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YIPL has been advocating about Drupal from its very inception. Each new release of Drupal brings new excitement, opportunities and prospect for us. Drupal 7 was finally relased on 5th of January 2011 after a long development time of almost 3 years. This called for a celebration and Drupal Release parties were being held all over the world.  There were over 300 parties planned in over 90 countries, so in the same spirit YIPL took the initiative to host a Drupal 7 release party here in Nepal on January 7th 2011. 

Drupal 7 is of great importance because it bring with it a lot of improvements in UI as well as the backend. The whole admin UI has been revamped and completely redesigned which was much overdue. With improvements in performance and addition of many APIs and integration of unit testing, this release will definitely be a favorite for the developers as well. The new release bring with it a pethora of new features which will really help Drupal cement its place as the best CMS...

Kathmandu will be witnessing its second Barcamp on August 28th this year. A Barcamp is an open environment where people can share new ideas. Is is often called an 'unconference' due to its ad-hoc nature and its unplanned structure. Nonetheless its a very productive and wonderful event. 

The very first Drupal meetup Kathmandu was held on July 19th 2009 at YIPL offices. The event was organized by YoungInnovations Pvt. Ltd. The event saw a turnout of around 25 drupal enthusiasts.

The event started out with an introduction of all the participants by answering these four questions:

Young Innovations Pvt. Ltd is organising the very first Drupal Meetup right here in Kathmandu. This is going to be a great event for all the drupal user, drupal developers, drupal themers or anyone curious about Drupal.