DevOps Engineer · Open Source Evangelist · Community Builder
Founder of GrowIn Community — 1500+ developers learning, building, and growing together. Speaker at KCD Delhi, KubeCon India attendee, Topmate Top 1%.
I'm Akshay Kumar, a DevOps Engineer and Open Source Evangelist based in Delhi/NCR, India. I founded GrowIn Community — an inclusive space where developers believe in learning, building, and growing together.
From a 10-year journey post-college, navigating challenges and a career gap, to landing my role in DevOps and eventually building a 1500+ member developer community — my story is one of resilience and continuous learning.
I've spoken at KCD Delhi 2026 (500+ attendees), attended KubeCon India 2024, and am heading to KubeCon India Mumbai 2026 (June 18-19). I mentor on Topmate with a 5/5 rating and Top 1% recognition.
Advocating for open source adoption, contributing to projects, and helping developers understand the power of building in the open.
Hands-on with cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
Founded GrowIn Community — 1500+ members, monthly Discord calls, in-person Delhi/NCR meetups with 100+ attendees.
Speaker at KCD Delhi 2026 (500+ attendees). Active at KubeCon India, community events, and tech meetups.
31+ sessions on Topmate, 5/5 rating. Guiding devs through career pivots, OSS journeys, and DevOps paths.
YouTube channel, podcast appearances, and Twitter/X spaces on DevOps, Cloud Best Practices, and OSS.
Spoke at KCD Delhi — the first-ever Kubernetes Community Days in the heart of India, with 500+ attendees and 30+ speakers from the cloud native ecosystem.
🚀 UpcomingAttending the premier cloud native conference in India, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Mumbai, June 18–19, 2026.
☸️ AttendeeAttended KubeCon India 2024 — immersing in the global Kubernetes and cloud native community, building connections across the ecosystem.
🎧 PodcastFeatured alongside Piyush Sachdeva (Cloud Engineer at Google, Canada) — sharing 10 years of my tech journey, navigating a career gap, and landing my DevOps role through resilience and continuous learning.
𝕏 Twitter SpaceHosted an insightful Twitter/X Space with Shayma Taii (Cloud Solutions Architect) — covering DevOps workflows, cloud architecture, and industry best practices.
🏫 MentorServed as a mentor at a hackathon organized at CGC University — guiding student teams through technical challenges, ideation, and execution.
GrowIn Community is an inclusive open source community where we believe in learning, building, and growing together. From a Discord server to a real movement — 1500+ members and counting.
We bring people together online and offline — from monthly Discord calls to real-world meetups in Delhi/NCR with 100+ developers showing up in person.
1:1 career mentorship for developers navigating career breaks, pivots into DevOps, open source, and more. Every session is personal, honest, and actionable.
📅 Book on TopmateI had taken a career break and was not able to restart my career due to a lot of doubts and confusions. Akshay understood my problem and showed me a way again. I am going to start again and will keep talking to Akshay about what to do next.
I had a career guidance with him. He is a very friendly senior — his insights are very helpful. His guidance cleared all my doubts and provided a clear path for my journey in DevOps.
16 more genuine testimonials live on Topmate from mentees across DevOps, career pivots, and open source journeys.
View all reviews →Open to collaborations, speaking invites, DevRel roles, or a conversation about open source and cloud native.