About us
This is a group for anyone interested in search engineering, open source search technology, and search relevancy in the Chennai area. If you’ve used or are interested in OpenSearch, you’re in the right place!
All skill levels are welcome. Even if search is just a small part of your day-to-day duties, come learn and connect with other smart engineers. We cover and welcome talks on topics including: search, logging, log analytics, AI, and data visualization.
Upcoming events
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Data, AI & Observability Meetup
Cloudera India, Ascendas, CSIR Rd, Chennai, Ta, INWe’re excited to announce the first OpenSearch Chennai Meetup of 2026 – Data, AI & Observability!
This event is organized in collaboration with Future of Data: Chennai.
Join us for an engaging community gathering where we’ll explore the world of search, data platforms, and observability, and see how OpenSearch powers modern applications at scale.
This meetup is a great opportunity to exchange ideas, explore emerging trends, and meet people building modern data and AI systems.
Talks:
1. Search Relevance Engineering: Why Your Search Results Are Wrong
Speaker: Syed Jafer K - Full Stack Developer at Bosch
Have you ever searched for something and the results felt completely wrong, even though the correct answer exists? Building a search system is not just about finding information, it is about showing the most useful result first.
In this talk, we will explore why search results often go wrong and how engineers improve them. Using simple examples, we will see how search engines decide which results appear at the top and how small tweaks like understanding synonyms, giving importance to certain fields, or interpreting user intent can dramatically improve search quality.
2. Trust, but Verify: Why Your GenAI Needs a Performance Review
Speaker: Vish Rajagopalan - Senior Field Specialist - Data Services & AI Cloudera
Everyone is building AI, but few are measuring it correctly. We’ll discuss why evaluations are the secret sauce of successful GenAI projects and how to build a governance framework that scales.
3. Building Resilient OpenSearch Clusters with Cross-Cluster Replication
Speaker: Suraj D DevOps Engineer at ADP India
Modern applications depend heavily on search infrastructure, and reliability is critical. In this talk, we’ll explore how cross-cluster replication in Amazon OpenSearch can help build more resilient and fault-tolerant search systems.
We’ll look at practical strategies used in real environments to replicate data across clusters for high availability and disaster recovery.
The session will also cover different approaches for older and newer OpenSearch/Elasticsearch-compatible versions, helping teams design replication strategies that work in production.
If you're running OpenSearch in AWS or planning a reliable search architecture, this talk will give you practical insights and real-world learnings.
4. AI Agents for Kubernetes
Speaker : Shruthi Murugesh - Solution Architect at SQ1
Managing Kubernetes can be complex and time-consuming. What if intelligent AI agents could help simplify it? In this talk, we’ll explore how AI agents can assist with Kubernetes operations by automating tasks like deployment, scaling, and monitoring. Learn how these intelligent systems can make managing applications on Kubernetes more efficient, reliable, and easier for developers and platform teams
📅 Date: April 04, 2026
🕚 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Cloudera India, 4th Floor, Crest, Ascendas, CSIR Rd, Tharamani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600113Note: Please bring a valid government ID for entry
✨ Whether you’re curious about Data, AI, Observability, vector search, or security in OpenSearch, or simply want to network with like-minded folks, this is the place to be.
⚖️ Code of Conduct:
All attendees are expected to follow the OpenSearch Code of Conduct
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