Hello dear Friends,
This collaborative RECAP is written on behalf of the organising team (Core Team) of this Mega Meetup by Host, TravellerG. Starting with our Aditya, all the Core Team Members arrived at the venue before 10 am - there were a few enthusiastic LGs who also arrived before the starting time.
Thanks a million, dear “All Attendees”, the Bangalore Mega Meet-up, held on September 20, 2025, at Srivari Bhimas, Yelahanka, was a grand success because of you all; this meet-up was planned for 50 members and was attended by 68 LGs. This meet-up was conceived by @TusharSuradkar months back (thanks to him).
The meet-up had both formal and informal components:
Presentations and Discussions: More than 50 LGs arrived by 10:30 am, and @TravellerG and @TusharSuradkar started to share their journey to level 10. Almost at 11 am, as per the agenda, Googlers @Latika_Malhotra, Moh, Emily and Malini arrived for the pre-planned demonstration. They started interaction with all the LGs present. Later, they selected LGs who had signed the NDAs and started to explain the Demo, in groups of five LGs each. As a part of the demo, they went out in batches and all returned by around 12:30 pm.
While the LGs went for the demo, @Shreyamusings started the brief introduction with a twist where one person had to introduce the other person. It was interesting to watch everyone participating and sharing five interesting facts about their paired partners. Everyone engaged in the activity one by one.
Virtual Meet-up: Though the meetup started a bit late, later many LGs joined the session - thus, the virtual meetup was also very successful.
Networking and Socialising: A room full of attendees seated and engaged in conversation, indicating a worthwhile session for community interaction and networking. People took so many photos and created some trending reels. It was a delight to interact with so many Local Guides. This meet-up had different networking sessions, which lasted till 4 pm; due to this, we had to cancel a couple of games and a quiz.
Dining: Around 2 pm, the lunch session began; attendees were seated at long tables, and meals were served on banana leaves, a traditional South Indian style of dining. This Premium Meal was served in collaboration with the owner of Srivari Bhimas Restaurant; our @aditya.kalkur shares the full credit for this mission. Food was absolutely delicious, freshly prepared, healthy and up to the standards. And @SonamW took a lot of initiatives, including serving the attendees during lunch.
Participant Engagement: @Shubhamwaman got name tags arranged on a table showing the names of many attendees, including “Abhishek,” “Rashmi,” “Rahul,” “Swathi,” “Vikas,” “Priyanka”, and many more. The tags also feature a “TeamIndia Local Guide” logo, acknowledging the event was for local guides, by local guides. The name tags were also arranged to spell “GOOGLE.” These details highlight the creativity and the event’s connection to the Google Local Guides community by the organising team, which included @aditya.kalkur, @shubham, @shreyamusings, @sonamw, @ssiddharth2000, @Gvipin, @k.k.sharma, @kumaarsantosh, @ajitthite, @MathanVibranarayan and @travellerg.
Special thanks to the Googlers @Latika_Malhotra, Moh, Emily and Malini for participating and making the session more meaningful.
Last but not least, every attendee was given a reusable bag, a symbol of sustainability (contributed by Host TravellerG), filled with a bookmark and stickers designed by @ShreyaMusings, @ajitthite, @gvipin, @shubhamwaman, @sonamw, and @kumaarsantosh. And @travellerg presented Laser Art Stainless Steel glass and a few stickers. @K.K.Sharma brought the beautiful backdrop banner, which was designed by our @AjitThite, and @JohnPeter contributed the “Tamil Nadu Local Guides” hand-bands.
What are your opinions and experiences?
Regards to all
Attendees… would love to her from you all…
@Rahul001 @Shaunak @Rushikesh_joshi @Supriyadevkar @Swathi @SarathUpendran @MerlinThomas @PrasadVR @The_GauravS @RaviSharma111 @Velvel @Rugma @curatorofmemory @GorevKhanna @Viranchi
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It’s heartening to see our community come together for such meaningful events. Looking forward to more such gatherings!
