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Start 2026 with the ClickHouse India community in Gurgaon!

Connect with fellow data practitioners and hear from industry experts through engaging talks focused on lessons learned, best practices, and modern data challenges.

Agenda:

• 10:30 AM: Registration, light snacks & networking
• 11:00 AM: Welcome & Introductions
• 11:10 AM: Inside ClickStack: Engineering Observability for Scale by Rakesh Puttaswamy, Lead Solutions Architect @ ClickHouse
• 11:35 AM: Supercharging Personalised Notifications At Jobhai With ClickHouse by Sumit Kumar and Arvind Saini, Tech Leads @ Info Edge
• 12:00 PM: Simplifying CDC: Migrating from Debezium to ClickPipes by Abhash Solanki, DevOps Engineer @ Spyne AI
• 12:25 PM: Solving Analytics at Scale: From CDC to Actionable Insights by Kunal Sharma, Software Developer @ Samarth eGov
• 12:50 PM: Q&A
• 1:30 PM: Lunch & Networking

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******** 🎤 Session Details: Inside ClickStack: Engineering Observability for Scale Dive deep into ClickStack, ClickHouse’s fresh approach to observability built for engineers who care about speed, scale, and simplicity. We’ll unpack the technical architecture behind how ClickStack handles metrics, logs, and traces using ClickHouse as the backbone for real-time, high-cardinality analytics. Expect a hands-on look at ingestion pipelines, schema design patterns, query optimization, and the integrations that make ClickStack tick.

Speaker: Rakesh Puttaswamy, Lead Solutions Architect @ ClickHouse

🎤 Session Details: Supercharging Personalised Notifications At Jobhai With ClickHouse Calculating personalized alerts for 2 million users is a data-heavy challenge that requires more than just standard indexing. This talk explores how Jobhai uses ClickHouse to power its morning notification pipeline, focusing on the architectural shifts and query optimizations that made our massive scale manageable and fast.

Speaker: Sumit Kumar and Arvind Saini, Tech Leads @ Info Edge Sumit is a seasoned software engineer with deep expertise in databases, backend systems, and machine learning. For over six years, he has led the Jobhai engineering team, driving continuous improvements across their database infrastructure and user-facing systems while streamlining workflows through ongoing innovation. Connect with Sumit Kumar on LinkedIn.

Arvind is a Tech Lead at Info Edge India Ltd with experience building and scaling backend systems for large consumer and enterprise platforms. Over the years, they have worked across system design, backend optimization, and data-driven services, contributing to initiatives such as notification platforms, workflow automation, and product revamps. Their work focuses on improving reliability, performance, and scalability of distributed systems, and they enjoy solving complex engineering problems while mentoring teams and driving technical excellence.

🎤 Session Details: Simplifying CDC: Migrating from Debezium to ClickPipes In this talk, Abhash will share their engineering team's journey migrating our core MySQL and MongoDB CDC flows to ClickPipes. We will contrast our previous architecture—where every schema change required manual intervention or complex Debezium configurations—with the new reality of ClickPipes' automated schema evolution, which seamlessly handles upstream schema changes and ingests flexible data without breaking pipelines.

Speaker: Abhash Solanki, DevOps Engineer @ Spyne AI Abhash serves as a DevOps Engineer at Spyne, orchestrating the AWS infrastructure behind the company's data warehouse and CDC pipelines. Having managed complex self-hosted Debezium and Kafka clusters, he understands the operational overhead of running stateful data stacks in the cloud. He recently led the architectural shift to ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on eliminating engineering toil and automating schema evolution handling.

🎤 Session Details: Solving Analytics at Scale: From CDC to Actionable Insights As SAMARTH’s data volumes grew rapidly, our analytics systems faced challenges with frequent data changes and near real-time reporting. These challenges were compounded by the platform’s inherently high cardinality in multidimensional data models - spanning institutions, programmes, states, categories, workflow stages, and time, resulting in highly complex and dynamic query patterns.

This talk describes how we evolved from basic CDC pipelines to a fast, reliable, and scalable near real-time analytics platform using ClickHouse. We share key design and operational learnings that enabled us to process continuous high-volume transactional data and deliver low-latency analytics for operational monitoring and policy-level decision-making.

Speaker: Kunal Sharma, Software Developer @ Samarth eGov Kunal Sharma is a data-focused professional with experience in building scalable data pipelines. His work includes designing and implementing robust ETL/ELT workflows, data-driven decision engines, and large-scale analytics platforms. At SAMARTH, he has contributed to building near real-time analytics systems, including the implementation of ClickHouse for large-scale, low-latency analytics.

