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 "dataset": "events",
 "title": "AI events in Tamil Nadu",
 "description": "Conferences, hackathons, meetups and workshops, with dates in the organiser's own words.",
 "publisher": "theTN.ai",
 "homepage": "https://thetn.ai/data/",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "note": "Free to reuse, including commercially, with credit to theTN.ai and a link to the record's theTN.ai page. Facts belong to their original sources, which each record names."
 },
 "how_to_cite": "AI events in Tamil Nadu, theTN.ai, https://thetn.ai/data/v1/events.json",
 "notes": "Each record names its source (source_name, source_url) and the date we last checked it (verified_at). drafted_by and approved_by show who wrote and who approved it.",
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T22:51:11.388Z",
 "count": 20,
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  {
   "id": "root-to-shoot-venturefest-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/root-to-shoot-venturefest-2026/",
   "name": "Root to Shoot VentureFest 2026",
   "start": "2026-10-15",
   "end": "2026-10-16",
   "date_quote": "Date: 15–16 October 2026",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus",
   "organiser": "Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of CSE, SRMIST Vadapalani",
   "format": "Festival",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "founder"
   ],
   "cost": "Free",
   "summary": "A two-day student startup event with sessions on customer validation and pitching, a mock market, and a final investor-style pitch round for shortlisted teams.",
   "register_url": "https://unstop.com/competitions/root-to-shoot-venturefest-2026-student-startup-pitching-venture-challenge-srm-institute-of-science-and-tech-1765067",
   "source_name": "Unstop (SRMIST listing)",
   "source_url": "https://unstop.com/competitions/root-to-shoot-venturefest-2026-student-startup-pitching-venture-challenge-srm-institute-of-science-and-tech-1765067",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "aws-user-group-trichy-mcp-edition",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/aws-user-group-trichy-mcp-edition/",
   "name": "AWS User Group Trichy: MCP Edition",
   "start": "2026-10-17",
   "date_quote": "Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 5:00 PM",
   "city": "Online",
   "organiser": "AWS User Group Trichy",
   "format": "Meetup",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "An online meetup showing how AI coding assistants can use MCP servers to work with AWS documentation and cloud workflows.",
   "register_url": "https://www.meetup.com/aws-user-group-trichy/events/316777808/",
   "source_name": "Meetup (AWS User Group Trichy)",
   "source_url": "https://www.meetup.com/aws-user-group-trichy/events/316777808/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "data-science-essentials-rpa-chennai-oct-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/data-science-essentials-rpa-chennai-oct-2026/",
   "name": "Data Science Essentials: AI and Robotic Process Automation",
   "start": "2026-10-17",
   "date_quote": "Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 9:30 AM",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "IIT Madras Research Park, Tharamani",
   "organiser": "Analytics for Business (Meetup group)",
   "format": "Workshop",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "A three-hour session on robotic process automation, how AI fits into it, and building simple use cases.",
   "register_url": "https://www.meetup.com/analytics-for-business/events/316480021/",
   "source_name": "Meetup (Analytics for Business)",
   "source_url": "https://www.meetup.com/analytics-for-business/events/316480021/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "devfest-chennai-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/devfest-chennai-2026/",
   "name": "DevFest Chennai 2026",
   "start": "2026-10-17",
   "date_quote": "Saturday, 17 October 2026 · IITM Research Park",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "IIT Madras Research Park",
   "organiser": "GDG Chennai",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional",
    "founder"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "GDG Chennai's yearly community developer conference, with talks, build sessions and competitions on developer tools and AI.",
   "register_url": "https://devfest.gdgchennai.in",
   "source_name": "DevFest Chennai (GDG Chennai)",
   "source_url": "https://devfest.gdgchennai.in",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "github-dev-days-chennai-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/github-dev-days-chennai-2026/",
   "name": "GitHub Dev Days Chennai (Skillup Tamilnadu Session 10)",
   "start": "2026-10-17",
