Karan V
Director, International Developer Relations
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolKaran V is a seasoned Developer Relations leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling developer ecosystems across India and Latin America, now serving as Director, International Developer Relations at GitHub. He has a proven track record launching regional programs and flagship events—co-organizing GitHub Constellation and hosting CEOs like Thomas Dohmke and Satya Nadella—while driving product adoption such as GitHub Sponsors and Open Source Grants. As one of GitHub’s early India hires, Karan combines program design, storytelling, and data-driven internal tooling to accelerate open source contribution and developer productivity. He previously set up DevRel functions at DigitalOcean, Automation Anywhere, and Exotel, often delivering growth through content, partnerships, and developer-focused product work. A community-first builder, he started by volunteering with IEEE and helped create a permanent science exhibit, reflecting a long-standing commitment to grassroots outreach. Outside work he pursues creative side projects and stage anchoring, bringing a public-facing, narrative-driven approach to developer engagement.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Science & Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Sanskrit
Github Skills (32)
brazil10
github10
open-source10
brasil10
explore10
collections10
documentation10
shieldsio9
ruby9
html-to-pdf9
google-play9
dompdf8
pdf-generation8
converter7
php6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mvkaran/exotel-php
Apr 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 4 tags in 4 years 10 months
github/india
Sep 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:57 reviews, 109 commits, 73 PRs in 2 years 1 month
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