 most vital software and emerging technology tracks. Webathon is on from Oct 19 - Nov 1 2010.
DateSessions19th Oct 2010Agile Development with Jazz & Rational Team Concert20th Oct 2010Business Performance Management using IBM Cognos21st Oct 2010Developing Applications in the Cloud using WebSphere Application Server22nd Oct 2010Developing next generation Web 2.0 applications in Lotus25th Oct 2010Greater confidence and improved business performance with software quality done right26th Oct 2010Integrated Service Management27th Oct 2010Industry Solutions from IBM28th Oct 2010Unleash the Power of Web 2.0 with Websphere Portal29th Oct 2010Model Driven Systems Development using Rhapsody1st Nov 2010The Power of IBM DB2
References
External links Develothon 2010 Photographs Develothon 2010 YouTube Videos Develothon in Indore Develothon in Ahmedabad Develothon in Chennai Develothon in Bangalore Develothon in Goa developerWorks developerWorks India Smarter Planet Cloud Computing Webathon 2010