KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025: Full Schedule

6-7 August
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11:30am IST

Rook: Intro and Deep Dive With Ceph Storage - Subham Rai, Nikhil Ladha, Rakshith R & Nitin Goyal, IBM; Deepika Upadhyay, Clyso

Thursday August 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm IST

MRG 1-6

The Rook project will be introduced to attendees of all levels and experience. Rook is an open source cloud-native storage operator for Kubernetes, providing the platform, framework, and support for Ceph to natively integrate with Kubernetes. The panel will discuss various scenarios to show how Rook configures Ceph to provide stable block, shared file system, and object storage for your production data. Rook was accepted as a graduated project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in October 2020.

Speakers

Subham Rai

Mr, IBM

I'm Subham Rai from India. I have more than 3 years of experience in software or more specifically in the storage industry working mainly in rook-ceph. I hold a B.tech degree and I'm also RHCSA certified. I have spoken at FOSDEM 2022, Cephalocon 2023(Amsterdam). I'm in the top 4... Read More →

Deepika Upadhyay

Ms, Clyso

I'm Deepika, a Ceph Engineer at Clyso I'm working on the Rook project. With over 5 COI Ro clusters for enterprises, particularly in the years in the Ceph community, I specialize in deploying large-scale Rook Ceph in containerized environments. My career started with Ceph Storage... Read More →

Nikhil Ladha

Software Engineer, IBM

Nikhil Ladha is a backend developer from India, working at IBM and has more than 4yrs of industry experience in the domain of storage, web and kubernetes.He is also an active open-source contributor and a maintainer of multiple open-source projects. He loves to travel and explore... Read More →

Nitin Goyal

Senior Backend Engineer, IBM/RedHat

As a valued member of the Red Hat/IBM Storage Team, I bring seven years of expertise to the forefront of Kubernetes development. Specializing in diverse operators such as Rook, LVM, OCS, and ODF, I have played a pivotal role in orchestrating seamless storage solutions. Beyond my contributions... Read More →

Rakshith R

Software Engineer, IBM India Pvt Ltd

Rakshith is a Software Engineer at IBM Storage Team. He is an active open source developer, top contributor at Rook and maintainer at CephCSI, CSI-Addons and External-snapshot-metadata sidecar projects. He has given multiple talks at conferences including Cephalocon and Ceph Days... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, Rook

12:10pm IST

Bridging Big Data and Machine Learning Ecosystems: A Cloud Native Approach Using Kubeflow - Johnu George, Nutanix & Akshay Chitneni, Apple

Thursday August 7, 2025 12:10pm - 12:40pm IST

MRG 1-6

In today's data-driven landscape, bridging the gap between scalable big data systems (e.g., Apache Spark, Iceberg) and machine learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) while minimizing data movement and serialization overhead is a critical challenge. Traditional workflows require costly data serialization between storage (e.g., Parquet/Iceberg) and training frameworks, creating bottlenecks leading to inefficient resource utilization in distributed training. This talk explores a cloud-native solution using Kubeflow for end-to-end ML orchestration and Apache Arrow for high-performance data interchange, enabling seamless integration of analytics and ML workflows.

Speakers

Johnu George

Technical Director, Nutanix

Johnu George is a Technical Director at Nutanix with a background in distributed systems and large-scale hybrid data pipelines. He is an active open-source contributor and has steered several industry collaborations on projects like Kubeflow, Apache Mnemonic and Knative. He is a member... Read More →

Akshay Chitneni

Staff Software Engineer, Apple

Akshay Chitneni is a software engineer working on building data platform on Kubernetes

Thursday August 7, 2025 12:10pm - 12:40pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, Kubeflow

2:10pm IST

Inside Vitess: Building Resilient, Distributed Databases - Manan Gupta & Harshit Gangal, PlanetScale

Thursday August 7, 2025 2:10pm - 2:40pm IST

MRG 1-6

Welcome to the Vitess 101 session! In this talk, we’ll introduce you to Vitess — what it is, how it works, and why it’s a powerful solution for scaling databases. We’ll walk through its architecture and key features that enable it to handle database workloads at scale. You’ll learn how Vitess serves queries in a distributed environment and how it makes global data distribution possible. We’ll also demo geo-sharding in action. To wrap things up, we’ll highlight recent improvements in Vitess and share a glimpse of what’s coming in future releases.

Speakers

Harshit Gangal

Software Engineer, PlanetScale

A technology enthusiast with a keen interest in distributed systems. He has been involved in database scalability for 8+ years and is associated with CNCF graduated project Vitess. He is the maintainer for Vitess and contributes significantly to the query serving part of Vitess. Currently... Read More →

Manan Gupta

Software Engineer, PlanetScale

Manan Gupta is a software engineer at PlanetScale, where he works on Vitess and focuses on cluster management, high-availability features, and query-serving. He is a maintainer of Vitess and has a passion for designing and implementing robust and scalable solutions that deliver high... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 2:10pm - 2:40pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, Vitess

2:50pm IST

Kubernetes Steering Committee - Navigating the Tides of the Kubernetes Ocean - Maciej Szulik, Independent; Paco Xu, DaoCloud; Nikhita Raghunath & Nabarun Pal, Broadcom

Thursday August 7, 2025 2:50pm - 3:20pm IST

MRG 1-6

How do you steer a project as vast and dynamic as Kubernetes? Join Nikhita, Paco, Nabarun, and Maciej for a candid conversation diving deep into the Kubernetes Steering Committee, the governing heart of the project. This panel will explore the committee's evolution from its origins to its critical present-day responsibilities and its vision for the future.

