Abhilekh Verma
Director at Abhilekh Verma Consultancy (OPC) Private Limited
Singapore
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Abhilekh Verma is a founder, mentor and technical coach who has had a decade of experience in the IT industry working with Sales Teams and Corporate Training Roles. He was a corporate trainer at KPMG Gurugram and KPMG Hyderabad before jumping on the wagon of Entrepreneurship.
He is a mentor at Startupbootcamp, Wadhwani Foundation and runs Microsoft Azure Developer Community, ADP List, Omdena for Hyderabad. He is also a mentor at IIT Guwahati and Microsoft for Founders Hub. He is Microsoft MVP in AI.
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Empowering .NET Development with Generative AI: From Code Generation to Intelligent Applications
Generative AI (GenAI) is revolutionizing the software development landscape, offering unprecedented capabilities in code generation, testing, documentation, and more. In this session, we will explore how .NET developers can harness GenAI to enhance productivity and build intelligent applications.
We'll delve into practical implementations using Azure OpenAI, demonstrate integration techniques within the .NET ecosystem, and discuss best practices for leveraging GenAI responsibly. Attendees will gain insights into real-world scenarios where GenAI accelerates development cycles and adds value to applications.
Whether you're new to GenAI or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will provide actionable knowledge to integrate GenAI into your .NET projects effectively.
LLMs & Natural Language Processing – Unlocking the Future of AI Communication
Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way we interact with AI, transforming industries from customer service to enterprise automation. This session will break down how LLMs work, explore their real-world applications, and address key challenges like bias and hallucinations. Attendees will gain insights into the evolution of NLP, emerging trends in multilingual and domain-specific models, and practical use cases in recruitment, HR tech, and corporate training.
Why This Session?
With hands-on expertise in AI-powered recruitment solutions and corporate training, I bring a practical perspective on integrating LLMs into business processes. My experience delivering global lectures for Microsoft Azure Developers and AI communities makes me an engaging and insightful speaker.
Key Takeaways:
✅ Understand the core workings of LLMs (GPT, BERT, etc.)
✅ Explore real-world applications in content creation, HR tech, and automation
✅ Learn about key challenges in LLM adoption, including bias and security risks
✅ Discover future trends in multilingual and domain-specific models.
Abhilekh Verma's Gen AI Session Part2
AI for Marketing Powered
• Practical Application of ChatGPT: Acquire knowledge about ChatGPT's functionalities, discerning its uniqueness from
conventional chatbots and identifying its diverse applications in marketing and customer engagement.
• Utilizing ChatGPT for Content Creation: Learn to leverage ChatGPT effectively for generating diverse marketing content
formats, exploring real-world examples and identifying optimization opportunities in marketing tasks.
• Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans: Develop proficiency in formulating marketing strategies augmented by AI-
driven insights, crafting plans and presentations enriched with AI tools for competitive analysis and market research.
Module outline:
Introduction to AI in Marketing
• Brief overview of AI's impact on the marketing landscape.
• Key AI concepts and terminologies relevant to marketing.
Practical Applications of ChatGPT in Marketing
• Overview of ChatGPT and its capabilities.
• Differentiating ChatGPT from traditional AI chatbots.
• Use cases of ChatGPT in marketing and customer engagement.
Using ChatGPT in Content Creation & Marketing Tasks
• Leveraging ChatGPT for generating various marketing content formats.
• Real-world examples of successful ChatGPT-driven marketing strategies.
• Identifying optimization opportunities in marketing through ChatGPT.
Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans
• Developing marketing strategies with AI-driven insights.
• Crafting AI-enhanced marketing plans and presentations.
How AI Startups Unknowingly Build Attack Vectors
AI is transforming everything—from code generation to customer service—but many startups unknowingly build products that become exploitable attack vectors. As a Microsoft MVP in AI and global startup mentor, I’ll share real stories of how lean AI startups overlook model security, mishandle APIs, and leave dangerous gaps in LLM integrations. From prompt injection to over-permissive agents, this talk will dive into the intersection of AI innovation and exploitable design.
We'll also explore practical frameworks to help startups audit their AI pipelines—from open-source models to GenAI copilots—and mitigate risks before they scale. Attendees will walk away with actionable insights, red flags to watch for, and tools to strengthen AI security without killing startup velocity.