   "date_quote": "Date: 17-Oct-2026 (Saturday)",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "organiser": "Innovation AI Chennai and Azure Developer Community Tamilnadu",
   "format": "Workshop",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "A hands-on morning workshop on using GitHub Copilot in everyday coding work. Seats need host approval and the venue is shared with approved registrants.",
   "register_url": "https://luma.com/4inm0024",
   "source_name": "Meetup (Innovation AI Chennai)",
   "source_url": "https://www.meetup.com/innovationai-chennai/events/316704645/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "cerai-industry-conclave-ai-governance-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/cerai-industry-conclave-ai-governance-2026/",
   "name": "Industry Conclave on AI Governance 2026",
   "start": "2026-10-22",
   "date_quote": "Thursday, October 22, 2026",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "TTJ Auditorium & Halls 1-4, ICSR, IIT Madras",
   "organiser": "Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI), IIT Madras",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "professional",
    "founder"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "A one-day conclave on the theme \"AI Measurement and Governance\" for researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, startups and teams deploying AI, from 9 am to 5.30 pm.",
   "register_url": "https://forms.gle/j7jiMofM83qqjY8XA",
   "source_name": "Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras",
   "source_url": "https://cerai.iitm.ac.in/events/industry-conclave-ai-governance-2026",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-14"
  },
  {
   "id": "itnt-wipo-pct-virtual-training-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/itnt-wipo-pct-virtual-training-2026/",
   "name": "Virtual Training on the Patent Cooperation Treaty and WIPO initiatives",
   "start": "2026-10-22",
   "end": "2026-10-23",
   "date_quote": "22-23 OCTOBER 2026, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM IST",
   "city": "Online",
   "organiser": "iTNT Hub with WIPO",
   "format": "Workshop",
   "audience": [
    "founder",
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Free",
   "summary": "A two-afternoon online course on filing international patents, aimed at startups, researchers and incubation staff working on deep-tech ideas.",
   "register_url": "https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FiJzfN84RUmX7-JGPD7wylUr_Rzp765PvtPYRe9GPeNUOFVLMU00QlAzNzg2VlgzSktLREtHRlNQWS4u&route=shorturl",
   "source_name": "iTNT Hub",
   "source_url": "https://itnthub.tn.gov.in/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "viksitthon-2026-kit-coimbatore",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/viksitthon-2026-kit-coimbatore/",
   "name": "Viksitthon 2026: State Level 24-Hour Hackathon",
   "start": "2026-10-23",
   "end": "2026-10-24",
   "date_quote": "Hackathon: 23–24 October 2026",
   "city": "Coimbatore",
   "venue": "KIT Auditorium, KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology",
   "organiser": "KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology",
   "format": "Hackathon",
   "audience": [
    "student"
   ],
   "cost": "Free",
   "summary": "A 24-hour hackathon for diploma and undergraduate engineering students on themes such as sustainability, cybersecurity and rural innovation. Teams are shortlisted from a slide deck first.",
   "register_url": "https://unstop.com/competitions/viksitthon-state-level-24hrs-hackathon-kalaignarkarunanidhi-institute-of-technology-kannampalayam-tamil-nad-1763600",
   "source_name": "Unstop (KIT Coimbatore listing)",
   "source_url": "https://unstop.com/competitions/viksitthon-state-level-24hrs-hackathon-kalaignarkarunanidhi-institute-of-technology-kannampalayam-tamil-nad-1763600",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "chennaipy-october-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/chennaipy-october-2026/",
   "name": "Chennaipy October Meetup",
   "start": "2026-10-24",
   "date_quote": "Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 3:00 PM",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "organiser": "Chennaipy",
   "format": "Meetup",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "The monthly Python user group meetup in Chennai, with three 20-minute talk slots and lightning talks open to anyone who signs up.",
   "register_url": "https://www.meetup.com/chennaipy/events/316908043/",
   "source_name": "Meetup (Chennaipy)",
   "source_url": "https://www.meetup.com/chennaipy/events/316908043/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "expert-talks-chennai-oct-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/expert-talks-chennai-oct-2026/",
   "name": "Expert Talks Chennai: Context Engineering and Claude on your codebase",
