Hi there! I’m Nabarun Pal (he/him), a passionate distributed systems engineer and open source contributor.

Current Roles:

• Principal Engineer at VMware by Broadcom - building scalable Kubernetes distributions and control planes
• Technical Lead for CNCF Technical Advisory Group Operational Resilience
• Chair of Kubernetes Special Interest Group Contributor Experience
• Chair of PyCon India 2025

Kubernetes Journey Highlights:

• Elected member of the Kubernetes Steering Committee (2022-2024)
• Led the Kubernetes 1.21 release as the first Indian Release Lead
• Chair of Kubernetes Special Interest Group Contributor Experience
• Multiple Kubernetes Contributor Awards recipient
• Featured in national media for open source contributions

For a detailed look at my professional journey and key milestones, check out my timeline. You can also explore my speaking engagements where I share insights about cloud-native technologies, open source community building, and technical deep-dives.

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