WiMLDS Pune is a community-driven initiative led by Sucheta Dhere since 2018, dedicated to upskilling, reskilling, and empowering women (and men) in emerging technologies like AI, ML, and Data Science.
We support career restarters — especially the 3 million+ educated Indian women on job breaks — by bridging the skill gap, restoring confidence, and connecting them with real industry opportunities. Through flagship conferences, monthly meetups, hands-on projects, and mentorship, we've created a thriving ecosystem of growth, leadership, and reinvention.
With backing from 50+ corporates and 100+ high-impact workshops, WiMLDS Pune is more than a tech community — it’s a movement to make data science a way of life.
Details of the Series - We will announce the topis as we progress in this series
### Session 1: The Roots
Title: “Why Are We Even Talking About GenAI?”
- Applied Machine Learning 101
- Why GenAI exploded now
- Scope and industries impacted
Title: “Once Upon a Model: The Rise of Foundation Models”
- History of Foundational Models
- Types of FMs (text, vision, multimodal)
- Top 10 FM providers
- Business story of OpenAI
- How MS, Google, Meta, AWS followed
- Who owns what?
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### Session 2: LLMs – Powering the Textual Revolution
Title: “Language, Transformed”
- What is an LLM?
- Transformer-based NLP
- LLM vs FM vs GenAI
- Popular LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA etc.)
- Differences in models, products & versions
- Comparison table
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### Session 3: GenAI Gets Practical
Title: “Generative Intelligence in Action”
- Code, Image, Video, Audio generation
- Prompt engineering basics
- Code tools (Windsurf, Cursor, Copilot, etc.)
- India-specific LLMs (Krutrim, Sarvam AI)
- Implications for developers, QA, IT services
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### Session 4: RAG & Knowledge-Driven AI
Title: “When Models Remember: RAG & Vector Embeddings”
- What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?
- Types of RAG
- Vector embeddings
- Vector DBs (Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma etc.)
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### Session 5: Multimodal, Multi-Model & Beyond
Title: “When AI Sees, Speaks, Codes: The Multimodal Era”
- What is multimodal AI?
- Multi-model vs Multimodal
- Examples: GPT-4o, Gemini, LLaVA, etc.
- Transfer learning concepts
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### Session 6: Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Systems
Title: “When AI Thinks on Its Own”
- Agentic AI vs traditional GenAI
- Multi-agent orchestration
- AutoGPT, LangGraph, CrewAI, etc.
- Real-world examples
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### Session 7: Infrastructure & Cost of Intelligence
Title: “The Cost to Compute: GPUs, TPUs & the Arms Race”
- GPU/TPU landscape
- Cloud AI (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Pricing power and cost control
- What’s coming next?
### Already Ahead in the GenAI Race? Here’s How You Can Make a Difference:
- 🎤 Be a Speaker – Inspire by Sharing Your Journey
- Tell your story — how you got started, your learnings, your pivots.
- Demystify concepts through real-world case studies.
- Share the business impact of GenAI in your domain.
- 🧭 Be a Mentor – Guide Someone Just a Few Steps Behind
- Offer 1:1 or group mentoring to early learners.
- Help someone choose the right project, learning path, or tools.
- Provide career advice, code reviews, or just encouragement.
- 💡 Be a Thought Leader – Bring Insight to the Movement
- Lead lightning talks, fireside chats, or panel discussions.
- Write blog posts, record short videos, or curate resources.
- Help us decode trends like Agentic AI, RAG, and Multimodal tools.
- 🛠️ Contribute Technically – Build With the Community
- Co-lead a hands-on workshop, mini-hackathon, or demo session.
- Open source a GenAI project and let beginners contribute.
- Help participants create real-world portfolio projects.
- 🚀 Be a Career Ally – Open Doors
- Refer skilled returners to opportunities in your organization.
- Offer short-term remote gigs or freelance projects.
- Help them practice interviews, resume reviews, or mock assessments.
- 🌱 Pay It Forward – Shape the Future of Inclusion
- Your time, even 1 hour a month, can change someone’s life.
- Help balance India’s workforce, one confident returner at a time.
- Be remembered not just as an expert, but as a changemaker.
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