Introduction
WordPress Campus Connect comes to Nagpur on Sunday 17 January 2027, with a free half-day workshop for students at Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University (RTMSSU). Around 80 students will spend four hours learning what WordPress is, how the open source community works, and how to build and launch a real site.
Event Overview
The event runs from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM IST, with registration and refreshments from 9:00 AM. The venue is the RTMSSU Nagpur centre, on the second floor of the Skills University Metro station in Somalwada. The lead organiser is Aryan Vijaykar, and RTMSSU is the partner institute.
Sessions cover setting up WordPress, choosing themes and plugins, and creating content, plus careers and freelancing in the WordPress ecosystem and how students can contribute to the project.
What to Expect
A focused four hours: registration from 9:00 AM, a welcome address and keynote at 10:00 AM, an introduction to WordPress at 10:15 AM, then two workshops, getting started with WordPress (10:30 AM) and building your first website (11:30 AM), with a tea break between them. A hands-on practical session runs 12:15 to 1:00 PM, followed by a project showcase and Q&A and closing networking from 1:30 to 2:00 PM.
Students should bring a laptop. No prior experience is needed; the organisers describe the event as beginner friendly.
Who Should Attend
The event is designed for students at RTMSSU, with around 80 seats. It suits anyone who has never built a website and wants to start, as well as students thinking about freelancing or a career in web work, who will get the most from the careers discussion and the contribution session.
Key Highlights
- Free half-day, hands-on WordPress workshop for students
- Sunday 17 January 2027, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, registration from 9:00 AM
- Around 80 students, with guided workshops and a build session
- Students build and launch a real website during the event
- Careers and freelancing discussion for the WordPress ecosystem
- Venue on the Skills University Metro station campus in Somalwada, Nagpur
Agenda and Speakers
The published schedule runs 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, as set out above. Speaker announcements will follow, according to the event site.
Registration Information
Attendance is free. Registration runs through the official event site on events.wordpress.org. No registration deadline has been announced, and seats are limited to around 80 students, so early registration is advisable.
Venue and Location
The event takes place at Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University, 2nd Floor, Skills University Metro Station, Sarvetra Nagar, Jai Prakash Nagar, Somalwada, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440025. The campus sits on the metro station itself, which makes it one of the easiest venues in the city to reach by public transport.
Why This Event Matters
WordPress powers a huge share of the web, and it is one of the most accessible routes into web work for students in India. A campus event like this gives students a working website in a single afternoon and shows them the community behind the software, including the freelancing and contribution paths that keep going after the day ends.
Event Details
- Event: WordPress Campus Connect Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University, Nagpur 2027
- Date: Sunday 17 January 2027
- Timings: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM IST (registration from 9:00 AM)
- Venue: Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University, 2nd Floor, Skills University Metro Station, Somalwada, Nagpur 440025
- City: Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Format: In-person
- Organiser: WordPress Campus Connect team, led by Aryan Vijaykar, with RTMSSU
- Tickets: Free
- Registration deadline: Not Announced
Last verified: 14 November 2026.
