Pondicherry | CCCL PNY2 - Ideaforge 2026

​Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude!

​CCCL PNY2 - Ideaforge 2026, a community event showcasing how Claude empowers creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation beyond coding.

Hosted under the CCCL in partnership with IFRINA(Institut International Francophone de Recherche et de Formation en Intelligence Artificielle, Neuropédagogie et Didactique) and CEFP(Club des Entrepreneurs Français de Pondichéry). This event features 50 students presenting 100 original business and social innovation projects developed entirely with Claude. Through keynote sessions, practical workshops, and live project showcases, attendees will discover how conversational AI can help anyone turn ideas into reality, regardless of technical background.

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What You'll Experience

• ​Keynote by Vikram Pawar

• ​Claude-focused workshops

• ​100 AI-powered business & social innovation projects

• ​Live MVP building with Claude

• ​Networking with students, founders, educators & the Claude community

• ​Certificate distribution & closing ceremony

​Agenda

​1:00 PM – Welcome

​1:10 PM – Opening Remarks

​1:20 PM – Welcome of Chief Guests

​1:45 PM – Keynote by Vikram Pawar, Official Claude Community Ambassador appointed by Anthropic.

​2:15 PM – Workshop 1

​Claude Desktop (Cowork): Building Your MVP

​Speaker: Sudharsan, Founder, Sparkable

​3:15 PM – Workshop 2

​Deploy Your Web Service in 30 Minutes

​Speaker: Nicolas Martin, Director, Fractal Apps Limited

​3:45 PM – Workshop 3

​Claude as a Venture Studio

​Speaker: Dr. Arunkumar Santhalingam, Director, IFRINA

​4:15 PM – Student Showcase: Business & Social Innovation Projects

​6:45 PM – Certificate Distribution & Closing Ceremony

​7:15 PM – Event Ends


Venue

​Prince Hall
Pondicherry, India

📅 Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 7:15 PM

We look forward to welcoming you to the Claude Community in Pondicherry for a day of learning, building, and celebrating AI-powered innovation.

Stay in the loop

​Join the official WhatsApp group for CCCL Pondicherry | Ideaforge 2026
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E2iRjrDRt8SHG5G0PQ7kTe

Join the WhatsApp group (Tamil Nadu community): https://cccl.ai/tn/whatsapp

​Join the global Slack: https://cccl.ai/slack

​Connect with Vikram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrammpawar/