On 25th January 2026, Swecha organized a meaningful and inspiring community event titled “Open Learning Sunday” at the Swecha Knowledge Center. The event brought together around 20+ participants, including students and community members.
The event was thoughtfully divided into three major parts:
1. Intro to Building Projects & Open Source Contribution.
This session was led by Abhilash Kakumanu , working as a backend developer in the IT Industry.
In this session, he explained :
- How to start building real-world projects and introduced basic commands to begin using VS Code IDE and Command Line
- Why contributing to open source is important
- How to use Git and Github like platforms for collaboration and existing projects contribution includes pull and merge requests concept.
- Introduced GSOC like communities and mentioned the importance of participation.
- How to build up career by maintaining LinkedIn professionally, connecting with the right people, and applying for opportunities
The session gave participants a clear roadmap: learn → build projects → contribute → showcase on LinkedIn → apply for opportunities.
2. Open Mic
The Open Mic was one of the most engaging parts of the event. It was hosted and coordinated by Joshna (SMK SLC), Naveen Cherukuri (Nalanda SLC) and Mukesh (Swecha).
Participants came forward and showcased their talents and thoughts, including:
Songs, Jokes,Storytelling,Motivation talks and personal life stories and experiences…
Everyone participated with great enthusiasm, and the session created a very positive, friendly, and confident environment. It was inspiring to see people express themselves freely and support each other.
3. Be a Volunteer
This activity was coordinated by Manasa (Vitw), Kavya & Sana from SMK SLC
In this session :
- Participants were introduced to different types of volunteer work
- Everyone signed up a category where they would like to contribute which will help people feel more connected to the community and its goals
The overall event was smoothly organized by Nadigatla Roopa (VITW SLC) in support with other volunteers whose planning and coordination made the entire program well-structured and effective.
The audience response was very exciting and interactive throughout the event. People actively took part in discussions, activities, and the open mic from various colleges like SRI DURGA MALLESWARA SIDDHARTHA MAHILA KALASALA, Nalanda Degree & PG center, Vijaya Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences For Women, SRK Institute of Technology,SRKR Engineering College and
two school students (BSRK High School).
This part of the event clearly showed that Swecha is not just about learning and sharing, but also about contributing back to society through our learnings.