   "start": "2026-10-24",
   "date_quote": "Please join us on 24th Oct 2026, from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "Equal Experts, 11th Floor, IndiQube Alpine, Ekkatuthangal",
   "organiser": "Expert Talks Chennai",
   "format": "Meetup",
   "audience": [
    "professional",
    "student"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "Two talks for developers: one on giving AI models the right context, and one on making an AI coding assistant work well inside a real codebase.",
   "register_url": "https://www.meetup.com/expert-talks-chennai/events/316593703/",
   "source_name": "Meetup (Expert Talks Chennai)",
   "source_url": "https://www.meetup.com/expert-talks-chennai/events/316593703/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "techxconf-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/techxconf-2026/",
   "name": "TechXConf 2026: AI, Cloud and Data Conference",
   "start": "2026-10-24",
   "date_quote": "24 October 2026 IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "IIT Madras Research Park",
   "organiser": "TechXConf (with Azure Developer Community Tamilnadu and Microsoft Azure User Group Chennai)",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "professional",
    "student"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "A one-day conference with talks on generative AI, cloud computing, data engineering and machine learning engineering.",
   "register_url": "https://techxconf.com",
   "source_name": "TechXConf",
   "source_url": "https://techxconf.com",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "devfest-salem-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/devfest-salem-2026/",
   "name": "DevFest Salem 2026",
   "start": "2026-10-31",
   "date_quote": "Oct 31, 2026",
   "city": "Salem",
   "venue": "Sona College of Technology, Junction Main Road",
   "organiser": "GDG Salem",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional",
    "founder"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "A one-day developer conference in Salem with talks, hands-on workshops and a tech exhibition.",
   "register_url": "https://konfhub.com/devfest-2026-salem",
   "source_name": "GDG Salem (gdg.community.dev)",
   "source_url": "https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-salem-presents-devfest-salem-2026/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "pinaka-ctf-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/pinaka-ctf-2026/",
   "name": "Pinaka CTF 2026",
   "start": "2026-10-31",
   "end": "2026-11-28",
   "date_quote": "Offline final: 28 Nov 2026, starts 10:00 IST (04:30 UTC), NFSU Chennai",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus",
   "organiser": "National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus",
   "format": "Hackathon",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "A national cybersecurity capture-the-flag contest. An online qualifier runs on 31 Oct and 1 Nov, and the final is in person in Chennai. Team registration costs Rs 400.",
   "register_url": "https://unstop.com/hackathons/pinaka-ctf-national-forensic-sciences-university-chennai-1763976",
   "source_name": "Pinaka CTF",
   "source_url": "https://pinakactf.com/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "project-eclipse-hackathon-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/project-eclipse-hackathon-2026/",
   "name": "Project Eclipse Hackathon (Grand Finale)",
   "start": "2026-10-31",
   "date_quote": "Grand Finale 31 October 2026 Offline — Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "organiser": "Genie Hive Private Limited with Agni College of Technology",
   "format": "Hackathon",
   "audience": [
    "student"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "An AI hackathon on agents and automation that can plan, use tools and act. Early rounds are online and free; shortlisted teams pay Rs 499 for the build round and the final is in Chennai.",
   "register_url": "https://unstop.com/hackathons/project-eclipse-ai-automation-hackathon-agni-college-of-technology-act-chennai-1758549",
   "source_name": "Unstop (Agni College of Technology listing)",
   "source_url": "https://unstop.com/hackathons/project-eclipse-ai-automation-hackathon-agni-college-of-technology-act-chennai-1758549",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "al-build-lab-build-your-first-ecommerce-al-assistant-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/al-build-lab-build-your-first-ecommerce-al-assistant-2026/",
   "name": "Al Build Lab : Build Your First eCommerce Al Assistant",
   "start": "2026-11-14",
   "end": "2026-11-14",
   "date_quote": "14 November 2026",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "Klizer Technologies Private Limited , Chennai",
   "organiser": "Klizer AI Club",
