[Organizer Request] Add Aayush Pokharel to Kathmandu Chapter

[AayushPokharel]

Name of chapter inquiring about

CNCF KATHMANDU

Tell us about yourself. List your name, email, company, GitHub URL, LinkedIn URL, and CNCF Slack workspace name (or if you need to be invited), and a required profile link on community.cncf.io

Name: Aayush Pokharel
Email: official@aayushpokharel.com

Company: STARTsmall Pvt. Ltd. / DevOps Engineer
GitHub: https://github.com/AayushPokharel

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/AaayushPokharel

CNCF Slack: Aayush Pokharel
CNCF Community Profile: https://community.cncf.io/u/mpcq3t/

About Me:
I’m a DevOps engineer who works closely with Kubernetes in day-to-day production environments. Most of my time goes into writing Ansible scripts, optimizing container images, improving CI/CD pipelines, and making systems easier to operate and maintain. I enjoy experimenting with cloud-native tools, learning how things work under the hood, and sharing those learnings through community discussions. My main interests are Kubernetes operations, telemetry and observability, and platform engineering.

Tell us why you want to be added or removed from the chapter

I have been actively involved in this chapter for some time and have contributed to growing the cloud-native ecosystem in Nepal. I’ve given multiple talks, supported event organization behind the scenes, and helped with coordination efforts whenever needed. Both @RashikaKarki and @anishbista60 can confirm my involvement and contributions. I’m requesting to be added officially so I can continue contributing more formally and support the chapter’s ongoing initiatives.

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the CNCF Code of Conduct

Where organizer resides

• I confirm I am local to or live near the city of the above-proposed chapter (do not mark if not relevant to request)

Organizers companies/affiliations

• I come from xyz company which is differing from that of the current organizers (do not mark if not relevant to request)

Inclusive

• I agree. To assure this, I have recently completed the Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102) course (do not mark if not relevant to request). I will comment in this issue with a link to my Credly badge proving completion of the course.

Vendor Neutral

• I have read what vendor-neutrality means, and I agree the main content of our meetups will remain vendor-neutral (do not mark if not relevant to request)

Remain an active chapter

• I understand the activity level standards of all CNCF chapters (do not mark if not relevant to request)

Collaboration with other chapters

• I acknowledge the CNCF right to approve additional chapters in my area based on this criteria (do not mark if not relevant to request)

Aim to have a diverse representation of speakers in your meetups

• I will do my best to host diverse speakers throughout the year (do not mark if not relevant to request)

[AayushPokharel]

My badge for LFC102: https://www.credly.com/badges/e7771a67-f6c7-4072-96f8-be9812e0a91a/public_url

[RashikaKarki]

I’d also like to personally vouch for Ayush. He has been consistently helping with multiple CNCF Kathmandu events in the past from supporting event organization to contributing to community discussions.

[anishbista60]

I would like to sponsor @AayushPokharel for my side as well. Best of luck
/cc @AudMonte01