Prasath Nadarajah lives in Colombo, Srilanka.He is a code wrangler at Automattic, makers of WordPress.com. He also contribute to WordPress project in his spare time. He completed a GSoC project with WordPress back in 2011 where he wrote an extension to the xmlrpc API. In his spare time he reads, travels and watch movies.

Below is a conversation we had with him about WordCamp Baroda 2014

What are your thoughts about WordPress community in India

WordPress community in India is vibrant and growing. I hope to see more Wordcamps around India

Brief about the topic on which you’re going to speak at WordCamp Baroda, 2014

I am going to speak about “Extending WordPress with actions and filters” where i discuss about understanding WordPress extensions mechanism, plugins API, best practices, code samples, trouble shooting and tips & tricks

Why have you decided to be a part of WordCamp Baroda 2014?

To meet a lot of people and to gather more knowledge about WordPress and web publishing.

What are you most looking forward to during WordCamp Baroda 2014?

To meet people who are passionate about web publishing

Who in WordPress community inspires you the most? Why?

Everyone from core contributors, designers to testers.

A one line advice you’d like to give to everyone related to WordPress

Try contribute to the core. Its a good learning experience.

Thanks Prasath. See you at the event 😉