QED42 Highlights Ongoing Contributions to Drupal and Support for DrupalCamp Pune 2025

QED42 has played an active role in the Drupal ecosystem for over 15 years. Known for building AI-powered digital experiences that are designed to perform, adapt, and handle complexity, the company has worked with major enterprises across industries. But beyond its project portfolio, QED42's consistent engagement with the Drupal community stands out.

Their connection to Drupal began in 2009, when CEO Dipen Chaudhary co-organised the first DrupalCamp Pune. Over 300 people attended. What started as an experiment became a tradition that the company has continued ever since. QED42 has since been involved in organising, sponsoring, and contributing to Drupal meetups and camps in Pune year after year.

Today, the company is a Gold Sponsor for DrupalCamp Pune 2025. Their approach to community engagement is not just about presence; it's about ownership and responsibility. As they put it:

The Drop Times spoke with Ashish Dalvi, Team Lead, and Vidit Anjaria, Engineering Manager at QED42. They shared more about what drives their long-standing involvement in the Drupal Pune community.

"Our journey with the Drupal community began in 2009 when our CEO, Dipen, co-organised the very first DrupalCamp Pune. More than 300 people joined that inaugural camp. At the time, it felt like an experiment, but looking back, it became clear that it was the beginning of a tradition we could not imagine stepping away from. Since then, we have been active in organising, sponsoring, and contributing to Drupal meetups and camps in Pune year after year."

QED42 continues to invest for several reasons: events support collaboration and knowledge sharing; they help build a sustainable local infrastructure; they offer entry points for new contributors; and they establish long-term visibility and leadership within the ecosystem. Their engagement has scaled over time, 550+ attendees in 2015, co-organising DrupalCon Asia in 2016, and a post-pandemic return in 2023 with over 200 participants.

"Becoming a Gold Sponsor for DrupalCamp Pune 2025 is the continuation of this long-term investment in a community that has shaped us and continues to inspire us."

Hosting Drupal Pune meetups has become a key part of how the company supports skill-building, experimentation, and shared growth in the community. These gatherings are grounded in the idea that internal learning should be externalised, offering the wider community a chance to learn, build, and extend those ideas further.

"Hosting Drupal Pune meetups has been our way of turning curiosity into collective growth. Every time our team explored a new idea or solved a problem, we brought it to the community so others could learn, adapt, and push it further. That approach has kept the meetups relevant and has helped create a culture of experimentation and collaboration."

Over the years, QED42 has hosted sessions on tools and workflows such as Docksal for Drupal and Configuration Management. They've led contributions during major community initiatives like the Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2020, working on Drupal 9 readiness, Olivero theme enhancements, and issue queue triaging. More recently, topics have shifted to AI and its influence on Drupal, as well as collaborative planning efforts for DrupalCamp Pune.

These events have done more than transfer knowledge. They've created clear entry points for students, interns, and new contributors, and have helped many transition into leadership roles within the community.

Looking ahead, QED42 sees continued community building as essential to Drupal's sustainability.

"What makes Drupal unique is not only the technology but the people. Relationships built at meetups, camps, and contribution days, sometimes over a session and sometimes over a coffee, create the trust and teamwork that keep the project moving. As we step into a Human x AI collaboration era, these connections will be even more critical."

Their perspective on how companies can support Drupal is grounded in action. That includes investing in innovation, continuing contributions across code and documentation, sponsoring volunteer-led efforts, supporting transparent governance and open funding, and sharing enterprise case studies that demonstrate Drupal's potential.

"The combination of steady financial support, consistent contribution, and active storytelling is what will keep Drupal resilient and relevant in the years to come."

QED42's support for DrupalCamp Pune 2025 reflects a deeper, long-term relationship. One that continues to grow through every meetup, sponsorship, and shared line of code.