When: Thursday 30th of October 2025 Time: arrive for 530pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt Location: Robert Walters, Number 1 Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB Session will not be streamed over MS Teams Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts & sponsors Robert Walters

October's PBIMCR will feature ..... Speaker Details -

Talk 1: Johnny Winter - Chief Data Nerd, Greyskull Analytics

Talk Title : Introducing DAX User-Defined Functions (UDFs)

Description :

Every once in a while, a new feature comes to Power BI that feels like a genuine game changer. The announcement of DAX UDFs at Fabcon Vienna in September feels like exactly one of those occasions! But what exactly are UDFs? When do you use them? How do you create them? What are some good use cases for them? This session aims to give a whistle stop tour of the new feature and help you get up to speed with the DAX UDF hype train.

Talk 2: Gus Reyes - Digital Skills Product Manager at NowSkills Ltd Talk Title: Designing Data Products People Can’t Ignore.

Description:

In this talk Gus will explore why some Power BI dashboards become indispensable business tools — while others quietly fade away. Drawing on insights from real-world Power BI success stories, He will introduce a simple but powerful framework for creating “sticky” data products: find the leverage, build the hook, and maintain the momentum. Through examples of curiosity-driven adoption and small-scale experimentation, He will show how teams can turn Power BI from a reporting tool into a catalyst for decision-making, collaboration, and culture change. Attendees will leave with practical ideas to design dashboards that spark curiosity, invite exploration, and truly engage their users.

About Gus Nicaraguan-born Gus Reyes is a digital analytics tutor and product manager at

NowSkills is based in Liverpool, in the North West of England. With a strong background in business and data analytics, data visualisation, and storytelling, he is passionate about coaching, mentoring and leading the next generation of analysts. His professional. His journey began in the telecoms sector, where he developed key skills as a business and data analyst, building a solid foundation in commercial intelligence, finance, and data governance, project management, product development, strategic planning and data-driven decision-making. At NowSkills, Gus combines his expertise in digital analytics with a deep commitment to education, supporting learners as they navigate the evolving digital landscape. He is known for making complex concepts accessible and engaging, fostering a supportive environment that encourages curiosity and growth. Whether in the classroom or the field, Gus continues to inspire others through his dedication, expertise, and passion for both people and data

When generative AI burst onto the scene, panic followed close behind. Testers everywhere started questioning their value. I saw it happen live when a CTO in one of my projects looked me straight in the eye and asked, “Why do we need human testers when GPT can generate test cases in seconds?”

That moment stayed with me. It was not just a question. It was a challenge. This talk is a first-person account of what happened next. Instead of fighting the wave, I decided to ride it. We brought AI into our testing process and gave it a proper seat at the table. We used it to generate test data, create summaries for defect logs, and even draft exploratory prompts. And while AI delivered impressive speed, it also showed glaring gaps. It misunderstood context, misjudged priorities, and occasionally invented bugs out of thin air. What began as an experiment turned into a strategic shift. I discovered that the most valuable thing a tester brings to the table is not speed or scale. It is the ability to ask questions that matter. Questions that AI cannot understand or imagine.

This session will explore how testers can stop fearing AI and start leading with it. By combining machine assistance with human judgment, testers can shape the future of quality instead of reacting to it.

Takeaways: - Learn how to integrate AI meaningfully into your test process without losing control - Discover which parts of testing AI handles well and where human skill still rules - Understand how to shift from task-focused testing to insight-driven quality leadership

About Brijesh

Brijesh Deb is a quality engineering leader with over 25 years of experience in software testing, AI, and Agile transformation. He is a Principal Consultant at Infosys and the Chief Enablement Officer at The Test Chat community. He has worked across several domains delivering customer-centric solutions grounded in technical excellence. Known for his practical approach and systems thinking, Brijesh bridges the gap between engineering and business, advocating for ethical, context-driven testing. He promotes Agile not as a process, but as a cultural shift fostering collaboration, breaking silos, and building purposeful teams. Brijesh is widely recognized for his bold perspectives on testing, leadership, Agile and AI shared through his posts and articles on Linkedin and Medium, his podcast TesterSpeak, and his active presence in various panel discussions, meetups and conferences both online and offline. He is also a passionate student of anthropology, often linking cultural behaviors with people dynamics to improve quality outcomes. Based in the Netherlands, Brijesh continues to challenge outdated testing narratives while mentoring professionals across the globe. In his personal time, he enjoys meaningful moments with his son, drawing inspiration from the simplicity of everyday life.