Gain firsthand perspectives on the challenges and strategic decisions involved in guiding one of the world's most vital open-source projects. We will cover key aspects like defining core values, overseeing crucial financial planning, shaping the community structure, and ensuring the project's overall health. Discover learnings from the Kubernetes governance journey that you can potentially leverage to enhance governance within your own cloud native projects. If you have questions or want insights into Kubernetes governance, drop by for this insightful discussion!

Speakers

Maciej Szulik

Software Engineer, Independant

Maciej is a passionate developer with almost two decades of experience in many languages. Currently he's working on Kubernetes for Defense Unicorns. Whereas at night he is hacking on side projects with python. In his spare time he enjoys reading a good book or taking photos.

Nabarun Pal

Principal Software Engineer, Kubernetes Maintainer, Broadcom

Nabarun is a Principal Software Engineer, a maintainer of the Kubernetes project, an emeritus member of the Kubernetes Steering Committee member and a chair of Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience. He is a Release Manager for Kubernetes and has been the Kubernetes 1.21 Release Team... Read More →

Paco Xu

Lead of open source team, DaoCloud

Paco is co-chair of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2024, and a member of Kubernetes Steering Committee. Paco is a kubeadm maintainer and an active kubernetes contributor. He is the leader of the open-source team in DaoCloud. He organized KCD Chengdu 2022 and KCS China 2023, and... Read More →

Nikhita Raghunath

Principal Engineer @ Broadcom (VMware), ex-CNCF TOC, KubeCon Chair, Kubernetes Steering, Broadcom

Nikhita is a staff software engineer at VMware and a maintainer of the Kubernetes project. She is a member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee and has won the CNCF Top Committer Award in 2021 for her technical contributions. She is currently the technical lead for Kubernetes... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 2:50pm - 3:20pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, API Expression

3:50pm IST

Kubernetes Policy as Code for Platform Engineers - Sonali Srivastava, InfraCloud Technologies; Mohd Kamaal & Kushal Agrawal, Independent

Thursday August 7, 2025 3:50pm - 4:20pm IST

MRG 1-6

Platform engineers are tasked with ensuring Kubernetes environments are secure, compliant, and well-governed with high operational efficiencies. This session will explore the power of "Policy as Code" (PaC) using Kyverno to automate and enforce configurations directly within the Kubernetes control plane.

You will learn how to define, deploy, and manage policies as code, enabling proactive risk mitigation, improved consistency, and reduced operational overhead for your platform. Attendees will gain practical insights into implementing PaC workflows and best practices for platform teams.

The session will also showcase new features in Kyverno and discuss the future of policy as code for Kubernetes.

Speakers

Sonali Srivastava

Developer Advocate, InfraCloud Technologies

My expertise in software development allows me to perform POCs and craft engaging demos, tutorials, and videos that showcase the power of cloud-native solutions. Over the past five years, I’ve worn many hats: monitoring Linux servers as a system administrator, developing a cloud... Read More →

Kushal Agrawal

Cloud Native Learner & Contributor, Independent

I’m an independent contributor and LFX mentee at Kyverno, diving deep into Kubernetes and policy management. I love exploring cloud-native tools, contributing to open-source, and learning by doing. Whether it’s writing code, sharing ideas, or just geeking out with the community... Read More →

Mohd Kamaal

Kyverno contributor, Student

Mohd Kamaal is an LFX mentee and a dedicated contributor to the Kyverno project, focusing on enhancing Kubernetes policy engines. With hands-on experience in open source, he is committed to simplifying security and governance for platform teams using Kubernetes. He is passionate about... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 3:50pm - 4:20pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, Kyverno

4:30pm IST

Minimal OS, Maximum Impact: Journey To a Flatcar Maintainer - Sayan Chowdhury, Microsoft

Thursday August 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm IST

MRG 1-6

Open source thrives on collaboration and shared ideas - especially in operating systems. Flatcar Container Linux embodies this ethos as a minimal, auto-updating distro built for security, stability, and simplicity. But how do you move from simply running Flatcar on clusters to actively shaping it? In this talk, we’ll illuminate that path. Discover how to dive into OS code (even if OS/kernel-level work is new to you), identify ideal “first issues,” and explore the most interesting areas to contribute to. Whether you’re a veteran or just curious about hacking on an OS, join us and become part of Flatcar’s growing family - because in open source, we all build the future together. Finally, use the space to bounce around ideas and discuss on improving the project even further.

Speakers

Sayan Chowdhury

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft

Sayan is a Linux Software Engineer at Microsoft and a maintainer of Flatcar Container Linux. As a Release Manager, he works to maintain and build Flatcar. With a strong passion for open source, Sayan has been involved in other communities, namely Python, Fedora and Mozilla. Sayan... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, Flatcar