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		<h1>Six Years of OTC</h1>

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			<p class="extra-bottom-margin">24<sup>th</sup> January 2026</p>

			<p>Dear members,</p>

			<p>
				It gives us immense pride and joy to announce that Our Tech
				Community has completed six years since its inception! OTC's
				events are open to all, and we aim to provide sound technical
				learning and foster genuine connections between people.
			</p>

			<p class="extra-bottom-margin">
				This letter is a recap of some of our events over the last six
				years, our incredible team and our future plans.
			</p>

			<h2>Notable Events</h2>
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					OTC CatchUp

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								These are weekly informal online Tech
								discussions with project showcases and technical
								debates.
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								We've conducted 272 sessions till date, which
								translates to conducting these sessions
								<b>weekly for over five years without a break</b
								>!
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								We also diligently maintain
								<a
									href="https://catchup.ourtech.community/summary"
									target="_blank"
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									>summaries for each session</a
								>.
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									href="https://catchup.ourtech.community/attend"
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					OTC Talks

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								These are 15 to 60 minute online technical
								talks.
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								<a
									href="https://talks.ourtech.community/#past-talks"
									target="_blank"
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									>We've held ten such talks till date.</a
								>
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							<li>
								Feel free to
								<a
									href="https://talks.ourtech.community/cfp"
									target="_blank"
									rel="noreferrer"
									>fill the CFP</a
								>
								to give a talk and do share it with people who
								you think might be interested! Any experience
								level is welcome!
							</li>
						</ul>

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					OTC MeetUp

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							<li>
								These are in-person Tech meetups to learn
								through technical talks and conversations.
							</li>
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								We've conducted five in-person meetups till
								date, with around 50 to 70 attendees per event!
							</li>
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								We would like to thank
								<a
									href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/preetjdp"
									target="_blank"
									rel="noreferrer"
								>
									Preet Parekh</a
								>
								and the
								<a
									href="https://devfolio.co"
									target="_blank"
									rel="noreferrer"
									>Devfolio</a
								>
								team for their support for all the meetups.
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									href="https://meetup.ourtech.community"
									target="_blank"
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									>Slide decks, pictures and more details</a
								>
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					Collaborations

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								We've also had a lot of collaborations with
								other technical communities.
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								Notable collaborations:

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									<li>
										<a
											href="https://devfest.gdgmad.com"
											target="_blank"
											rel="noreferrer"
											>DevFest Mumbai</a
										>
										2022, 2023 and 2025 in-person with
										<a
											href="https://gdgmad.com"
											target="_blank"
											rel="noreferrer"
											>GDG MAD</a
										>
										and several other communities in Mumbai
									</li>
									<li>
										Technical Writing Meetup (May 2025)
										in-person with
										<a
											href="https://x.com/blrwritersroom"
											target="_blank"
											rel="noreferrer"
											>The Writers' Room BLR</a
										>
									</li>
									<li>
										We helped organise Women's Day Mumbai
										2023 in-person with over 20 technical
										communities in Mumbai.
									</li>
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										We conducted multiple online
										Hacktoberfest 2021 workshops with
										<a
											href="https://gdsc.community.dev/thadomal-shahani-engineering-college-mumbai"
											target="_blank"
											rel="noreferrer"
											>GDSC TSEC</a
										>
										and
										<a
											href="https://tseccodecell.com"
											target="_blank"
											rel="noreferrer"
											>TSEC CodeCell</a
										>.
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								We're always open for collaborations, so feel
								free to
								<a
									href="https://links.ourtech.community"
									target="_blank"
									rel="noreferrer"
									>reach out to us</a
								>!
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					More details regarding our events can be found at
					<a
						href="https://events.ourtech.community"
						target="_blank"
						rel="noreferrer"
						>events.ourtech.community</a
					>.
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			<h2>Message to Members</h2>
			<p>
				Thank you so much for your time, knowledge, experience and
				support over the years! We all have collectively helped each
				other learn and be better, and that makes us immensely proud. A
				lot of members of the community have formed genuine bonds with
				each other as well.
			</p>
			<p>
				We feel so grateful to realise that we have an atmosphere in OTC
				where we want each other to progress and have each other's backs
				— especially when things aren't going well. Also, everyone
				shares information and knowledge freely, rather than gatekeeping
				it.
			</p>
			<p class="extra-bottom-margin">
				These things, we believe, are the strengths of Our Tech
				Community and what indeed make it <i>our</i> tech community.
			</p>

