{"id":209,"date":"2019-08-02T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T03:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.mumbai.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_organizer&#038;p=209"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:08:05","slug":"vachan-kudmule","status":"publish","type":"wcb_organizer","link":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/organizer\/vachan-kudmule\/","title":{"rendered":"Vachan Kudmule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vachan became an entrepreneur in 2002, at 17, when he started his firm <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kdc.in\/?utm_medium=speaker&amp;utm_source=wcp19\" target=\"_blank\">KDC<\/a>. It has grown into a full-fledged web solutions agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s studied architecture and started his second firm KDC Inc in 2006 which provides architecture and interior design solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ventured into eCommerce Consulting in 2009 and started&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gateway.kdcpay.com\/consult\/?utm_medium=speaker&amp;utm_source=wcp19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KDC Pay<\/a>&nbsp;which assists startups in building full-fledged eCommerce sites with Payment Gateway onboarding and integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At present Vachan is involved with all the three while also heading the design and technology teams for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ws.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White Shadows<\/a>, a digital marketing agency &amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eduvents.co\/?utm_medium=speaker&amp;utm_source=wcp19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KDC eduVents<\/a>, the parent firm of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foss.tech\/?utm_medium=speaker&amp;utm_source=wcp19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOSS.tech<\/a>; an initiative to assist the FOSS community to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;everything can and must be designed&#8221;<\/p><cite>Vachan\u2019s motto<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s passionate about FOSS (Free Open Source Software) and helping start-ups grow their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-learning and exploring new ideas keeps him motivated, and he has pioneered many industry-first concepts in alternative access mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s presently experimenting with Native Mobile App Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vachan became an entrepreneur in 2002, at 17, when he started his firm KDC. 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He ventured into eCommerce Consulting in 2009 and started&nbsp;KDC Pay&nbsp;which assists startups in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/organizer\/vachan-kudmule\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vachan Kudmule&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"vachan","footnotes":""},"organizer_team":[1025647,9498],"class_list":["post-209","wcb_organizer","type-wcb_organizer","status-publish","hentry","wcb_organizer_team-localhost","wcb_organizer_team-organiser"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/padIP2-3n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff0592894ef07993e93ef422e56196f97e7ff41a6f4e2cc285f88b12e7871a6b?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_organizer"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/209\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_organizer_team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizer_team?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}