{"id":14176638,"name":"Hari Shanker R","url":"http:\/\/www.harishanker.net","description":"I am an experienced Community and Project\/Program Management Professional. \r\n\r\nUntil July 2025, I served as the Community Program Manager (formerly known as \"Super Deputy\") on the Make\/WordPress Community Team, where my focus was on making the WordPress Community the best it can be, through events and other community-led efforts. I used to lead the Contributor Working Group of WordPress, where we built, and successfully ran three editions of the Contributor Mentorship Program, which resulted in a net total of 150 active contributors for WordPress. I also co-led the Five for the Future Program, and was also involved in other contributor initiatives such as the WordPress Contributor Health Dashboard project. I also used to be a fully-sponsored contributor to the WordPress open source project for over four years from 2020 through 2024. \r\n\r\nEven though I don't work with WordPress on a day-to-day basis these days, the software has a close place in my heart. I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place.\r\n\r\nI have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education. \r\n\r\nOutside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I'm a compulsive bibliophile. I'm also a happily married pet parent to three cats.","link":"https:\/\/india.wordcamp.org\/2021\/author\/harishanker\/","slug":"harishanker","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc299e7661427be01b68a46d2ebb55bdd5635e548b6f9ea12dec2930c5d4a858?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.wordcamp.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14176638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.wordcamp.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}