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RCC Institute of Information Technology

5th April 2025

AWS User Group Kolkata (AWSUGKOL) is back with a bang to host the most awaited event, AWS Community Day Kolkata 2025, unveiling success stories, use cases & much more from AWS and industry leaders.

Thank you everyone for making our last AWS Community Day a huge success.

WHO ARE WE?

AWS User Group Kolkata (AWSUGKOL) is a Kolkata based group united by community-led learnings and diversified by the wide variety of tools and technologies closely knit with Amazon Web Services, cloud computing technology, AWS design implementation and servicing, high scalability / performance computing, production use cases of AWS, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and much more.

Join us on 5th April 2025 for the much awaited AWS Community Day Kolkata 2025, unveiling success stories, use cases & much more from AWS and industry leaders.

AWS Community Days are community-organized cloud education events, featuring technical discussions and demos led by expert AWS users and industry leaders from around the world

Community-based learning is the best way to enhance the concepts being taught by connecting with enthusiasts in person, thereby sharing first-hand experiences and familiar, accessible examples.

All skills levels are welcome to help accomplish our motto of learning, sharing and networking. Let's join hands to empower this tech community to make it bigger and better!

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What to expect from AWS Community Day?

Renew, revive & revitalize to exemplify your excitement about the work you do
Learn industry trends and intricacies about innovative implementations from AWS experts
Harness the power of networking with 1500+ AWS users, DevOps, developers & solutions architects
Network with fellow AWS veterans & techies during breaks
Novice to pioneer on relentless pursuit to learn can rejoice the AWS offerings & success stories under one roof.
Take helpful and valuable information back to business
Gain visibility to get more publicity for your esteemed organisation
Sporting chance for active participants to win AWS goodies

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Conference

Super Early Bird

INR 400

Access to conference on 5th April, 2025
Welcome Kit
Morning Tea/Coffee
Afternoon lunch
Evening Tea/Coffee
Eligible for goodies at the end of event day
Attend any sessions provided seats available
Tech Expo booth visits
Networking to other peers at event day

Conference

Early Bird

INR 450

Access to conference on 5th April, 2025
Welcome Kit
Morning Tea/Coffee
Afternoon lunch
Evening Tea/Coffee
Eligible for goodies at the end of event day
Attend any sessions provided seats available
Tech Expo booth visit
Networking to other peers at event day

Conference

Regular

INR 550

Access to conference on 5th April, 2025
Welcome Kit
Morning Tea/Coffee
Afternoon lunch
Evening Tea/Coffee
Eligible for goodies at the end of event day
Attend any sessions provided seats available
Tech Expo booth visits
Networking to other peers at event day

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INR 1000

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Venue

Conference

5th April, 2025

RCC Institute of Information Technology

Canal S Rd, Beleghata, Kolkata, West Bengal 700015

AGENDA

Time in IST (GMT+5:30)

Track 1 (AI/ML/GenAI)