This is a talk for builders, hackers, and mentors who care about building smarter—and safer—AI.
Building Global Allies: How Male Mentors Can Accelerate Women in AI & Startups
As a Microsoft MVP in AI and a global startup mentor, I’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of founders worldwide—many of them incredible women breaking into AI, deeptech, and entrepreneurship. This session explores how male mentors and leaders can play an active role in accelerating women’s careers in tech, not just as allies but as intentional enablers of opportunity.
Through real-world stories and frameworks drawn from mentoring programs like ADP List, Omdena, and Microsoft’s global community, I’ll share how to identify bias, build inclusive startup ecosystems, and support women through funding, speaking platforms, and AI education. We'll also discuss the hidden biases baked into GenAI tools, hiring algorithms, and developer culture, and how men can use their privilege to challenge the status quo and amplify underrepresented voices.
This session is for mentors, community builders, and tech leaders who want to create a more equitable tech world—starting now.
AI-First Startup Thinking: How Founders Can Scale with AWS and Responsible GenAI
In this session, Abhilekh Verma — Global Startup Mentor, Microsoft MVP in AI, and founder of a deeptech AI/ML startup — will share insights on how today’s founders can embrace AI-first thinking to scale sustainably. Drawing from global mentorship experience and real startup use cases, the talk will explore how AWS services empower startups to build and deploy scalable GenAI solutions, responsibly and rapidly.
We’ll dive into the intersection of startup agility, responsible AI principles, and cloud-native architecture — with live examples on how founders can go from prototype to product, and from product to platform, leveraging AWS and open AI tools. Whether you're a builder, founder, or enterprise architect, expect actionable strategies, architecture tips, and stories from the trenches.
Talk Duration:
30–40 minutes (plus Q&A)
Target Audience:
Startup founders and product teams
AI/ML engineers and cloud architects
AWS practitioners exploring GenAI
Innovation and tech evangelists
Outline / Key Talking Points
Introduction: The AI-First Startup Revolution
The rise of GenAI in startup ecosystems
Challenges startups face in building fast and scaling smart
Building AI Solutions: From MVP to PMF with AWS
Using AWS services like SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, DynamoDB
Cost-effective AI experimentation on cloud for early-stage startups
Responsible GenAI: Ethics, Safety & Guardrails
What responsible AI means for founders
Governance frameworks and AWS tools for ethical AI development
Scaling with AI + AWS: From 10 to 10,000 Users
Architectures that scale (Event-driven, Serverless, Microservices)
Monitoring and optimizing GenAI pipelines on AWS
Case Studies & Stories from the Field
Examples from mentoring early-stage startups globally
Lessons learned from building an AI/ML hiring platform
Collaboration Over Competition: The Community Advantage
How to tap into global developer communities and AWS programs
Call to action: collaborate, innovate, and build together
Q&A / Interactive Wrap-Up
Invite questions, ideas, and co-creation
AI, Identity, and Access: The Hidden Risks Startups Ignore
AI adoption is skyrocketing across startups, but identity and access governance often lag behind. As a Microsoft MVP in AI and a global startup mentor, I’ve seen early-stage teams build innovative solutions—yet leave critical gaps in their identity architecture, from over-permissioned APIs to unsecured service accounts in cloud-native stacks.
This session explores real-world startup stories where identity misconfigurations created security risks, and how AI amplifies those vulnerabilities. We’ll cover how Gen AI and LLMs interact with identity layers, the dangers of shadow AI usage, and what founders can do to implement zero trust, least privilege, and secure cloud access early on—without slowing down product velocity.
Perfect for identity professionals, CISOs, and cloud architects working with fast-moving teams or advising early-stage ventures.
AI for Startups: Scaling Innovation with PyTorch
Startups thrive on agility and innovation, but scaling AI solutions efficiently remains a major challenge.
In this session, Microsoft MVP in AI and global startup mentor, Abhilekh Verma, will share strategies for leveraging PyTorch to build scalable, production-ready AI models.
Covering model optimization, deployment best practices, and cost-effective solutions, this talk is designed for founders, engineers, and tech leaders looking to integrate AI into their startups effectively.
Explore how open-source AI can power your startup’s success.
