IN PERSON! Apache Kafka® Meetup Pune - May 2026

Hello everyone! Join us for an IN PERSON Apache Kafka® meetup on May 23rd from 11:00 am, hosted by Data-Axle!

📍 Venue:
Data-Axle, ICC Tech Park, Tower A – 8th Floor, Senapati Bapat Rd, Laxmi Society, Model Colony, Shivajinagar, Pune – 411016

Landmark: Opp. JW Marriott.

Maps Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HcRGNLDwviNRZ4ss9

***
Agenda:

• 11:00- 11:10: Welcome & Introduction
• 11:10- 11:50: Pratik Parikh, Lead DevOps Engineer, Simbian
• 11:50- 12:30: Pravin Barate, Technical Support Engineer, Confluent
• 12:30 - 12:45: Break
• 12:45 - 13:25: Speaker 3
• 13:25- 14:30: Lunch

If you would like to speak at or host a meetup please let us know! community@confluent.io (http://confluent.io/)

***
💡 Speaker:
Pravin Barate, Technical Support Engineer, Confluent

Talk:
Monitoring With Apache Kafka Jmx and Prometheus

Abstract:
In this session, we’ll talk about how monitoring and observability is available with Kafka using JMX and how integration works between Apache Kafka JMX and third party monitoring tool like prometheus.

Bio:
Pravin Barate is a Technical Support Engineer at Confluent. He fixes Kafka issues, assisting customers in investigating and resolving Kafka-related issues. He works daily with complex Kafka clusters, handling a wide range of challenges across Apache Kafka, Confluent Kafka, and their associated components.

-----
💡 Speaker:
Pratik Parikh, Lead DevOps Engineer, Simbian

Talk:
Unpacking Kafka on Kubernetes - Solving Application Scaling Challenges

Abstract:
Discover how Apache Kafka transformed a complex application architecture into a scalable, resilient one.

The talk will start with first showcasing the existing app architecture. Then I will talk about the scaling needs and how they were achieved. Next I will showcase the problems scaling the architecture created — specifically the application level issues related to websocket connectivity. Next I will explain how I introduced Kafka as a service layer across Kubernetes clusters to fix the issues. Later on I will explain how introducing Kafka helped us scale even further, towards Multi Cloud.

In short, learn how Kafka, deployed across Kubernetes clusters, became the backbone of the solution, enabling seamless scaling and solving critical application-level challenges. Explore my journey in the challenges I faced in implementing a multi cloud Kafka cluster and how Kafka can drive architectural resilience.

***
If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io (http://confluent.io/)