Events
18 AI, data and startup events across Tamil Nadu and online, from now until March 2027. Dates come from each organiser's own page. Confirm there before you travel.
October 2026
- Thu 15 Oct
Root to Shoot VentureFest 2026
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus, Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “Date: 15–16 October 2026”, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of CSE, SRMIST Vadapalani
- Sat 17 Oct
AWS User Group Trichy: MCP Edition
Online
An online meetup showing how AI coding assistants can use MCP servers to work with AWS documentation and cloud workflows.
Organiser's date: “Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 5:00 PM”, AWS User Group Trichy
Register Add to calendar Source: Meetup (AWS User Group Trichy)
- Sat 17 Oct
Data Science Essentials: AI and Robotic Process Automation
IIT Madras Research Park, Tharamani, Chennai
A three-hour session on robotic process automation, how AI fits into it, and building simple use cases.
Organiser's date: “Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 9:30 AM”, Analytics for Business (Meetup group)
Register Add to calendar Source: Meetup (Analytics for Business)
- Sat 17 Oct
DevFest Chennai 2026
IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai
GDG Chennai's yearly community developer conference, with talks, build sessions and competitions on developer tools and AI.
Organiser's date: “Saturday, 17 October 2026 · IITM Research Park”, GDG Chennai
Register Add to calendar Source: DevFest Chennai (GDG Chennai)
- Sat 17 Oct
GitHub Dev Days Chennai (Skillup Tamilnadu Session 10)
Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “Date: 17-Oct-2026 (Saturday)”, Innovation AI Chennai and Azure Developer Community Tamilnadu
Register Add to calendar Source: Meetup (Innovation AI Chennai)
- Thu 22 Oct
Virtual Training on the Patent Cooperation Treaty and WIPO initiatives
Online
A two-afternoon online course on filing international patents, aimed at startups, researchers and incubation staff working on deep-tech ideas.
Organiser's date: “22-23 OCTOBER 2026, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM IST”, iTNT Hub with WIPO
- Fri 23 Oct
Viksitthon 2026: State Level 24-Hour Hackathon
KIT Auditorium, KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
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.
Organiser's date: “Hackathon: 23–24 October 2026”, KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology
Register Add to calendar Source: Unstop (KIT Coimbatore listing)
- Sat 24 Oct
Chennaipy October Meetup
Chennai
The monthly Python user group meetup in Chennai, with three 20-minute talk slots and lightning talks open to anyone who signs up.
Organiser's date: “Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 3:00 PM”, Chennaipy
- Sat 24 Oct
Expert Talks Chennai: Context Engineering and Claude on your codebase
Equal Experts, 11th Floor, IndiQube Alpine, Ekkatuthangal, Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “Please join us on 24th Oct 2026, from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM”, Expert Talks Chennai
Register Add to calendar Source: Meetup (Expert Talks Chennai)
- Sat 24 Oct
TechXConf 2026: AI, Cloud and Data Conference
IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai
A one-day conference with talks on generative AI, cloud computing, data engineering and machine learning engineering.
Organiser's date: “24 October 2026 IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai”, TechXConf (with Azure Developer Community Tamilnadu and Microsoft Azure User Group Chennai)
- Sat 31 Oct
DevFest Salem 2026
Sona College of Technology, Junction Main Road, Salem
A one-day developer conference in Salem with talks, hands-on workshops and a tech exhibition.
Organiser's date: “Oct 31, 2026”, GDG Salem
Register Add to calendar Source: GDG Salem (gdg.community.dev)
- Sat 31 Oct
Pinaka CTF 2026
National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus, Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “Offline final: 28 Nov 2026, starts 10:00 IST (04:30 UTC), NFSU Chennai”, National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus
- Sat 31 Oct
Project Eclipse Hackathon (Grand Finale)
Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “Grand Finale 31 October 2026 Offline — Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India”, Genie Hive Private Limited with Agni College of Technology
Register Add to calendar Source: Unstop (Agni College of Technology listing)
December 2026
- Sat 5 Dec
TRIVORA 2026 Hackathon
SNS iHub, Coimbatore
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.
Organiser's date: “Dates: 5th & 6th December 2026”, HackHere
- Sat 12 Dec
DevFest Coimbatore 2026
Coimbatore
GDG Coimbatore's yearly developer festival. This year's theme is building for scale, with talks, workshops and guided code labs.
Organiser's date: “DevFest Coimbatore 2026 is GDG Coimbatore's community developer festival, on Saturday, December 12, 2026, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.”, GDG Coimbatore
Register Add to calendar Source: Sessionize (GDG Coimbatore call for speakers)
- Sat 19 Dec
SciPy India 2026
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
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.
Organiser's date: “19th-20th December, 2026 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India”, SciPy India (supported by FOSS United Foundation)
January 2027
- Sat 2 Jan
IRIS'27: Shaastra International Research Conference on Computer Vision
IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai
A two-day research conference on computer vision held as part of Shaastra 2027, with paper presentations and keynote talks.
Organiser's date: “January 2nd and 3rd, 2027”, Shaastra, IIT Madras
Register Add to calendar Source: IRIS'27 (Shaastra, IIT Madras)
March 2027
- Mon 8 Mar
UmagineTN 2027
Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai
The yearly state-backed technology and innovation summit in Chennai, which has moved from its usual January slot to March in 2027.
Organiser's date: “UmagineTN 2027 - India's Premier Technology & Innovation Summit | March 2027”, ELCOT
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