Gen AI & Cybercrime: Friend or Foe? Navigating Threats in the Age of Intelligent Automation
This talk explores the dual-edged role of Generative AI in the cybersecurity landscape—how it's used to automate attacks (like phishing, deepfakes, malware generation) and defend systems (threat detection, predictive analytics). We'll dive into real-world cases, ethical dilemmas, and emerging regulations, while highlighting the urgent need for global collaboration, legal frameworks, and AI governance to stay ahead of AI-powered cyber threats.
LLMs & Natural Language Processing – Unlocking the Future of AI Communication
Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way we interact with AI, transforming industries from customer service to enterprise automation. This session will break down how LLMs work, explore their real-world applications, and address key challenges like bias and hallucinations. Attendees will gain insights into the evolution of NLP, emerging trends in multilingual and domain-specific models, and practical use cases in recruitment, HR tech, and corporate training.
Why This Session?
With hands-on expertise in AI-powered recruitment solutions and corporate training, I bring a practical perspective on integrating LLMs into business processes. My experience delivering global lectures for Microsoft Azure Developers and AI communities makes me an engaging and insightful speaker.
Key Takeaways:
✅ Understand the core workings of LLMs (GPT, BERT, etc.)
✅ Explore real-world applications in content creation, HR tech, and automation
✅ Learn about key challenges in LLM adoption, including bias and security risks
✅ Discover future trends in multilingual and domain-specific models.
How to Create Your Personal AI Powered Email Assistant in Azure
Build an AI-powered email Assistant that can draft, edit, and send emails.
This talk explains how to build an AI-powered email Assistant that can draft, edit, and send emails, store them as vector embeddings, and retrieve similar emails using contextual search. The assistant leverages Semantic Kernel for AI operations, Neon for vector storage, and Azure OpenAI API for generative AI. Everything is hosted on Azure.
Features
AI-Powered Draft Generation: Generate email drafts from natural language input using Semantic Kernel.
Direct Email Sending: Securely send emails via Microsoft Graph API.
Contextual Search: Perform similarity searches across historical emails and drafts using vector embeddings.
Harnessing Microsoft Copilot: Revolutionizing Workflows with Generative AI
In this session, participants will explore the transformative power of Microsoft Copilot, a groundbreaking tool leveraging Generative AI to redefine productivity and decision-making in the workplace.
Designed for professionals across domains, the talk will demystify Copilot’s capabilities and showcase actionable strategies for integrating it into day-to-day operations.
Key Takeaways:
1. Understanding Microsoft Copilot:
Overview of Copilot’s capabilities across Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.
How Copilot transforms routine tasks into innovative solutions.
2. Real-World Applications:
Demonstrating Copilot’s potential to automate document creation, manage meetings, generate insights, and streamline collaboration.
Use cases tailored for industries such as sales, marketing, HR, and operations.
3. Leveraging Copilot for Collaboration:
Using AI to facilitate seamless communication in Microsoft Teams.
Co-authoring and enhancing content creation with real-time Copilot suggestions.
4. Data-Driven Decision Making with Excel & Power BI:
Harnessing Copilot to build dynamic reports, automate data insights, and optimize business forecasting.
5. The Future of AI in the Workplace:
Ethical considerations and the role of responsible AI adoption.
Emerging trends and how Copilot aligns with the future of hybrid work.
[PANEL] Navigating the Impact of AI on Society
This topic encapsulates:
1. Artificial Intelligence, Real Biases: Examining Gender Biases in AI
2. Integrating Chat GPT 4.0 for Success Across Your Daily Life
3. Talk to Your AI: Introduction to Prompt Engineering
It covers the critical social implications of AI, practical applications for personal and professional growth, and the technical know-how needed to interact effectively with AI systems.
AI for Marketing Professionals- ChatGPT & Copilot
AI for Marketing Powered
Enable participants to comprehend and leverage AI tools and concepts effectively within marketing strategies, fostering
an understanding of AI's impact on marketing dynamics, exploring various AI applications, and empowering them to
create AI-driven marketing plans.
Session Objective:
• Understanding AI in Marketing Landscape: Participants will grasp the overarching influence of AI on marketing,
recognizing key concepts and terminologies shaping the industry's evolution.
• Exploration of Generative AI: Gain insight into Generative AI, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), discerning
their role in marketing and distinguishing them from other AI subsets.
• Practical Application of ChatGPT: Acquire knowledge about ChatGPT's functionalities, discerning its uniqueness from
conventional chatbots and identifying its diverse applications in marketing and customer engagement.
