Speaker: Aniket Pant

Aniket Pant, BITSian and is a coder since the age of 13. The love for C++ slowly shifted to HTML then to PHP and now to WordPress and CodeIgniter. Aniket, is heavily involved in CSS edits and tweaks to generate awesome themes from an already existing theme.

 
At WordCamp, Aniket would be speaking on “Theme Development and Customizing“.

• Tell us a bit about yourself.
  I am Aniket Pant and I love PHP. I started coding at the age of 13. Started with C++ and now I work on PHP, HTML and CSS. I love things which give output and what I see on the web is one thing which amazes me the most.
   
• What motivates you most to use WordPress?
  WordPress has a clean and interactive UI. I love it because of the ease with which I can edit and post content. It’s highly customizable. You can just go and add a new theme or a widget or a plugin. It’s just one brilliant package build on an amazing platform.
   
• What are your thought about WordPress Community in India?
  The WordPress community has a long way to go. We need more people to be aware of WP. More people to develop on it and make it better. Lots of new things are left to be done which we can’t think of but the potential still lies.
   
• Topic on which you are speaking?
  Theme Development and Customizing
   
• Why you decided to be a part of WC Jabalpur?
  Since WordCamps are a rare occasion in India and I was given the opportunity to speak. I thought that this would be the best way to open the doors of the world of WP to the people who aren’t aware of it.
   
• What are you mostly looking forward to during this WC Jbp?
  I wish to meet the awesome crowd, people who love WordPress and the other speakers I have been hearing about.
   
• Who in WP community inspires you most and why?
  It would be Matt Mullenweg for creating this beautiful app for us and also because he takes people’s comments on the themes he builds.
   
• A one line advice you would like to give people about WordPress.
  Just try it once and you will love it. (even the famous 5 minute install).