Nepal Cloud Professionals

📅 Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM NPT (UTC+5:45)
📍 Venue: Microsoft Teams (Click here to join the meeting) (If you wish to receive occasitional community updates, do sign up at https://forms.microsoft.com/r/q2NZr5YUhF
Welcome to the Season of AI Series, a community-driven initiative by Nepal Cloud Professionals in collaboration with Microsoft and supporting partners. This series is dedicated to exploring the latest innovations in Microsoft AI, including Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and other cutting-edge technologies.

Join us for Episode 01 as we kick off this exciting journey with expert-led sessions, hands-on demos, and networking opportunities. Whether you're a developer, IT professional, student, or AI enthusiast, this event is designed to help you learn, connect, and grow.

## 🎤 Agenda Highlights

### Session 1 – From Prototype to Production: The AI App Lifecycle in Azure AI Foundry

By Rijwan Ansari (Solutions Architect, Microsoft MVP)
🔗 Connect on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijwanansari/
In this session, Rijwan will walk through the complete lifecycle of building AI-powered applications using Azure AI Foundry—from prototyping with prebuilt models to deploying scalable solutions in production. He will demonstrate how Azure’s integrated tools streamline development, testing, and monitoring, enabling faster innovation and enterprise-grade reliability.

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### Session 2 – Model Context Protocol (MCP): The Key To Agentic AI

By Pasang Tamang (Solutions Architect, C# Corner MVP)
🔗 Connect on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ptamang/
In this session, Pasang will introduce the concept of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its role in enabling Agentic AI systems. He will explain how MCP structures context for autonomous agents, allowing them to reason, adapt, and collaborate more effectively. This session is ideal for developers and researchers exploring the next frontier of intelligent systems.

## 🎙️ Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?

We’re always looking for passionate speakers to share their insights and experiences. If you're interested in presenting at an upcoming session, please fill out the speaker form here:
👉 https://forms.microsoft.com/r/cywefzeBAV

Note: Speaking slots are limited and typically fill up at least 2 weeks before the event. For questions, reach out to us at 📧 mailto:info@nepalcloudpro.org.

## 🤝 Hosting Partner

• Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), NCP Volunteers' Leadership Board

## 🤝 Digital Partner

• Makura Creations

## 🤝 Supporting Partner

• Microsoft

## 🔗 Connect with Us

🌐 Website: https://nepalcloudpro.org
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalCloudPro
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/NepalCloudPro
🐦 X: x.com/NepalCloudP
📧 Email: mailto:info@nepalcloudpro.org

## 📣 Social Hashtags

#NepalCloudPro #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MicrosoftAI #AzureAI

## 👥 About Nepal Cloud Professionals

Nepal Cloud Professionals is a vibrant community of IT professionals, developers, solution architects, and tech enthusiasts passionate about cloud computing and emerging technologies. We host regular meetups, discussions, and mentorship opportunities to foster learning and collaboration.

Whether you're just starting out or are a seasoned expert, we welcome you to be part of our growing community.

Date: Saturday, Sept 27, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM NPT (UTC+5:45)
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams
👉 Click here to join the meeting
📌 Want to receive occasitional community updates? Do sign up at https://forms.microsoft.com/r/q2NZr5YUhF

## About the Event

The Nepal Cloud Meetup Series is a recurring initiative designed to educate, inspire, and connect professionals working with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. Whether you're a developer, IT pro, DevOps engineer, network specialist, or solutions architect, this event is a great opportunity to:
- Learn from real-world experiences and best practices
- Discover innovative cloud solutions for application development
- Network with local and regional experts in the Microsoft ecosystem

## Agenda Highlights

We’re currently finalizing the session topics. Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Session 1: To be announced
Session 2: To be announced
Session 3: To be announced

## Stay tuned for speaker announcements and session details!

## 🎙️ Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?

We’re always looking for passionate speakers to share their insights and experiences. If you're interested in presenting at an upcoming session, please fill out the speaker form here:
👉 https://forms.microsoft.com/r/cywefzeBAV

Note: Speaking slots are limited and typically fill up at least 2 weeks before the event. For questions, reach out to us at 📧 info@nepalcloudpro.org.

## 🤝 Hosting Partner

• Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), NCP Leadership Board

## 🤝 Digital Partner

• Makura Creations

## 🤝 Supporting Partner

• Microsoft

## Connect with Us

🌐 Website: https://nepalcloudpro.org
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalCloudPro
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/NepalCloudPro
🐦 X: x.com/NepalCloudP
📧 Email: mailto:info@nepalcloudpro.org

## Social Hashtags

Use and follow: #NepalCloudPro | #Azure

## About Nepal Cloud Professionals

Nepal Cloud Professionals is a vibrant community of IT experts, developers, solution architects, and cloud enthusiasts. We’re committed to fostering innovation, sharing knowledge, and building a strong local ecosystem around cloud computing. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned expert, we invite you to engage through meetups, mentorship, and collaborative discussions.

