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EVENTS / COMMUNITY / BUILDER EXPERIENCES

Give people a reason to build together.

From a first product walkthrough to the final demo, I shape developer events that make the work feel possible and the room worth joining.

ON THE CALENDAR

Current & upcoming.

The next event I'm currently hosting and preparing for builders.

A RECORD OF ROOMS BUILT TOGETHER

Past events.

Hackathons, workshops and open-source programs, each with a different way to help people participate.

0126 April 2026 · Bengaluru

MiniMax session speaker · Geek Room

HackBLR 2026

A national AI hackathon that moved from an online build round to an in-person finale in Bengaluru. Teams built and pitched AI-powered products across agents, voice AI, LLM applications, and real-world use cases.

My role Led a MiniMax session on agentic workflows, multimodal AI, and building beyond simple wrappers, connecting the ideas to what teams were making at the hackathon.

  • MiniMax session
  • Agentic & multimodal AI
  • Online round + Bengaluru finale
Read my HackBLR reflection
02Noida · OpsTree Global

Lead organizer · TRAE × Qdrant

Hack Geek Room 1.0

An AI hackathon for working prototypes built with LLMs, agents, and intelligent systems. The program paired hands-on mentorship and architecture feedback with judging across technical execution, originality, communication, and practical impact.

My role Led planning, partner integration, builder support, participant experience, and end-to-end execution.

  • AI agents & LLMs
  • Architecture feedback
  • TRAE + Qdrant
Explore the event
032025 · Online / worldwide

Event host · Pears by Holepunch × Geek Room

Pears Global Hackathon

A global build program for peer-to-peer applications using Pear Runtime. Teams moved through mentorship and final judging; projects ranged from private location sharing to collaborative whiteboards and serverless chess.

My role Hosted the global developer hackathon. Holepunch’s published recap reports 1,000+ registrations, 400+ participants, and 90+ projects.

  • Peer-to-peer apps
  • 400+ participants in organizer recap
  • 90+ projects
Read Holepunch’s recap
0415–16 October 2025 · USAR, GGSIPU

Co-organizer & event contact · USAR FOSS Club

FOSS FORGE 2025

An open-source festival within Elysian 2025, organized by USAR FOSS Club with FOSS United. Repo Sprint and Git Clash: Commit Storm gave students a practical setting to fork, build, collaborate, and work with Git.

My role Helped organize the program and served as a named point of contact alongside Siddharth Bansal.

  • Repo Sprint
  • Git Clash: Commit Storm
  • Two-day open-source program
Read the organizer announcement
05March 2026 · GGSIPU East Campus, Delhi

Co-host · With Akshat Kumar

Build with TRAE × MiniMax

A hands-on AI development workshop combining TRAE’s developer tooling with MiniMax models. Product sessions led into guided building, mentorship, project showcases, feedback, and networking.

My role Co-hosted the workshop and brought developers together to explore AI workflows through live building and demos.

  • TRAE + MiniMax
  • Guided build session
  • Project showcase
View the workshop agenda

FOR COMMUNITY TEAMS & PRODUCT BUILDERS

The work behind the room.

01

Program design

Shape a clear path from introduction to hands-on work and a demo people want to share.

02

Builder support

Make space for questions, mentorship, partner tools and the practical friction that appears during a build.

03

Story & reach

Turn an event into useful documentation, creative assets and a reason for the community to keep talking.

LET'S MAKE SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN

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