Drupal Pune Meetup - August 22, 2026

Agenda

1. 09:30 AM – Coffee & Catch-up ☕
   
   Arrive, introduce yourself, and connect with fellow attendees.

   We’ll kick things off with a casual meet-and-greet session where everyone can introduce themselves, share what they’ve been working on lately, or talk about something interesting they’ve been reading, learning, or exploring.




2. 10:00 AM (Session) – Bringing Canvas Page Building to Paragraphs in Drupal
   
   Drupal Canvas brings visual, component-based page building to Drupal — but out of the box, it only works with nodes. In this talk, I'll walk through canvas_paragraphs, a custom module that bridges Canvas's Content Template system to Paragraph entities, letting site builders visually design and manage paragraph bundles the same way they do full pages. I'll cover the architecture behind the bridge — view builder overrides, Field UI integration, enum field mapping quirks, and a few non-obvious gotchas we hit along the way — and share what it takes to extend Canvas to entity types it wasn't originally built for.

   
   

   Key Takeaways:

   • Extending Drupal Canvas beyond its node-only default
   • A reusable bridge pattern for other entity types
   • Common pitfalls in view builder and Field UI overrides
   • How to map non-standard fields to SDC component props

   Speaker(s): Ruturaj Chaubey




3. 11:00 AM (Session) – Comparative Analysis of Top 5 CMS from a User Adoption Perspective
   
   A comparative analysis of the top 5 CMS and how Drupal holds up against them from a usability, accessibility, and UX perspective.

   This session aims to provide some evidence-based opinions that should contribute to the ongoing efforts of the Drupal community to improve the adoption of Drupal in the new-age community.

   We’ll focus on 5 major points that can make or break the decision to adopt Drupal as a consumer’s CMS of choice.

   
   

   Speaker(s): Pooja Vyas & Mahak Gupta




4. 12:00 PM (Session) – Updates on Drupal AI Initiative
   
   A session to share the latest progress and developments in the Drupal AI initiative. We’ll cover key updates, recent contributions, ongoing work, and upcoming priorities. The session will also highlight opportunities for collaboration and discuss the next steps for advancing AI capabilities within the Drupal ecosystem.

   
   

   Speaker(s): Vidit Anjaria




5. 12:30 PM – Updates on DrupalAsia Connect India 2027
   The team will share updates on the event, including current progress, key developments, and further updates regarding the upcoming DrupalAsia Connect India 2027.

   Learn more about the event at DrupalAsia Connect India




6. 12:45 PM – Networking

If you or your organization want to host such a meet-up, please reach out to us over the Drupal Slack channel #pune.

Venue

miniOrange, Pune

Office 407, B Zone

S. No. 36/1/1/1(P), 35/2/1

Baner Annex, Baner

Pune, Maharashtra 411045