   "format": "Workshop",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "Join AI Build Lab for a beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop where you'll build your first eCommerce AI assistant. Learn how AI understands requests, uses tools to search products, check order status, calculate discounts, and combine actions to complete tasks. Ideal for students, developers, and AI enthusiasts with bas",
   "register_url": "https://all.events/go/80003545834688",
   "source_name": "Klizer AI Club",
   "source_url": "https://www.klizer.com/aiclub/ai-build-lab-build-your-first-ecommerce-ai-assistant/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-24"
  },
  {
   "id": "trivora-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/trivora-2026/",
   "name": "TRIVORA 2026 Hackathon",
   "start": "2026-12-05",
   "end": "2026-12-06",
   "date_quote": "Dates: 5th & 6th December 2026",
   "city": "Coimbatore",
   "venue": "SNS iHub",
   "organiser": "HackHere",
   "format": "Hackathon",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "A 24-hour national hackathon on combining generative AI with cloud computing. Each team gets its own problem statement; the fee is Rs 1,000 per team.",
   "register_url": "https://unstop.com/hackathons/trivora-hackhere-1760462",
   "source_name": "Unstop (HackHere listing)",
   "source_url": "https://unstop.com/hackathons/trivora-hackhere-1760462",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "devfest-coimbatore-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/devfest-coimbatore-2026/",
   "name": "DevFest Coimbatore 2026",
   "start": "2026-12-12",
   "date_quote": "DevFest Coimbatore 2026 is GDG Coimbatore's community developer festival, on Saturday, December 12, 2026, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.",
   "city": "Coimbatore",
   "organiser": "GDG Coimbatore",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "GDG Coimbatore's yearly developer festival. This year's theme is building for scale, with talks, workshops and guided code labs.",
   "register_url": "https://sessionize.com/devfest-coimbatore-2026/",
   "source_name": "Sessionize (GDG Coimbatore call for speakers)",
   "source_url": "https://sessionize.com/devfest-coimbatore-2026/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "scipy-india-2026",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/scipy-india-2026/",
   "name": "SciPy India 2026",
   "start": "2026-12-19",
   "end": "2026-12-20",
   "date_quote": "19th-20th December, 2026 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "Indian Institute of Technology Madras",
   "organiser": "SciPy India (supported by FOSS United Foundation)",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Paid",
   "summary": "A scientific computing and open-source conference, with a tutorials day and a main talks day. It covers research software and science uses of AI and machine learning.",
   "register_url": "https://konfhub.com/scipy-india-2026",
   "source_name": "SciPy India",
   "source_url": "https://scipy.in/2026/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "iris-27-shaastra-computer-vision-conference",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/iris-27-shaastra-computer-vision-conference/",
   "name": "IRIS'27: Shaastra International Research Conference on Computer Vision",
   "start": "2027-01-02",
   "end": "2027-01-03",
   "date_quote": "January 2nd and 3rd, 2027",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "IIT Madras Research Park",
   "organiser": "Shaastra, IIT Madras",
   "format": "Conference",
   "audience": [
    "student",
    "professional"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "A two-day research conference on computer vision held as part of Shaastra 2027, with paper presentations and keynote talks.",
   "register_url": "https://iris.shaastra.org/",
   "source_name": "IRIS'27 (Shaastra, IIT Madras)",
   "source_url": "https://iris.shaastra.org/",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "umaginetn-2027",
   "page": "https://thetn.ai/events/umaginetn-2027/",
   "name": "UmagineTN 2027",
   "start": "2027-03-08",
   "end": "2027-03-09",
   "date_quote": "UmagineTN 2027 - India's Premier Technology & Innovation Summit | March 2027",
   "city": "Chennai",
   "venue": "Chennai Trade Centre",
   "organiser": "ELCOT",
   "format": "Summit",
   "audience": [
    "founder",
    "professional",
    "investor",
    "student"
   ],
   "cost": "Unknown",
   "summary": "The yearly state-backed technology and innovation summit in Chennai, which has moved from its usual January slot to March in 2027.",
   "register_url": "https://umagine.tn.gov.in/register",
   "source_name": "UmagineTN",
   "source_url": "https://umagine.tn.gov.in",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
 ]
}