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7-8 OCT 2026​ | BENGALURU | INDIA

• 7–8 Oct 2026 @ NIMHANS Convention Center, Bengaluru

Open Source + AI: Build the Future of Intelligent Software

23rd edition of Asia's leading open-source conference for developers, DevOps teams, AI engineers, founders, architects and technology leaders.

Accelerate the development and deployment of open source through open models, GenAI apps, AI agents, RAG, LLMOps, DevOps, cloud-native infrastructure, databases, cybersecurity, open hardware and the tools shaping modern software.

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• 7–8 Oct 2026 | 9:30 AM–6:00 PM @ NIMHANS Convention Center, BLR

Open Source + AI: Build the Future of Intelligent Software

23rd edition of Asia's leading open-source conference for developers, DevOps teams, AI engineers, founders, architects and technology leaders.

Accelerate the development and deployment of open source through open models, GenAI apps, AI agents, RAG, LLMOps, DevOps, cloud-native infrastructure, databases, cybersecurity, open hardware and the tools shaping modern software.

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• The Theme

Just can't wait to see how Open Source Thrives in the AI Era?

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AI is no longer separate from software development. It is becoming part of every product, platform and workflow. And much of this change is being powered by open-source models, frameworks, databases, infrastructure and communities.

OSI 2026 brings together the people building this future: developers creating AI-powered products, engineers deploying AI systems, founders building AI startups, enterprises adopting GenAI, and communities contributing to open technologies.

• Conference Tracks

Six tracks. Two Days.

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FOSS for Everyone

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Developer's Meet

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Data & Bases

04

DevOps

05

Open Source Hardware

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AI & ML​

• Program Focus

What OSI 2026 will cover

The Open Source For You magazine team in partnership with India's Open Source community and industry bring you 10 themes spanning the full open-source and AI stack, from models and infrastructure to security and real-world deployment.

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GenAI applications and AI agents
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Open-source LLMs, SLMs and multimodal models
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RAG, vector databases and knowledge graphs
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LLMOps, deployment, evaluation and observability
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AI coding tools and developer productivity
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AI security, governance, privacy and licensing
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Open data platforms and modern database stacks
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DevOps, Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure
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Edge AI, embedded systems and open-source hardware
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Real-world AI product and enterprise deployment case studies
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• Who Should Attend

Built for builders

Attend OSI 2026 if you are building, deploying, evaluating or scaling open-source or AI-powered technology.

Software Developers

AI Engineers

ML Engineers

DevOps Teams

Platform Engineers

Cloud Architects

Data Teams

IT Infrastructure Managers

Cybersecurity Professionals

Founders

Product Leaders

Technical Decision Makers

Open-Source Contributors

Students

Community Builders

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• Hands-On

Learn by doing, not just watching

Learn with Hands-on Workshops

Join our MasterClasses

Learn to Solve Tech Problems

Being focused sessions limited to a smaller group, workshops and masterclasses are usually limited to 20 seats per session. As each workshop or masterclass gets announced, we will ping all registrants with a reservation link so that they can reserve their seats.

