​​Technical workshops series for students/professionals to start their development journey in the Polkadot ecosystem. ​Polkadot India Workshops Series is an initiative by Edgetributor SubDAO with the support of DOT Events Bounty, aiming to increase the Polkadot ecosystem’s dev exposure in India as well as aims to give a head start to the students/professionals in their journey of understanding current Polkadot 2.0 & the foundation of JAM.

​​Workshops itinerary:

​--- Day 1 - August 23rd, 2025 ---

• ​1st Workshop: History of Web3 (1:30 PM - 3:30 PM)

  • ​Bitcoin and Evolution of Smart Contracts

  • ​Ethereum Scaling Trilemma

  • ​Rise of Layer 1 and Layer 2 Solutions

  • ​Cross-chain Bridges

  • ​Multichain Frameworks

• ​Sponsored Snacks Break (3:30 PM - 4:00 PM)

• ​2nd Workshop: Blockchain Fundamentals (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

  • ​When to Use Blockchain and Why

  • ​Economics and Game Theory in Blockchain

  • ​Consensus Mechanisms

  • ​Cryptographic Principles

  • ​Merkle Trees

  • ​Encryption and Digital Signatures

  • ​Light Clients

  • ​Memory Pool/Transaction Pool and Virtual Machines

• ​Sponsored Tea/Coffee Break (6:00 PM - 6:30 PM)

• ​3rd Workshop: DeFi and NFTs (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)

  • ​Decentralized Finance (DeFi) 101 featuring Parachains and AssetHub

  • ​Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Activities and Applications

• ​Sponsored Dinner and Networking (8:30 PM - 9:30 PM)

​--- Day 2 - August 24th, 2025 ---

• ​4th Workshop: Polkadot Ecosystem Deep Dive (1:30 PM - 3:30 PM)

  • ​Relay Chains, Parachains, and Solo Chains Architecture

  • ​OpenGov and Bounties System

  • ​Polkadot 2.0: Asynchronous Backing, Agile Coretime, Elastic Scaling

  • ​Introduction to JAM (Join-Accumulate Machine)

• ​Sponsored Snacks Break (3:30 PM - 4:00 PM)

• ​5th Workshop: Protocol Development (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

  • ​Pallets and FRAME Development Framework

  • ​Ink! Smart Contract Language

  • ​PolkaVM and Frontier EVMs

  • ​Polkadot JS API, PAPI, and SubKey Tools

• ​Sponsored Tea/Coffee Break (6:00 PM - 6:30 PM)

• ​6th Workshop: Runtime and Application Chain Development (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)

  • ​Substrate/PolkadotSDK Framework

  • ​Parachain and Solo Chain Templates

  • ​SubKey Utility Applications

  • ​Cross-Consensus Messaging (XCM)

  • ​Preparations for JAM Development

• ​Sponsored Dinner and Networking (8:30 PM - 9:30 PM)

​​University Partner: NITK WebClub & COSH

​Web Enthusiasts’ Club (WebClub) at NITK Surathkal is a student-led organization focused on fostering interest and skills in Computer Science. With 100+ active members, WEC hosts workshops, hackathons, and coding events with global reach, promotes open-source development, and builds real-world tech projects for the campus. It welcomes all students passionate about tech, from beginners to experts.
https://webclub.nitk.ac.in/

​COSH NITK is a hub for open-source innovation in both software and hardware at NITK. It brings together passionate contributors to build meaningful, real-world solutions that benefit the campus and wider community.
https://cosh.nitk.ac.in/

​About ​Edgetributor SubDAO

​Edgetributor SubDAO is a collective of active Edgeware DAO contributors contributing to the broader Polkadot ecosystem. Their work spans three key areas:

• ​Builders: They develop and maintain different chain-agnostic toolings & protocols, enhancing resource accessibility across different substrate chains.

• ​​Curators: The SubDAO believes in collaborative development and thus aims to bring industry-leading teams/talents to the Polkadot ecosystem by curating OpenGov/bounty proposals for them. Notable example: Paul Miller's micro-sr25519 package, enhancing the ecosystem-wide cryptographic security.

• ​​Educators: They founded the Polkadot India Workshops series, previously hosted at IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay, also hosted Polkadot AssetHub Hackathon in Goa, co-hosted JAM Tour Mumbai, JAM Tour HongKong, represented Polkadot at ETHIndia 2024 as one of the workshop hosts, mentors & judges with the support of DOT Events Bounty.

​https://x.com/Edgetributors/