What we’re about
Welcome to Kong! We are so happy you are joining our global community!
This group is for everyone who is interested in learning more about APIs, microservices, Kubernetes, service mesh, and more. We are best known as the creator and primary supporter of Kong Gateway, the most widely adopted open-source API gateway.
Become a Community Organizer
We are always on the look for awesome community members to lead our user groups. The community organizer’s role is crucial to the success and vitality of Kong’s community. If you are interested in learning more, please email us at: meetups@konghq.com
Speak at a Meetup
We always want to hear from our community members about their awesome use cases! You can do a short talk of 15/20mins or a detailed technical presentation of 25/45min. Our team is happy to guide you through the process and help you with the presentation. And of course, all our community speakers get awesome swag!
Apply to speak: [https://bit.ly/3JMA9Ws](https://bit.ly/3JMA9Ws)
Kong YouTube Channel - All of our community events are recorded and uploaded to YouTube. From User Calls, to tutorials, technical deep dives, we have it all!
Subscribe now: [https://www.youtube.com/c/KongInc](https://www.youtube.com/c/KongInc)
Learn more about Kong
- Kong community - [https://konghq.com/community](https://konghq.com/community)
- Kong Champions - [https://konghq.com/kong-champions](https://konghq.com/kong-champions) Our champions are frequent contributors who play a key part in Kong’s community. Are you a Kong Champion? Apply today!
We are thrilled to invite you to our next in-person Meetup in Mumbai!
Kong makes connecting APIs and microservices across today’s hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier and faster than ever. We power trillions of API transactions for leading organisations globally through our end-to-end API platform.
When
February 1 , 10:30AM - 2:00 PM
Where
Dream11 Stadium, Mumbai
Agenda
10:30 - 10:45 - Registration & Gathering
10:45 - 11:00 - Kong Community Introduction by Nilesh Shinde, Kong Community organiser.
Session 1 - 11:00 - 11:45 Managing Kong at Dream11 by Chirag Manwani & Dhaval Bhanderi, Dream11
In this session, The speaker will cover how Dream11 leverages Kong, a high-performance API gateway, to handle large-scale traffic management. They will explore Dream11's deployment model, performance optimizations, fine-tuning strategies, and contributions Dream11 has made in the open-source world to promote Kong.
Speaker Bio
Chirag Manwani
Chirag Manwani is a Senior Software Engineer at Dream11, working in the Platform Engineering team. He works on the Edge layer (gateway), and authentication platforms. With extensive experience in Kong, Chirag has actively contributed to its open-source development.
Dhaval Bhanderi
Dhaval Bhanderi is an Engineering Manager at Dream11, leading the API Platform team. He leads the Gateway layer, authentication and user communication systems, solving complex challenges at scale, and driving innovation and efficiency.
Session 2 - 12:00 - 12:40 Kong Konnect: Kong Control Plane at scale by Piyush Baderia Senior SRE at Kong
This session addresses the challenges of building and managing API configurations at scale with Kong, and how Kong Konnect can help overcome these obstacles. We'll also share insights into the future direction of the Konnect platform and highlight some exciting new developments.
Speaker Bio
Piyush is a Senior SRE at Kong who likes to play around with multi-cloud platforms, Kubernetes and cloud native technologies! Passionate about building scalable and reliable platforms.
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch & Networking
Dedicated time for attendees to munch, network, establish connections, and bond over shared interests.
Look forward to hosting you for great learning session and networking over a lunch.
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See all- Managing Kong at Scale: How Dream11 Powers Millions SeamlesslyDream11 Stadium , Mumbai
We are thrilled to invite you to our next in-person Meetup in Mumbai!
Kong makes connecting APIs and microservices across today’s hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier and faster than ever. We power trillions of API transactions for leading organisations globally through our end-to-end API platform.
When
February 1 , 10:30AM - 2:00 PMWhere
Dream11 Stadium, MumbaiAgenda
10:30 - 10:45 - Registration & Gathering
10:45 - 11:00 - Kong Community Introduction by Nilesh Shinde, Kong Community organiser.Session 1 - 11:00 - 11:45 Managing Kong at Dream11 by Chirag Manwani & Dhaval Bhanderi, Dream11
In this session, The speaker will cover how Dream11 leverages Kong, a high-performance API gateway, to handle large-scale traffic management. They will explore Dream11's deployment model, performance optimizations, fine-tuning strategies, and contributions Dream11 has made in the open-source world to promote Kong.
Speaker Bio
Chirag Manwani
Chirag Manwani is a Senior Software Engineer at Dream11, working in the Platform Engineering team. He works on the Edge layer (gateway), and authentication platforms. With extensive experience in Kong, Chirag has actively contributed to its open-source development.Dhaval Bhanderi
Dhaval Bhanderi is an Engineering Manager at Dream11, leading the API Platform team. He leads the Gateway layer, authentication and user communication systems, solving complex challenges at scale, and driving innovation and efficiency.Session 2 - 12:00 - 12:40 Kong Konnect: Kong Control Plane at scale by Piyush Baderia Senior SRE at Kong
This session addresses the challenges of building and managing API configurations at scale with Kong, and how Kong Konnect can help overcome these obstacles. We'll also share insights into the future direction of the Konnect platform and highlight some exciting new developments.Speaker Bio
Piyush is a Senior SRE at Kong who likes to play around with multi-cloud platforms, Kubernetes and cloud native technologies! Passionate about building scalable and reliable platforms.1:00 - 2:00 Lunch & Networking
Dedicated time for attendees to munch, network, establish connections, and bond over shared interests.Look forward to hosting you for great learning session and networking over a lunch.
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