• Utilizing ChatGPT for Content Creation: Learn to leverage ChatGPT effectively for generating diverse marketing content
formats, exploring real-world examples and identifying optimization opportunities in marketing tasks.
• Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans: Develop proficiency in formulating marketing strategies augmented by AI-
driven insights, crafting plans and presentations enriched with AI tools for competitive analysis and market research.
Module outline:
Introduction to AI in Marketing
• Brief overview of AI's impact on the marketing landscape.
• Key AI concepts and terminologies relevant to marketing.
Understanding Generative AI & Its Role
• Exploring Generative AI and its significance in marketing.
• Overview of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their role in AI.
• Understanding the potential of LLMs in generating human-like text.
Practical Applications of ChatGPT in Marketing
• Overview of ChatGPT and its capabilities.
• Differentiating ChatGPT from traditional AI chatbots.
• Use cases of ChatGPT in marketing and customer engagement.
Using ChatGPT in Content Creation & Marketing Tasks
• Leveraging ChatGPT for generating various marketing content formats.
• Real-world examples of successful ChatGPT-driven marketing strategies.
• Identifying optimization opportunities in marketing through ChatGPT.
Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans
• Developing marketing strategies with AI-driven insights.
• Crafting AI-enhanced marketing plans and presentations.
• Utilizing AI tools for competitive analysis and market research.
Other Applications of AI in Marketing.
• Tools for Text to Image
• Tools for Text to Video
• Tools for Text to Voice
Introduction to Flutter App Development
Session Objective:
Understanding Flutter's Role in App Development: Participants will gain insights into how Flutter has become a significant tool for cross-platform app development, understanding the core concepts and terminology that underpin Flutter's popularity.
Exploring the Flutter Framework: Learn about the structure of the Flutter framework, including its widgets, Dart programming language, and how it enables efficient cross-platform development.
Building with Flutter Widgets: Understand how Flutter’s widget-based structure works, enabling developers to create rich, customized UIs that function on both iOS and Android from a single codebase.
Utilizing Flutter for Content Creation and User Interfaces: Participants will be introduced to various UI elements and content formats, discovering real-world applications and optimization techniques for enhancing user engagement.
Creating Flutter-Powered App Prototypes: Develop proficiency in creating app prototypes, building layouts, and using Dart language features to bring app ideas to life.
Module Outline:
Introduction to Flutter in App Development
Overview of Cross-Platform App Development: Brief introduction to cross-platform development, and how Flutter compares with other frameworks like React Native.
Key Flutter Concepts and Terminology: Understanding the basic terms in Flutter, such as widgets, the Dart language, hot reload, and state management.
Understanding the Flutter Framework & Dart
Flutter Framework Overview: Introduction to Flutter's architecture, its main components, and its benefits.
Dart Programming Language: Basics of Dart, Flutter's programming language, including syntax, structure, and object-oriented programming features.
Widgets and the Flutter UI Toolkit: Exploring Flutter's widget-based approach and how it supports designing responsive and interactive UIs.
Practical Application of Flutter in App Development
Building UIs with Widgets: Introduction to Flutter's extensive widget library for building layouts, handling animations, and customizing UI elements.
State Management in Flutter: Overview of state management techniques, such as Provider and Riverpod, to manage app states effectively.
Flutter Hot Reload and Iterative Development: Demonstrating how hot reload accelerates development by allowing real-time code changes and quick iteration.
Using Flutter for Content Creation and UI Tasks
UI Design Best Practices: Exploring how Flutter simplifies UI design across iOS and Android, including tips on creating a cohesive user experience.
Real-World Examples of Flutter Apps: Analyzing successful Flutter apps to illustrate how the framework can optimize various app features.
Optimization Tips for Flutter Development: Identifying strategies to enhance app performance and UX, particularly focusing on Flutter’s animation and rendering capabilities.
Creating Flutter-Powered App Prototypes
Building an App Layout: Hands-on steps to design a simple app layout, introducing widgets like Text, Image, Column, Row, and Container.
Crafting Interactive Features: Exploring gesture controls, buttons, and user interaction handling within Flutter apps.
Testing and Debugging in Flutter: Techniques for testing app functionality, using Flutter’s debugging tools, and ensuring cross-platform compatibility.
