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

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Agenda:

• 11:00- 11:10: Welcome & Introduction
• 11:10- 11:50: Pratik Parikh, Lead DevOps Engineer, Simbian
• 11:50- 12:30: Vishvas Dubey, Senior cloud developer, Quantiphi
• 12:30 - 12:45: Break
• 12:45 - 13:25: Akshay Anil Utale, Technical Support Engineer, Confluent
• 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/)

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💡 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.

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💡 Speaker:
Vishvas Dubey, Senior cloud developer, Quantiphi

Talk:
Building Real-Time Event Driven Systems with Apache Kafka

Abstract:
This session will explore how Apache Kafka enables scalable real-time event-driven architectures for modern applications. The talk will cover Kafka fundamentals, practical architecture patterns, microservices communication, and real-world use cases across AI, automation, and cloud-native systems. Attendees will also get insights into deployment considerations, observability, and best practices for building reliable streaming applications.

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💡 Speaker:
Akshay Anil Utale, Technical Support Engineer, Confluent

Talk:
Create your Kafka setup with zookeeper and KRaft (Hands-on)

Abstract:
In this session, we’ll take a practical tour of Kafka internals—focusing on how brokers, producers, and consumers actually work under the hood—before rolling up our sleeves for a hands‑on setup. You’ll learn how to spin up a single-node Kafka environment with zookeeper for quick test use case on your local machine and then build out a three-controllers four brokers Kafka cluster with KRaft step by step, so you can confidently reproduce a real-world Kafka setup on your own machine.

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