# *The Graph India Q2 2023 Proposal* <hr>

**About Me :** *As a passionate Graph Advocate, web3 developer, and teacher, I have dedicated my career to exploring the possibilities of decentralized technology. I have a unique perspective on the potential of web3 and the role that ***The Graph*** will play in shaping the future of the decentralized web. I am committed to sharing my knowledge and experience with others, and I believe that through education and collaboration, we can build a more equitable and secure digital future.*

**The Story :** *I was in Banglore, India from 2 Dec. 2022 to 4 Dec. 2022 to attend ETHIndia as a Graph Advocate where I got an opportunity to meet some of the amazing people from The Graph Ecosystem, which included **Martin, and Matt from The Graph Foundation, and Pranav, Simon, and Krishna from Edge & Node.** During my conversation with Martin, we discussed how The Graph needs a stronger community presence in India because of the growing developer and web3 presence here. We also discussed how beneficial it would be to have someone here in India to host events, lead social channels, and engage the local community. This is when the idea of building The Graph India first came to me.*

***Why **The Graph** should have a strong community presence in India?***

*There are several reasons why The Graph protocol should focus on building a strong community in India:*

1. **Large developer population:** *India has a large and growing population of developers, many of whom are interested in decentralized technologies and blockchain. By building a community in India, The Graph can tap into this pool of talent and encourage more developers to build using the protocol.*

2. **Potential for growth:** *India is a rapidly growing market for technology and has a large number of potential users for decentralized applications. By building a strong community in India, The Graph can help to promote the use and adoption of the protocol in this market.*

3. **Diversifying the community:** *Building a community in India will also help diversify The Graph community, which will bring different perspectives and ideas to protocol development and use cases.*

***How will a strong community in India contribute to the growth of The Graph ecosystem?***

*A strong community can contribute to the growth of the The Graph ecosystem in several ways:*

1. **Development and improvement of the protocol:** *A strong community of developers can contribute to the development and improvement of the The Graph Protocol by identifying bugs, building subgraphs, suggesting new features, and contributing to the open-source code.*

2. **Adoption and usage of the protocol:** *A strong community can help us to increase the adoption and usage of The Graph Protocol by promoting it to potential users and encouraging others to build on top of it. This can help to increase the network effect and the value of the protocol for all participants.*

3. **Education and awareness:** *A strong community can play a critical role in educating and raising awareness about The Graph protocol and its benefits. They can provide a platform for people to learn about the protocol and its potential use cases.*

4. **Governance :** *A strong community can contribute to the governance of the protocol by participating in decision-making processes and ensuring that the protocol is developed in a way that aligns with the values and interests of the community.*

5. **Building trust:** *A strong community can play a key role in building trust in The Graph protocol by providing a platform for developers, users, and stakeholders to interact and collaborate. This can help to build trust in the ecosystem and promote the use of The Graph protocol.*

6. **Innovation and experimentation:** *A strong community can help to foster innovation and experimentation by providing a platform for people to share their ideas and collaborate on projects.*

7. **Network effects:** *A strong community can help to increase the number of users and developers in the ecosystem, which in turn increases the value of the network for all participants.*

*A strong community can contribute to the growth of The Graph ecosystem by promoting the protocol and its benefits, contributing to its development, fostering innovation and experimentation, promoting network effects, and building trust among the community members.*

## ***What is The Graph India's vision?***
*We want to create a vibrant and inclusive community of individuals and organizations dedicated to advancing the understanding and use of The Graph protocol in India, through education, collaboration, and innovation, to drive decentralized web adoption.*

## ***What we want to achieve with this community?***
*We are building this commmunity with the following objectives and goals:*

**1.** *To educate and raise awareness about The Graph protocol and the potential of a decentralized web3 powered by dapps.”*

**2.** *To bring together developers, users, and enthusiasts of The Graph protocol in India to share knowledge and best practices.*

**3.** *To support the growth of the The Graph protocol ecosystem by bringing more ***Developers, Indexers, Delegators and Curators to The Graph ecosystem.****

**4.** *To encourage the development of innovative dapps and use cases that leverage The Graph protocol technology.*

**5.** *To foster collaboration and partnerships between industry, academia, and government to support the growth and adoption of The Graph protocol in India.*

**6.** *To contribute to the global The Graph protocol community through the sharing of expertise, insights, and feedback.*

## ***How we are going to achieve these goals?***

*To achieve the goals and objectives listed above we as a community planning to organise following community-oriented events:*

***1. Hackathons:*** *To encourage innovation and collaboration by bringing together developers, designers and other experts.*

***2. Workshops:*** *To provide hands-on training and learning opportunities on specific topics.*

***3. Meetups:*** *To build community and foster discussions on the latest trends and developments.*

***4. Bootcamps :*** *Bootcamps can be a source for The Graph protocol to hire new talent with the skills required for their projects.*

***5. Code sprints:*** *to encourage collaboration and accelerate the development of open-source projects.*

## ***Who are going to help us to achieve these goals and organise these events?***

***1.Community organizations:*** *There may be local community organizations or meetup groups that are focused on web3, blockchain, or graph technology.These groups can be a valuable resource for finding attendees and helping to promote the event.We are already in talk with some of indian web3 communities.*

***2.Partners:*** *The Graph India can partner with other organizations or individuals in the web3 and blockchain space to jointly host events and reach a wider audience.*

***3.Sponsors:*** *Sponsors can provide financial support for the event, helping to cover costs and ensure that it runs smoothly.*