Date: Saturday, Oct 25, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM NPT (UTC+5:45)
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams
👉 Click here to join the meeting
📌 Want to receive occasitional community updates? Do sign up at https://forms.microsoft.com/r/q2NZr5YUhF

## About the Event

The Nepal Cloud Meetup Series is a recurring initiative designed to educate, inspire, and connect professionals working with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. Whether you're a developer, IT pro, DevOps engineer, network specialist, or solutions architect, this event is a great opportunity to:
- Learn from real-world experiences and best practices
- Discover innovative cloud solutions for application development
- Network with local and regional experts in the Microsoft ecosystem

## Agenda Highlights

We’re currently finalizing the session topics. Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Session 1: To be announced
Session 2: To be announced
Session 3: To be announced

## Stay tuned for speaker announcements and session details!

## 🎙️ Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?

We’re always looking for passionate speakers to share their insights and experiences. If you're interested in presenting at an upcoming session, please fill out the speaker form here:
👉 https://forms.microsoft.com/r/cywefzeBAV

Note: Speaking slots are limited and typically fill up at least 2 weeks before the event. For questions, reach out to us at 📧 info@nepalcloudpro.org.

## 🤝 Hosting Partner

• Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), NCP Leadership Board

## 🤝 Digital Partner

• Makura Creations

## 🤝 Supporting Partner

• Microsoft

## Connect with Us

🌐 Website: https://nepalcloudpro.org
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalCloudPro
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/NepalCloudPro
🐦 X: x.com/NepalCloudP
📧 Email: mailto:info@nepalcloudpro.org

## Social Hashtags

Use and follow: #NepalCloudPro | #Azure

## About Nepal Cloud Professionals

Nepal Cloud Professionals is a vibrant community of IT experts, developers, solution architects, and cloud enthusiasts. We’re committed to fostering innovation, sharing knowledge, and building a strong local ecosystem around cloud computing. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned expert, we invite you to engage through meetups, mentorship, and collaborative discussions.

FOR PROFESSIONALS:
If you are a domain expert and willing to contribute as a mentor, please fill out the mentor form at forms.microsoft.com/r/en0VKMj2U5 so we can reach you back.

FOR STUDENTS:
If you are planning to apply (or you've signed up already) for Microsoft Imagine Cup 2026, Microsoft Tech Community in Nepal is here to facilitate you. You don't have a team or don't have an idea or right mentor? Don't worry we have you covered. We are organizing an IDEATHON for all those of you interested to participate in Imagine Cup.

Ideathon is a bootcamp where you will have a chance to learn about everything Microsoft, find mentors, team, people with similar mindset as you and can learn idea brainstorming along with other amazing workshops by experts from industry. You will have a chance to create your own team, share ideas and select a mentor of your choice. These teams with the guidance of mentor can now participate in Imagine Cup. Get ready to be the part of life changing experience.

Date: Nov 08, 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 01:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: TBD
Register for free if you are a student at: TBA
(Registration is mandatory in order to join the event. Seat confirmation will be sent out once you have registered.)

Agenda:

• Keynote
• Intro to Imagine Cup & how to build a winning Imagine Cup Project Team (Tips & Tricks)
• AI Workshop
• Leveraging Azure AI in Imagine Cup Projects
• IDEATHON with Mentorship and Team Building Plan
• Closing note

Here is a quick summary of what you need in order to participate in the Imagine Cup:

• Global competition for students aged 18+
• You’re welcome to imagine any solution that you’re passionate about but must include a Microsoft product/ tech and take into consideration diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
• Maximum four (4) members per team

For additional support, please post your queries at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSFTICNepal/
You may express your interest by joining in the event page in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/614068544285675

Prerequisites:
• Applicant(s) must be 18+ years of age
• Must be a student enrolled into a school/ university affiliated course.

About Imagine Cup:
Every year, students create inspiring tech projects that tackle some of the world's biggest social, environmental, and health challenges. We’re looking for the next big thing and we know students like you are going to make it. Imagine Cup, Microsoft’s premier international competition for young developers, is your chance to show off your biggest, boldest solution.
Dream it. Build it. Live it.
Bring your tech idea to life with the Imagine Cup and make a difference through creativity, collaboration, and competition.

For more information on the Imagine Cup competition, visit https://imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/support/faq

#ImagineCup #ImagineCup2026 #ImagineCupNepal #NepalCloudPro #CSITAN #MLSA