This week
Fri 13Beyond the Prompt12 PM · Bibwewadi
Hands-on session on hosting live AI agents that handle email, job tracking and daily tasks.
Fri 13Databricks AI Functions5 PM · Online
First of a three-part series on using SQL AI functions to translate, classify and score sentiment on raw text.
Sat 14Chat with SVS10:30 AM
SVS is in town: an open conversation about AI, agents and everything in between.
Sat 14Touch Grass Builders3:30 PM · Pashan
Outdoor build session by the lake: bring a laptop, vibe-code with AI tools and demo something live by sunset.
Sat 14Ship a voice AI agent4 PM · Laxmi Society
Sat 14Agentic AI, beyond the model6 PM · Pashan
Informal discussion over coffee on how AI agents think, reason and act, led by Sriram Kintada, Sumangalam Avtar Sharma and Siddhesh Sinha. Open to people from outside IISER: fill the campus entry form by 10 AM on 14 Nov.
Sun 15Build a Voice Agent10:30 AM · Baner
Leave with a working voice agent you can talk to. Bring a laptop and one idea. No code needed to start.
Wed 18AI and the future of food4 PM · Pashan
Prof. Ganesh Bagler (IIIT-Delhi), who works on computational gastronomy, on how AI and data science are changing how we understand food, and whether a computer can think like a chef. Part of the AInspire series. Registration required; limited seats.
Next week
Sat 21Agentic AI in Production9:30 AM · Koregaon Park
Invite-only practitioner conference on agent architecture, memory, evaluation and observability; apply to attend.
Sat 21AI-India Dev Conference10 AM · Viman Nagar
10 talks on agents, RAG, MCP, evals and Claude Code workflows. Companies hiring AI talent attend.
Sat 21AI and APIs, session 410 AM · Konark Nagar
Fourth meetup in the API Community's backend series: how modern APIs are built, scaled and run, and where AI speeds that up.
Sat 21Copilot Studio Agents11 AM · Online
Live session on designing, connecting, testing and governing enterprise AI agents.
Sat 21Copilot Studio to Production12 PM · Baner
Security and governance for copilots that go beyond the prototype.
Sat 21AI x Startup Open House4 PM · Baner
Founders and developers talk frankly about building with AI, then open networking.
26–27 NovAISSA 2026Loni Kalbhor · Hybrid
Academic research conference centred on responsible AI: ethics, risk management and regulation.
Later this month
Sat 28AAIF Agentic AI Day10 AM · Magarpatta
Production agent architectures, multi-agent orchestration, ADK and MCP, memory, observability and live demos.
Sat 28Build Your First AI Agent10 AM · Viman Nagar
Hands-on beginner workshop for professionals and students to build a first working agent; entry by approval.
Sun 29Copilot & Claude for Fabric7 PM · Online
Demo of building a data solution end to end in VS Code using Copilot agent mode and Claude.
Sat 5 DecBuild an Agent Harness11 AM · Viman Nagar
Managing context and next actions around an LLM yourself, without a framework's defaults.
Sun 6 DecCloud Community Day9 AM · Balewadi
Full day of Google Cloud and AI talks plus hands-on workshops for developers and AI builders.
Sun 13 DecDevFest Pune9 AM · Shivajinagar
GDG Pune's full-day annual conference, with cloud, Android and web tracks too.
Later
18–20 DecIEEE PuneCon
Research papers on machine learning, NLP, autonomous agents and computer vision.
Fri 18 DecHealthcare AI Summit
18–20 DecHacktopia PuneTathawade
24-hour inter-college hackathon with mentors and judges; round 1 is free, finalists pay ₹250 each.