Bengaluru gets these things all the time. Delhi NCR too. Kolkata? Not so much. That’s what makes August 8 a date worth marking on your calendar.
Tredence, one of India’s top data science and AI firms, is bringing its AI Foundry to Sector V — a full-day, hands-on workshop for developers, data scientists, architects, and AI builders who want to build real things, not just talk about them.
What’s actually happening on August 8
- 📅 Date: August 8, 2026
- ⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- 📍 Venue: Sector V / Newtown, Kolkata (Yet to be confirmed)
- 🏢 Host: Tredence, with Analytics India Magazine
- 🎯 Format: Hands-on team workshop — not lectures, not panels
This isn’t a conference where you collect brochures.
Participants work in mixed teams — developers alongside architects and data scientists — and actually build working AI tools by the end of the day.
The whole thing is structured around design thinking: you start with a real business problem, then figure out the AI that solves it.
The part most events skip — but this one doesn’t.
A big chunk of the day is dedicated to making AI governable.
Teams will work through explainability, transparency, security, and scalability — the less glamorous but absolutely critical layer that decides whether a tool survives inside a real company or dies after the demo.
Part of the work also involves mapping where a human needs to stay in the loop, so no AI process runs without a proper approval step built in.
That’s the kind of thinking enterprise companies actually look for.
Who’s in the room matters.
This workshop is designed for mid-to-senior AI professionals — people with five to fifteen years of experience who are done with theory and want to work through live use cases with peers at the same level.
If you’re a student or early-career builder, keep an eye on the registration page — versions of this event have been open to a wider audience before.
Closing thoughts from someone worth listening to.
Soumendra Mohanty, Tredence’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, will close the day.
His message, as the organizers have framed it: build systems that work inside real companies, not demos that look good once and quietly fall apart.
Kolkata’s tech scene has the talent. This is one more proof point.
Events like the AI Foundry tend to signal something — that a city’s engineering community is ready to be taken seriously on a national stage.
Sector V has the density, the talent, and the companies. Now it’s getting the events to match.