We’re excited to announce the first OpenSearch Project Meetup in 2026 in Namma Bengaluru! 
The team hopes to see you there - they have an exciting agenda planned out!
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Hey folks 
Quick recap from our OpenSearch Bengaluru meetup (Jan 10) — and wow, what a day it was.
People were asking questions non-stop.
People were still chatting even after lunch.
That’s when we knew things really clicked 
This was our first OpenSearch Bengaluru meetup of the year, and the energy in the room was amazing. Great talks, thoughtful questions, familiar faces, and a lot of new folks joining the OpenSearch community for the first time.
A few highlights from the day 
• Priyanshi Omer kicked things off with a warm welcome, talking about the OpenSearch community, the upcoming OpenSearch Con, and how anyone can get started with contributing. Super clear and very encouraging.
• Sandeep L shared a real-world view of how IBM is using the OpenSearch Project. No slides full of theory — just honest stories, real challenges, and practical learnings that people really connected with.
• Divya Sriram’s session on semantic search and modern OpenSearch capabilities got everyone thinking. The demo was 
, and the questions continued even during the break — always a good sign.
• Isha Bhardwaj spoke about observability, sharing real problems she’s solving day-to-day and the insights she’s gained. Clean, practical, and very relatable — lots of great questions here too.
• Akshat Mahla wrapped it up with a talk on context-aware systems and smarter retrieval approaches. His RAG demo using OpenSearch was a crowd favorite 
Best part of the day?
People just didn’t want to leave. Even after lunch, the room was full of discussions, questions, and connections. No tired faces — just curiosity.
Huge thanks to the IBM leadership team for supporting the community and helping make this happen.
Big thanks to our hero Kris Freedain for always having our back
Really proud to share that we’re now the largest OpenSearch user group in the world — not just by member count, but also by registrations and actual attendance 
Big thanks to Jeevitha Gajendran, Sandeep L, and Priyanshi Omer — none of this would’ve been possible without the team 
Our goal stays the same: grow OpenSearch adoption and help developers across India.
And yes — this is just the beginning.
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This is incredible! Thank you for all you and our India User Group leaders do to continue to grow community! Amazing work @Achanandhi