Coming together is a beginning, let's progress and succeed

[TusharSuradkar]

Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.

The first part was accomplished at the Contributors Conversation event on 1 October 2024.
About 40 local guides from all over India came together for an evening function in Google’s Office in Delhi NCR.

The event was spearheaded by elegant, influential and supportive leaders @Kristen_NYC and @Latika_Malhotra .

They welcomed everyone, introduced the event objectives, felicitated top local guides, and also hosted a short interview of the Indian moderators.

This was followed by demonstration of new features in Google Maps.
Everyone was excited to get an exclusive sneak peek.

There was intermittent group discussion with the product team.
Local guides got a chance to share their thoughts and insights.

The intermission treated us with light snacks, tea, coffee and soft drinks.

This was followed by Contributor Conversations where the energy was electric.
Local guides gave feedback to build the future of Maps in India.

Local guides were gifted a Google Maps bag full of goodies which were all official merchandise

Local guides enjoyed a gala evening with guidance and mentorship from Latika and Kristen.

Thank you immensely for making us the very first to get a glimpse of game-changing features and a great time to remember for a long time

Once again… coming together was the Beginning
Let’s keep going together to achieve Progress
Let’s work together to achieve Success

[Gurukrishnapriya]

Great to see our Local Guides shine @TusharSuradkar Yes we are going into a new phase. Surely it will be a great experience. We will all work together.

[PrinceKumar]

what a great time we had there @TusharSuradkar with other local guides and our host @Kristen_NYC , @Latika_Malhotra , David , these events make special memories in our mind, and how we all enjoyed and had new experiences and as @AjitThite sir mentioned, I agree with that , we should have a annual event like this as it will motivate local guides to contribute more

[AjitThite]

Happy and feeling proud to represent our community there, @TusharSuradkar .We should make it an annual event here. Collecting views of the top local guides and sharing them with the Googlers will be a great learning experience.

Cheers!

[Rahul001]

So happy and glad to meet local guides as it was my first time to meet most of them face to face. Whole conversation was awesome with interview section of Top 3 moderators. This conversation can be marked as the new beginning of our community and to the local guide connect. Events like this makes impact on our community and I believe such more events in future can have positive response ( contributions) and make big sound to our community. So glad to meet you @TusharSuradkar . Also got to meet wonderful @Kristen_NYC , @Latika_Malhotra and David. Also got chance to meet our valuable local guides @TravellerG , @AjitThite and others.

[Annaelisa]

@TusharSuradkar

So eine tolle Veranstaltung, danke, dass wir durch diesen interessanten Beitrag einen guten Eindruck davon gewinnen und die schönen Bilder davon sehen.

[Kumaarsantosh]

@TusharSuradkar

Very true and aptly justified subject of this post ‘Coming together is a beginning, let’s progress and succeed’.

It was amazing to meet and greet an electrifying team of Local Guides from various part of our country. Their enthusiasm level was of great height.

Some of you were the stars of the night well spotted during the last session with @Latika_Malhotra .

It was pleasure to meet all of you at the event well organized and executed by @Kristen_NYC and the Local Guides Event team.

[pK19931]

Absolutely thrilled and excited since all of you were part of the Google meet-up in Gurugram – you’re among the lucky few ! And what a great post share, @Tushar_Suradkar! It was a pleasure meeting him in person at the Jantar Mantar meet-up the day before. And all the LG s who travelled from all across to Gurugram. Huge thanks , @TusharSuradkar for your time and valuable insights.

On a side note, there’s always a bit of a left-out feeling being from Noida, as I’ve always wanted to be part of such meet-ups. With this event organized by the Google India team, it would have been an incredible experience and a great learning and interactive platform for Local Guides like us. Please consider including us in your next event if possible, @TusharSuradkar @Kristen_NYC @Latika_Malhotra

(Missed out on the Google merchandize too , I still wear the Google Map pin i got few years back with pride the way my Dad used to wear his Indian Army uniform with his stars on the shoulders)

Looking ahead for more such events coordinated from GOOGLE INDIA TEAM. Next one should be in South India, since am from Hyderabad ,settled in Noida.

Over all am very proud & happy to be part of this wonderful community! Cheers

[Maverick2]

Thrilled and proud to represent our community alongside you, @TusharSuradkar . Making this an annual event would be fantastic! Gathering insights from the top local guides and sharing them with Googlers would offer such valuable learning opportunities.

[Raj_Tayade]

The moments spent with all the local guides from many states of the country were truly incredible. Detailed information about Google Maps was given in this visit. @TusharSuradkar sir Your post is great and the photos are wonderful and together broadens the horizons of thought.

@AjitThite Dada says that I fully support him and that such a meetup should be held once a year.

@Latika_Malhotra ji and @Kristen_NYC ji You can think about it

[ShreyaMusings]

Wowww… i hope and wish to be a part of more such events in Delhi ncr. Never got an opportunity in past like this. But hope is still there so day this dream will come true.

[Sagarkanherkar]

@TusharSuradkar nice written post

[AmitSharma1507]

Thanks to google and all the contributors…

[SayliWalve]

Beautifully said Coming together truly marks the beginning of something special.

The power of collaboration within the LG community is inspiring

Cheers to many more achievements ahead

[TravellerG]

Thanks for mentioning me, dear @Rahul001 in your post…

Happy that we could meet for the second time… That too at a far off destination like Delhi…

Regards dear…

[shaileno]

As usual always finest recap Dada @TusharSuradkar really we enjoyed the finest event evening at Google meet-up, & I thanks a lot to** @Kristen_NYC **through your recap post.

[TravellerG]

Nicely presented post, dear @TusharSuradkar …

Photos are really impressive… great!

The group photo is also good!!

Regards

[MerlinThomas]

@TusharSuradkar Beautifully written! I always enjoy reading your posts.

[bhayani_naitik]

Exactly dear @TusharSuradkar Sir

Well explain about “Coming together is a beginning,let’s progress and succeed”

I am always be happy and be curious about all meetups(also for future ) and chance to attend physically…

Thanks to efforts of all respected moderators & Local guides dear TG sir ( @TravellerG ), Tushar Bhai (Tushar_Suradkar), Ajit Bhai ( @AjitThite ), Naresh Bhai ( @NareshDarji ), Anil sir (Anil6969), Rosy mam ( @RosyKohli ), Shruti mam ( @Shrut19 ), Shailendra sir (ShailendraOjha), Annaelisa mam ( @Annaelisa ), Nunung Mam ( @NunungAfuah ), Falguni mam (FalguniP), Guru Krishna Priya mam (Gurukrishnapriya), Vikram Bhai (VikramSingh_Valera), Tejal mam (Tejal), Deepak sir (ModNomad), Mahabub sir (MahabubMunna), Khushbu mam (TravelClever) & to all fellow Local guides members…

Dear Kristen Madam @Kristen_NYC & Latika Madam @Latika_Malhotra thanks for taking whole session wonderfully…

Requesting that in India we need and want more n more this kind such events meet-ups and all. because this kind of sessions are connecting to us(each other’s) and sharing individual experiences with Maps, Connect & all.

Thank you,
𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐢

[_Akshay_K]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recap of the Contributors Conversation @TusharSuradkar . It truly sounds like an incredible experience, and I regret that I couldn’t join this time. It would be fantastic if similar meet-ups could be organized in South India in the future. I’m sure many Local Guides from this region would be excited to join in and contribute. It’s always inspiring to hear about such enriching events, and I hope to be part of the next one closer to my region.

Looking forward to many more successful collaborations shortly.

Thank you

Akshay K