• Speaker 2026

The Gurus of 2026

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Manjunath Janardhan

AI/ML Computational Science Senior Manager, Accenture

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Raja Gopal Hari Vijay

Member Leadership Staff, Zoho Corporation

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Anna Widenius

CEO,
MariaDB Foundation

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Arvind Devaraj

AI / LLM Engineer,
Juspay

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Jay Gondaliya

Associate Software Engineer, Red Hat

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Roman Nozdrin

Architect/Staff developer, MariaDB Corporation

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Prabhakar Vemparala

Engineering Manager, Freshworks

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Sachin Garg

CTO,
NavankurIT

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Safeer C M

Principal Engineer,
MoEngage

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Sayed Imran

Site Reliability Engineer, 66degrees

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Abraham Gogulamudi

Senior Engineering Manager, GEHealthcare

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Ankur Gupta

Solution Architect, OceanBase India

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Megha Mitra

Tech lead,
Mytr.AI

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Hari Kiran

Founder & CEO,
OpenSource DB

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Janardan Revuru

Web standards and AI community leader

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Sanil Kumar D

Founder, Caze Labs Private Limited

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Abhas Abhinav

Founder,
DeepRoot GNU/Linux

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Prasun Kumar

Co-founder and CEO,
Oppex AI

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Sakshi Tyagi

Senior Apllied Scientist, Thomson Reuters

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Yash Pawar

DevOps Engineer,
deboistech

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P Raveendra Reddy

Technical Staff, Dell Technologies

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Rajesh Hegde

Software Engineer,
Unisys

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Daniel Black

Chief Innovation Officer, MariaDB Foundation

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Shashank Jha

Technical Writer,
ONLYOFFICE

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B Priyankaa

Data Scientist,
BFSI Sector

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Amith K K

Sr. Principal – Agentic Engineering, Unisys

Prathamesh Karmalkar, Staff Software Engineer, Exasol AG

Prathamesh Karmalkar

Staff Software Engineer,
Exasol AG

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Karan Bharadwaj

Co-founder and Head of Product, Nasiko

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Nabarko Roy

AI Research Engineer,
IBM

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Aakriti Aggarwal

AI Research Engineer, IBM Research

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Kumar Anirudha

Founding Engineer, Vibrant Labs

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Vasundhara Shukla

Developer Advocate, APAC, Neo4j

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Aditi Bhatt

Senior Division Manager, Cyient Ltd

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Poonam Goyal

Professor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science

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Dr. Saiyedul Islam

Senior Member of Technical Staff, AI Group, AMD India

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Aditya Sivagnanam

PMTS, Developer Application Engineer, AI Group, AMD India

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Aarshad Devani

Senior AI Architect, Cobweb MENA FZ

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Jagat Sesh Challa

Associate Professor, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

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Karan Chellani

GenAI & Enterprise AI Solutions Leader, Persistent Systems Ltd

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Malepati Bala Siva Sai Akhil

Principal Software Engineer, Couchbase

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Neeraj Penumaka

Backend Lead,
Nasiko

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Kamesh Sampath

Lead Developer Advocate,
Snowflake

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Arun Kumar G

Staff Customer Engineer, Applied AI Google

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Samir Kamerkar

Engineering Director,
Canonical

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Vysakh Premkumar

DevOps Consultant, E-Gov Foundation

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Chandrashekar Ramanathan

Professor & Head, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Division, IIIT-Bangalore

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Dharmanandana Reddy Pothula

Chief Cyber Security Architect - Products & Solutions, Caze Labs Private Limited

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Alen Titus

Software Engineer, Caze Labs Private Limited

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Niranjan Akella

Enginnering Manager AI/ML, 2nd Brain Labs

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Sandesh Bandal

Developer Advocate, 2nd Brain Labs

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Yash Thakare

Software Engineer - AI, Mphasis

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Tarun Aitha

Software Engineer 2, Dell Technologies

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Nalin Sathyan

Founder,
Zendalona

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K Sathyaseelan

Lecturer, Training Center for Teachers of Visually Handicapped

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Lakshmipathi Ganapathi

Independent Open Source Programmer

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Sujith S

CTO,
Zackriya Solutions

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Raja Shankar Kolluru,

Maintainer,
Chenile

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Aboobacker MK

Maintainer,
CircuitVerse

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Aryan Mehrotra

Maintainer,
GoFr

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Sandeep Athiyarath

Founder and Exec Director, FCOOS Technologies Pvt Ltd

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Subramania Raja

Maintainer,
Observal

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Monica R

Software Development Engineer, Autodesk

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Priyatam Ch

Senior Full-Stack Developer, Arctic Wolf

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Sowmya Narayanan Sadagopan

Founding Director, IIIT Bangalore

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Srivathsa NS

Technology Leader

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Karrtik Iyer

AI Principal,
Thoughtworks

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Heena Juneja

Industry Principal, Frost & Sullivan

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Navneet Goyal

Senior Professor,
BITS Pilani

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Rakesh Radhakrishnan

Principal Software Engineer - Storage, Cloudera

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Pavel Sushin

Head of Analytics Tools Engineering & Operations, YTsaurus

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Shaik Buden Saheb

Staff engineer,
Freshworks

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Mayank Raj

Staff Engineer, Infrastructure, Stripe

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Shreya Agrahari

Analyst,
Accenture

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Nitin Kumar Gupta

Software Engineer,
Caze Labs

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Niitish Pillai

Network Engineer, FCOOS Technologies Pvt Ltd

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Prakriti Solankey

Senior Engineering Lead, Persistent Systems

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Artur Turaev

Global Product Owner, YTsaurus

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Andrey Grunau

Technical project manager, YTsaurus

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Biju K Nair

Founding and Managing Partner, Legalitech.in

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Malay Hazarika

Co-Founder,
Osuite.io

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Pravin Ranjan

Sr. Software Engineer,
IBM

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Joval Kuruvila

Senior Software Engineer, Caze Labs

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Rishi Naman Singh

Software Engineer,
Caze Labs

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Mayank Prasad

Senior Engineering Development Manager, Oracle India Pvt Ltd

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Hritik V

Security Engineer,
Axilock

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Aman Sapra

Researcher

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Safir

Software Engineer,
Caze Labs

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• For Sponsors & Exhibitors

Reach developers building the AI stack

OSI gives sponsors and exhibitors access to a developer-heavy audience that actively evaluates tools, platforms and technologies. For AI, cloud, DevOps, database, security, hardware and developer-tool companies, OSI 2026 is a platform to engage the builders and decision makers shaping India's open-source and AI adoption.

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• Thank You

Partners of 2026

OSI 2026 is made possible by the sponsors, exhibitors, and media partners who support India’s open-source and AI community.

Presenting Partner

Silver Partners

Associate Partners

Exhibiting Partners

Media Partners

Want 5% off your pass?

Enter the promo code COFFEE at checkout for 5% off any Conference Pass. See you at NIMHANS on 7 and 8 October.

Facing issues with reserving workshops or upgrading passes? Email us at info@opensourceindia.in