***4.Volunteers:*** *A volunteer network can provide additional support for the event, from helping to promote it to handling logistics on the day of the event.*

***5. Graph Advocates:*** *We have 30 Advocates from India but currently we are in touch of 11 Advocates.Advocates can help to build a strong and engaged community around The Graph, providing valuable opportunities for members to learn, connect, and collaborate. This not only promotes The Graph and its potential, but also helps to drive innovation and growth in the decentralized technology ecosystem.We plan to add 30 new Advocates to Graph Advocates during Q2 of 2023.*

***6. The Graph OGs:*** *People who are working for different core team are going to be backbone of this community we are going to work with them to organise diffrent workshop and bootcamps.We already have a support of **Pranav** and **Krishna** from **Edge & Node** and they are actively helping us to build this community.*

***7. The Graph Foundation:*** *The Graph Foundation can play a key role in building a strong community in India by providing support, resources, and incentives to its members.*

## *What are our goals for Q2 2023 ?*

*Since this is our first year as a community we want to focus on building trust within the web3 ecosystem by providing value and we want to be very specific about our goals for the first year.*

*Our goals includes:*

**1.** *We will organize a subgraph development bootcamp, which is going to **8** weeks long.I was a part of two of Graphrica bootcamps as a student and learned a lot of things there. We are planning to have a similar kind of bootcamps but in a more structure way so that we can provide better learning experience. We are going to start with Subgraph Development but in near future we will also start teaching Substream , firehose etc.*

**2.** *Along with bootcamp specific events we will also organize other events, workshop , learning series and interview with **Web3 OGs** especially from The Graph ecosystem.*

**3.** *Along with workshops and community meetups, we will also support hackathons sponsored by The Graph Foundation.*

**4.** *We plan to have atleast 1500 followers on Twitter, 500 in Dicord by end of Q2 of 2023.*

**5.** *We plan to add 30 new Advocates to Graph Advocates during Q2 of 2023.*

**6.** *We will write a series of blogs to teach the subgraph development from basic to advance.*

## **What we have accomplished till now?**
*We have already made some significant progress towards achieving our goal. Specifically, we already have a active **Telegram group**, a **Twitter account**, and are working on building a safe **Discord server**. These achievements demonstrate our commitment towards this community and The Graph protocol.*

## **Community channels which we are creating for building the community**
**1.[The Graph India Twitter](https://twitter.com/TheGraphIndia):** *We have successfully launched The Graph India Twitter account with an objective of promoting The Graph protocol to devs and community members in India, to engage with the Indian community, and to keep interested individuals informed about the news, events, and workshops.Our twitter accounts has a following of 85 people and we want to increased this number to 1000 before the end of Q2 and 2500 at the end of the year.*

**2.[The Graph India Telegram](https://t.me/TheGraph_India):** *The objectives of this Telegram group to provide real time updates and information to the Indian users regarding The Graph's developments and initiatives,to facilitate dussions and knowledge-sharing among the members of the group,creating a platform for the Indian users to network and collaborate with one another.*

**3.[Graph Advocates India Telegram](https://t.me/+q6T8rfeOLJM0NjE1):** *This telegram group is for establish communication between Graph Advocates from India.We are currently a family of 10 but we planning to onboard atleast 30 Graph Advocates from India.*

**4.[The Graph India Discord](https://discord.gg/aSAAmZxk7W):** *Discord offers a wide range of features such as voice and video calls, screen sharing, file sharing,better organization,better moderation tools and.These features allow us to build more engaging and interactive communication among members. These features are also great for organising workshops and bootcamps. So, we are planning to move most of our activities to discord but fist thing we want to ensure user safety within the our server.*

## Budgeting and Finance Requirement for Q2 2023:

*I am going to spend at least 5-6 hours daily to do community work which is going to create tweets, blog, creating resources to run bootcamp, to run bootcamp and other side events and workshop.I also need some funds to buy some accessories to smoothly run our bootcamp and other event.*

**Require Funds Breakdown**

**Total days of of work = 60**
**Daily Working hour = 6**
**Estimated hourly pay = $10**
**Total contribution grant = 60 * 6 * 10 = $3600**

**Accessories Cost = $400**

**T-Shirt = $500** (*would be happy if foundation can ship it to us, in that case we do not need fund for this*)

**Total Funds Needed = $4500**

## **Conclusion:**
*In conclusion, We are aspire to build a community which will help in growth and success of The Graph protocol in India. Our proposal outlines a comprehensive approach to engage, educate, and mobilize web3 and The Graph enthusiasts and developers, with a focus on creating opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking. By implementing the proposed activities, we aim to foster a supportive and inclusive community, where individuals can grow their skills, contribute and drive innovation in **The Graph and Web3** ecosystem.*

*We are confident that our proposed initiatives will bring significant benefits to the **The Graph ecosystem.** We would like to express our gratitude to you for considering our proposal and invite you to join us in this exciting journey. With your support, we can work together to build a vibrant and sustainable community that will shape the future of The Graph community in India.*

*This proposal anticipates that events will be paid for once they are scheduled, but we are providing an overview of the total costs we anticipate to incur as we execute our plan for 2023.*

## 🙏Special Thanks🙏
*At last, I would like to express my gratitude to **Martin,Nick ,Pranav,Colson and Andy** for being so nice and helpful.Their guidance and feedback were very helpful for drafting this proposal.*