​Offline Community Connect – Beyond RAG: Building AI Systems

​This workshop is designed for working professionals, students, and developers who want hands-on experience building AI-powered applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Explore how RAG works, connect AI models with external knowledge sources, and learn to build practical AI systems that deliver more accurate, relevant, and context-aware responses for real-world applications.

​Agenda:

• ​Welcome & Introduction to Indian Data Club

  • ​A brief introduction to the community, our mission, recent initiatives, and upcoming opportunities to learn, connect, and grow.

• ​Icebreaker Activity

  • ​A short interactive activity to help participants connect with fellow professionals.

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• ​About Workshop:

  • ​Speaker Details - Sujit Kumar Kar (Engineering Operations Lead @ Momence)

​What we'll do:

• ​Understand how chunking and embeddings work in RAG systems.

• ​Evaluate RAG using Faithfulness, Precision, and Recall.

• ​Explore observability, monitoring, and feature flags.

• ​Build using lightweight, zero-cost infrastructure that attendees can reuse and extend.

​The code will support free deployment through Google AI Studio and Vercel.

​The goals:

• ​Demonstrate a working RAG system.

• ​Explore Semantic, Fixed, and Sliding Window Chunking.

• ​Understand the importance of observability and monitoring.

• ​Optional: Demonstrate GraphRAG and its use in multi-hop queries.

​What people will use:

• ​Google AI Studio (2 free deployments for eligible accounts without a billing card).

• ​Vercel for free deployment.

• ​Neo4j AuraDB (free instance for the optional GraphRAG demo).

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• ​Tea Break

  • ​Enjoy your tea or coffee and connect with fellow attendees.

• ​Interactive Quiz

• ​Closing Remarks & Open Networking

  • ​Wrap up the session with key takeaways.

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