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM Welcome Note and Lighting of the Lamp [Welcome Keynote] - Mr. Sanjay Kumar Das, Additional Secretary, Science & Technology & Bio Technology Dept & State Information Security Officer, Government of West Bengal, India
09:30 AM - 10:10 AM AWS Powering India's Tech Revolution [Technical Keynote] - Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra, Head, Customer Solutions, AWS India and South Asia
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Bridging the Gap: How AI Helps Tech Leaders Tell Better Stories [Community Keynote] - Aditi Sawhney, Data-Driven Marketing Leader at AWS
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion - Unlocking GenAI Success: 10 Game-Changing Questions Every CIO Must Answer to Drive Innovation, Value, and Responsible AI Adoption! - Amitava Nag, Deep Account Manager at Amazon Web Services India Pvt. Ltd | Rishikesh Kumar Singh, Vice President - IT & Digital at Aditya Birla Group (Domestic Textiles Business) | Prakash Tripathi, General Manager - IT at Shyam Steel | Subhamoy Chakraborti, Chief Technology Officer, ABP Pvt Ltd. | Prateek Agarwal, GM - IT and New Initiatives at Lux Industries Limited | Sankar Ghosh, Managing Director, Accenture APAC and Chairman, Start-up Subcommittee, CII Eastern Region
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AI in Enterprise Solutions - Arindam Hari, CIO, Gainwell Group | Director & CEO, Acceleron Solutions
12:30 PM - 13:00 PM Lunch break and networking
13:00 PM - 13:40 PM Panel Discussion - The Future of AI: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations - Ankit Kandoi, Senior AIML & Generative AI Sales Specialist, Amazon Web Services (AWS) India | Soma Banerjee, Co-founder and CEO at Business Brio | Abhijit Pal, Executive Director at Alphaxine | Dr. Indranil Mitra, Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited (PwC) | Basanta Kumar Rana, Co-Founder, Workmates Core2Cloud Solution Ltd | Aloke Majumder, Vice President of Technology, Hoichoi TV
13:45 PM - 14:10 PM Managing LLM(s) at scale across an enterprise via AWS API Gateway - Turja Narayan Chaudhuri, Global Platform Presales Leader, Big 4 Consulting
14:15 PM - 14:55 PM Shaping the Future of Development with AWS - Bhuvaneswari Subramani, AWS Hero | AWS Ambassador | Chief Cloud Evangelist at Intuitive Cloud
15:00 PM - 15:40 PM Securing LLM Applications - Tactics, Techniques and Procedures - Krishnendu De, Head of Information Security & CISO Generation & Distribution (CESC Limited)
15:45 PM - 16:20 PM Amazon Bedrock and Model Distillation - Nilesh Vaghela, AWS Community Hero | CEO, Electromech Cloudtech Pvt. Ltd. & Cloudkida Pvt. Ltd.
16:25 PM - 16:55 PM Predictive Modeling for long term sustainable strategies - How AWS can help Build and Deploy Scalable Solutions - Angshuman Bhattacharya, Head of AI Solutions, Sirius Digitech
17:00 PM - 17:30 PM Closing Note and Felicitation

Time in IST (GMT+5:30)

Track 2 (Analytics, Database, Serverless Architectures)

09:30 AM - 10:10 AM Optimizing Cloud Infrastructure with Karpenter: Intelligent Auto-Scaling for Kubernetes - Suman Chakraborty, Solutions Architect, Platform9 Systems
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM Empowering Data, Analytics & AI with Next-Generation Amazon SageMaker - Dipayan Sarkar, Sr. Analytics Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Hyperscaler Automation in Bio-pharma Industry - Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Associate Director, Cognizant, ISG Life Science R&D
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM [Serverless Guru Silver Sponsor] Event-Driven Architecture in Action: Real-Time Analytics for Quiz Gameboards - Kishan S, Senior Serverless Developer, Serverless Guru and Srinu Madhav, Senior Serverless Developer, Serverless Guru
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM [AeonX Digital Silver Sponsor] - Modernize your SAP Eco-System with SAP BTP on AWS - Anupam Dash, SAP Technical Solution Architect, AeonX Digital
12:45 PM - 13:15 PM Lunch break and networking
13:15 PM - 13:55 PM Fortify Your Data Protection Strategy with AWS Backup - Pallavi Jha, Technical Consultant, AWS India
14:00 PM - 14:25 PM How to use EKS as a Universal Control Plane to provision Infrastructure - Anik Guha, Lead DevOps Engineer, IFS R&D, Tech Mahindra and Soumadeep Bhattacharya, DevOps Architect, Tech Mahindra
14:30 PM - 14:55 PM [Trend Micro Silver Sponsor] Mitigating Risk and Threats in the Cloud with Trend Vision One - Lokesh Bawariya, Cloud Security Solution Architect, Trend Micro
15:00 PM - 15:25 PM AWS Security Incident Response: Defense Against the Dark Arts of Cyber Threats - Ameya Prakash Vaidya, Cloud Consultant, DreamWorld Tech
15:30 PM - 15:55 PM Streamlining AWS Lambda deployment with Serverless Framework and Terraform - Rudranil Sarkar, Technical Lead - DevOps, Srijan - A Material+ Company
16:00 PM - 16:25 PM Beyond Code: A Developer's Guide to AWS Cost Awareness & Smart Cloud Decisions - Avinash Dalvi, AWS Community Builder | Senior Staff Engineer, NuShift Technologies
16:30 PM - 16:50 PM [Workmates Core2Cloud Platinum Sponsor] GenAI in Action: Transforming Business Operations and Accelerating Innovation - Arunava Mukherjee, Chief Technology Officer at Workmates Core2Cloud Solution Pvt Ltd
16:55 PM - 17:20 PM Cloud Financial Management ( FinOps ) for Builders - Anand Mehta, Senior Specialist FinOps, Nasdaq