			<h2>The OTC Team</h2>
			<p>
				Consistent collaborative efforts from the team is what keeps OTC
				running smoothly. The seven-person
				<a
					href="https://ourtech.community/team"
					target="_blank"
					rel="noreferrer"
					>OTC team</a
				>
				currently consists of Harsh Kapadia, Darshan Rander, Kartik
				Soneji, Pranav Dani, Ankush Kapoor, Alpesh Bhagwatkar and Ayush
				More.
			</p>
			<p>
				Our team has people who step up and take the responsibility of
				owning tasks and getting things done. Apart from our weekly
				tasks, we hold a monthly meet to discuss our plans for the
				upcoming months and figure out how we can improve ourselves and
				OTC. Communication and task ownership were two areas that we
				greatly improved upon in 2025.
			</p>
			<p>
				The OTC team is grateful to have each other and appreciates the
				time and effort that each member puts in, and the flexibility
				that each member displays to get things done in cases where no
				one else is available.
			</p>
			<p class="extra-bottom-margin">
				We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of our past
				team members Dheeraj Lalwani, Tushar Nankani, Uma Iyer, Mohit
				Shetty and Advait Jadhav.
			</p>

			<h2>Future Plans</h2>
			<ul class="extra-bottom-margin">
				<li>
					OTC Talks

					<ul>
						<li>
							We plan to keep conducting one talk a month, with
							the aim of reaching a two talks per month frequency
							by the end of 2026.
						</li>
						<li>
							We're looking at OTC Talks as the future of OTC, so
							we need to:

							<ul>
								<li>
									Build a reputation of consistent and quality
									talks
								</li>
								<li>Publicize the talks better</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
						<li>
							We wanted to get more people from the USA involved
							in OTC Talks as attendees and speakers.
						</li>
						<li>
							Harsh Kapadia, Darshan Rander and Pranav Dani will
							be managing OTC Talks.
						</li>
						<li>
							If anyone is interested in giving a talk, please
							fill the
							<a
								href="https://talks.ourtech.community/cfp"
								target="_blank"
								rel="noreferrer"
								>OTC Talks CFP</a
							>.

							<ul>
								<li>Any experience level is welcome!</li>
								<li>
									<a
										href="https://talks.ourtech.community/#past-talks"
										>Past talks</a
									>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</li>
				<li>
					We intend to continue our efforts towards OTC CatchUp and
					collaborations as per usual, without any changes.

					<ul>
						<li>
							Ankush Kapoor, Alpesh Bhagwatkar and Ayush More will
							continue managing OTC CatchUp sessions.
						</li>
					</ul>
				</li>
			</ul>

			<h2>Our Ask</h2>
			<ul class="extra-bottom-margin">
				<li>
					Ask your friends to
					<a
						href="https://links.ourtech.community"
						target="_blank"
						rel="noreferrer"
						>join OTC's events</a
					>! We're sure they will enjoy and learn a lot!
				</li>
				<li>
					Pass on the
					<a
						href="https://talks.ourtech.community/cfp"
						target="_blank"
						rel="noreferrer"
						>OTC Talks CFP</a
					>
					to anyone you think would be interested in giving a Tech
					talk.
				</li>
			</ul>

			<p class="extra-bottom-margin">Thank you!</p>

			<p>
				Regards,
				<br />
				<a
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					target="_blank"
					rel="noreferrer"
					>The OTC Team</a
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