Exploring Additional Features and Flutter Plugins
Enhancing Apps with Flutter Plugins: Introduction to using plugins for integrating features like location services, camera access, and Firebase integration.
Exploring Cross-Platform Capabilities: Understanding how Flutter’s framework translates code to native iOS and Android environments seamlessly.
Integrating Chat GPT 4.0 for Success Across Your Daily Life
As a student or corporate professional, how can ChatGPT bring change in your day-to-day life? How can you use prompts to stay focused on your goals? How can it provide you with the mantra for success and complete your tasks way ahead of your deadline?
If these questions, make you ponder over something then ChatGPT can bring change to your day-to-day life. Well, it did for me. Let us bring this tool to your life and bring change to your daily lifestyle.
Abhilekh Verma's Gen AI Session
AI for Marketing Powered
Enable participants to comprehend and leverage AI tools and concepts effectively within marketing strategies, fostering
an understanding of AI's impact on marketing dynamics, exploring various AI applications, and empowering them to
create AI-driven marketing plans.
Session Objective:
• Understanding AI in Marketing Landscape: Participants will grasp the overarching influence of AI on marketing,
recognizing key concepts and terminologies shaping the industry's evolution.
• Exploration of Generative AI: Gain insight into Generative AI, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), discerning
their role in marketing and distinguishing them from other AI subsets.
• Practical Application of ChatGPT: Acquire knowledge about ChatGPT's functionalities, discerning its uniqueness from
conventional chatbots and identifying its diverse applications in marketing and customer engagement.
• Utilizing ChatGPT for Content Creation: Learn to leverage ChatGPT effectively for generating diverse marketing content
formats, exploring real-world examples and identifying optimization opportunities in marketing tasks.
• Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans: Develop proficiency in formulating marketing strategies augmented by AI-
driven insights, crafting plans and presentations enriched with AI tools for competitive analysis and market research.
Module outline:
Introduction to AI in Marketing
• Brief overview of AI's impact on the marketing landscape.
• Key AI concepts and terminologies relevant to marketing.
Understanding Generative AI & Its Role
• Exploring Generative AI and its significance in marketing.
• Overview of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their role in AI.
• Understanding the potential of LLMs in generating human-like text.
Practical Applications of ChatGPT in Marketing
• Overview of ChatGPT and its capabilities.
• Differentiating ChatGPT from traditional AI chatbots.
• Use cases of ChatGPT in marketing and customer engagement.
Using ChatGPT in Content Creation & Marketing Tasks
• Leveraging ChatGPT for generating various marketing content formats.
• Real-world examples of successful ChatGPT-driven marketing strategies.
• Identifying optimization opportunities in marketing through ChatGPT.
Creating AI-Powered Marketing Plans
• Developing marketing strategies with AI-driven insights.
• Crafting AI-enhanced marketing plans and presentations.
• Utilizing AI tools for competitive analysis and market research.
Other Applications of AI in Marketing.
• Tools for Text to Image
• Tools for Text to Video
• Tools for Text to Voice
Advanced Microsoft 365 Mastery: Elevate Your Productivity
Dive deep into the advanced capabilities of Microsoft 365 with our specialized sessions designed for users at intermediate and advanced levels. These talks will empower you to harness the full potential of Microsoft 365, transforming your productivity and collaboration.
Our sessions will cover advanced topics, including:
1. Advanced Microsoft Teams Management: Explore sophisticated team management strategies, governance policies, and custom app integrations to enhance team collaboration and security.
2. SharePoint for Enterprise Solutions: Learn how to build complex workflows, manage large-scale document libraries, and implement custom SharePoint solutions tailored to your organization's needs.
3. Excel for Data Science and Automation: Master advanced Excel functionalities such as Power Query, Power Pivot to perform intricate data analysis and automate complex tasks.
4. Power Platform Integration: Deep dive into integrating Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI to create end-to-end business solutions that streamline operations and provide actionable insights.
We will feature live demonstrations, showcasing advanced techniques and real-world applications. Attendees will walk away with expert-level knowledge and strategies to maximize their Microsoft 365 utilization.
Pre-requisites: Intermediate to advanced familiarity with Microsoft 365 applications. Prior experience with basic functionalities is essential for these sessions.
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Abhilekh Verma
Director at Abhilekh Verma Consultancy (OPC) Private Limited
Singapore
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