Time in IST (GMT+5:30)

Track 3 [Hands-on Workshops] (AI/ML/GenAI)

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Agentic AI using Amazon Q - Biraj Choudhury, Sr. Product Manager, Hyland
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Creating Domain Specific Foundation Models on Amazon Bedrock - Kushal Nagrani, Data Solution Architect, EPAM Systems
11:00 AM - 13:00 PM Multi-agent Collaboration using Amazon Bedrock - Mike Rocha, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
13:00 PM - 13:30 PM Lunch break and networking
13:30 PM - 15:30 PM Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with AWS Bedrock and Qdrant from Scratch - Ambarish Ganguly, Data and Analytics Practice Lead - Energy Resources and Utilities, TCS
15:30 PM - 16:30 PM Building a Serverless AI Chatbot with Amazon Lex - Debarshi Mondal, Senior Serverless Developer, Serverless Guru
16:30 PM - 17:30 PM Protecting Web Applications with AWS WAF & Load Balancers: A Step-by-Step Guide - Toshal Khawale, Director - Product owner (Cloud & DevOps) at Strategy Software Inc. and Maulik Bhatt, Senior Cloud Security Engineer at Precisely

Note: Please be aware that there may be slight variations in the timing of the sessions outlined in the agenda. While we will strive to adhere to the schedule as closely as possible, unforeseen circumstances may necessitate minor adjustments. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility. Thank you!

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HONORABLE GUEST

Sanjay Kumar Das

Additional Secretary, Science & Technology & Bio Technology Dept & State Information Security Officer, Government of West Bengal, India

Welcome Keynote

Sanjay Kumar Das is a seasoned public administrator with over 27 years of experience, currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Science & Technology & Bio-Technology Department of the Government of West Bengal. He has spearheaded significant initiatives in digital transformation, including the KarmoBhumi platform, which connects IT professionals with local firms, and the Self-Scan mobile application, enhancing digital privacy. A key figure in West Bengal's cybersecurity landscape, he established the state's Cyber Security Centre of Excellence and has contributed to embedding cybersecurity education in polytechnic curriculum. His accolades include the DSCI Security Leader of the Year Award 2024 and multiple national awards for his contributions to governance and cybersecurity. With a background as an Intelligence Officer and advanced degrees in law and business, he is also a published poet and co-founder of UDDYOM, an NGO focused on education and poverty alleviation, continuing to influence technology-driven policy and administration in the region.

TECHNICAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra

Head, Customer Solutions, AWS India and South Asia

AWS Powering India's Tech Revolution

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is playing a pivotal role in driving India's technological transformation. As the country embraces digitalization, AWS provides a robust cloud infrastructure that supports startups, enterprises, and government initiatives. With its vast array of services, including computing power, storage, and machine learning, AWS enables businesses to innovate rapidly and scale efficiently. India's burgeoning tech ecosystem benefits from AWS's global reach and local data centers, ensuring low-latency access and compliance with regulatory requirements. The platform empowers developers and entrepreneurs to build cutting-edge applications, harness big data, and leverage artificial intelligence, fostering a culture of innovation.

COMMUNITY KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Aditi Sawhney

Data-Driven Marketing Leader at AWS

Bridging the Gap: How AI Helps Tech Leaders Tell Better Stories

"Bridging the Gap: How AI Helps Tech Leaders Tell Better Stories" explores how artificial intelligence enhances storytelling in the tech sector by enabling data-driven insights, personalizing narratives for specific audiences, and streamlining content generation. AI tools facilitate effective visual storytelling and predictive analytics, allowing leaders to craft compelling narratives that resonate with stakeholders. Additionally, AI aids in real-time feedback analysis, enabling continuous improvement of messaging and helping to simplify complex concepts for better communication between technical and non-technical audiences. Overall, AI empowers tech leaders to communicate more effectively and engage their audiences with clarity and impact.

Speakers

Sanjay Kumar Das
Additional Secretary, Science & Technology & Bio Technology Dept & State Information Security Officer, Government of West Bengal, India