Introduction
A year ago, the AWS Student Builder Group at P P Savani University did not exist. It was founded in November 2025, around 600 students showed up to the launch, and the group now counts more than 1,000 members. On Thursday 26 November 2026, that community runs its biggest day yet: AWS Student Community Day Surat (PPSU) 2026, a one-day, student-led cloud conference at the university campus in Kosamba, Surat, from 9 AM to 3 PM IST.
The day is built around five practical sessions, a panel on what makes a student project worth hiring for, and an audience challenge called Spot the Broken Build. Early Bird tickets are 199 INR.
Event Overview
The conference runs on a single shared stage, with one track and a proposed agenda the organisers note is subject to change. Sessions cover deploying and scaling university projects with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, secure deployments and CI/CD, data workflows with S3, Glue and Athena, protecting apps with WAF and CloudFront, and deploying AI agents on AgentCore Runtime.
The organisers expect a campus full of builders. The launch event a year ago was the most attended student event in PPSU's history, and the community has grown past 1,000 members since. Students from other colleges are welcome to attend.
What to Expect
The day opens with check-in, badges and tea or coffee from 9:00 AM, followed by a welcome at 9:30 AM. The first technical talk, "From Zero to Production: Deploying and Scaling Your University Projects with AWS Elastic Beanstalk", runs 9:45 to 10:20 AM. "It Works on My Laptop. Now What?" follows at 10:25 AM, covering secure deployments, CI/CD, monitoring, cost guardrails and cloud careers.
After a break, "How Data Moves on AWS" runs 11:20 to 11:55 AM, a beginner-friendly walk through S3, Glue and Athena. "My App Needs a Bodyguard: Meet AWS WAF and CloudFront" runs 12:00 to 12:35 PM. Lunch, booths and networking fill 12:35 to 1:20 PM. The afternoon opens with "Deploying Agents on AgentCore Runtime, and Logging at Scale" at 1:20 PM, then a panel and audience Q&A, "What Makes a Student Project Worth Hiring For?", at 2:05 PM. The Spot the Broken Build challenge runs 2:30 to 2:45 PM, asking the audience to find exposed credentials and missing monitoring in a fictional build. Closing, acknowledgements and a group photo run 2:45 to 3:00 PM.
Who Should Attend
Everyone is welcome, according to the organisers: students, professionals, and anyone curious about cloud, AI, DevOps or security. No AWS experience is needed; curiosity is the stated starting point. Students from other colleges are explicitly welcome.
It is a particularly good fit for students with a project they want to take from local code to a deployed application, and for anyone weighing a cloud career. The panel on hiring and the careers thread running through the sessions are aimed directly at those questions.
Key Highlights
- Student-led cloud conference at P P Savani University, Surat
- Five practical sessions on one shared stage, 9 AM to 3 PM
- Talks on Elastic Beanstalk, CI/CD, data on AWS, WAF and CloudFront, and AI agents on AgentCore
- Panel: "What Makes a Student Project Worth Hiring For?"
- "Spot the Broken Build" audience challenge
- Five named speakers from the Gujarat cloud community
- Early Bird tickets 199 INR, including swag, lunch, hi-tea and a certificate or badge
- AWS SBG PPSU has grown to 1,000+ members since its November 2025 launch
- Community partners include AWS User Groups Surat and AWS Student Builder Group at Gujarat
Agenda and Speakers
The five named speakers are Nirmal Chhodvadiya (Founder, CloudVidya, and AWS User Group Surat Lead), Nirmal Pathak (Cloud Infrastructure Architect and AWS User Group Vadodara Leader), Nirav Pancholi (Founder and CEO, CirOps Consulting), Mitul Sarvaiya (Founder and Principal Architect, Sarvaswa AI Labs) and Hardik Bandhiya (Founder, NavraCommunity, and AWS Student Builder Group Lead at BVM).
The proposed agenda is set out above, with timings subject to change. Mentors supporting the day include Dr. Parag Sanghani (Provost, PPSU), Dr. Niraj D Shah (Dean, School of Engineering) and Dr. Amit Sharma (Associate Professor). The student core team is led by Karan Vaghela, Leader of AWS SBG PPSU.
Registration Information
Tickets are sold on KonfHub and through the official site. Early Bird tickets cost 199 INR and are on sale now. Regular tickets are 299 INR, Diamond 1,499 INR and Patron 2,000 to 50,000 INR. KonfHub lists tickets as available until 4:00 PM on 26 November 2026.
Every ticket includes access to the conference, welcome swag and goodies, morning tea or coffee, lunch, evening hi-tea, all sessions subject to seat availability, booth visits and networking. Diamond and Patron add special swag, morning breakfast and front-row reserved seating. Attendees also receive a certificate or badge.
Venue and Location
The event takes place at P P Savani University, NH48, GETCO, near Biltech, Dhamdod Village, Mangrol, Kosamba, Surat, Gujarat 394125. The campus is on the highway at Dhamdod, near Kosamba, south of Surat city. The specific hall or block is yet to be announced, and campus entry and check-in details are still being confirmed.
Why This Event Matters
Surat has had its first AWS Community Day this year, and the student edition follows the same pattern: cloud community activity spreading beyond the big metros into tier-2 cities, led by students rather than companies. A group that went from zero to 1,000 members in a year, with the biggest student launch in its university's history, is a sign of how much demand there is for this kind of event in Gujarat.
The agenda is practical in a way that suits its audience. Talks about taking a university project to production, spotting the flaws in a broken build, and what hiring managers actually look for in a student project are aimed at the gap between coursework and work. For students in Surat and south Gujarat, it is a full conference day without the trip to Ahmedabad or Mumbai.
Event Details
- Event: AWS Student Community Day Surat (PPSU) 2026
- Date: Thursday 26 November 2026
- Timings: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM IST
- Venue: P P Savani University, NH48, Dhamdod Village, Mangrol, Kosamba, Surat 394125
- City: Surat, Gujarat
- Format: In-person
- Organiser: AWS Student Builder Group at P P Savani University (AWS SBG PPSU)
- Tickets: Early Bird 199 INR (on sale); Regular 299 INR, Diamond 1,499 INR, Patron 2,000-50,000 INR
- Registration deadline: 26 November 2026 (tickets available till 4:00 PM on the day)
Last verified: 14 November 2026.
