An Exclusive Masterclass for the HCL Tech Campus ambassadors

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8 HOURS. 3 SPEAKERS. 1 BIG QUESTION.

What does it actually take to build with AI?

HCL Tech × The Economic Times

AI Skills for the Future

08 August 2026

↓ Explore my field notes

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AI • RAG • AGENTS • LANGCHAIN • LANGGRAPH • COPILOT

🎯 Section 02 — The day in 30 seconds

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8 HOURS

Immersive masterclass

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7 RAG STAGES

From data → answer

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CAMPUS AMBASSADOR

Exclusive session

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3 SPEAKERS

Industry + technical perspectives

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6+ AI CONCEPTS

LLMs → RAG → Agents

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08 AUG 2026

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM IST

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📸 Section 03 — A day in AI

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A DAY IN AI

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Masterclass poster

The session, in one frame.

Speaker slide — Pawan Vadapalli

One idea that stayed: execution.

Technical deep dive — Chirantan Lonkar

Where the technical dots connected.

🎤 Section 04 — The people behind the session

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Pawan Vadapalli

CVP & Global Head of Digital Business — HCLTech

My takeaway: Ideas → execution → impact.

🔗 LinkedIn

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Vineet Tandon

Global Marketing Executive — HCLTech

My takeaway: Learnivore mindset — stay curious as tools change.

🔗 LinkedIn

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Chirantan Lonkar

Enterprise AI Trainer & AI/LLM Specialist

My takeaway: The stack clicks when you see the connections (LLM → RAG → Agents).

🔗 LinkedIn

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🧩 Section 05 — The AI stack I saw connect today

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THE AI STACK I SAW CONNECT TODAY

Short cards. Real connections. No textbook vibes.

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LLM
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Embeddings
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RAG
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LangChain
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LangGraph
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AI Agents
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Production Applications

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LLM

The brain

Generates + understands language.

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Embeddings

The meaning map

Turns info into vectors for semantic similarity.

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