TNJUG Madurai Chapter Launch

About the Chapter Launch

On October 2, 2026, the Tamil Nadu Java User Group (TNJUG) successfully hosted its first in-person meetup in Madurai and officially inaugurated the TNJUG Madurai Chapter.

Organized in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu AI Association (TNAIA), the full-day gathering brought together developers, students, engineering leaders, and technology practitioners for deep-dive technical talks, hands-on engineering workshops, architectural discussions, and community networking.

Confirmed Sessions & Workshops

1. JVM Performance at Scale

• Speaker: Vaibhav Choudhary (OpenJDK Author with 20+ years of JVM internals experience, currently at Salesforce; travelled from Bengaluru to Madurai)
• Key Themes: JVM internals, Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, memory management, garbage collection mechanics, application scaling, and performance optimization in production environments.

2. Java Memory Management and Garbage Collection for Modern Applications

• Speaker: Pawan Chawdhary (Principal Engineer with 15 years of experience across Java engineering and cloud-native systems; travelled from Bengaluru to Madurai)
• Key Themes: JVM memory areas, GC fundamentals, comparative evaluation of collectors (Serial, Parallel, CMS, G1, and ZGC), balancing throughput vs. latency trade-offs, and measurement-driven GC decision-making.

3. Hands-on Workshop: Trust, but Verify — Building AI Agents Your Startup Can Actually Delegate To

• Speaker: Abdul Salam Mohamed Kani (Engineering Director with 20+ years in financial services technology)
• Format: 90-minute practical hands-on workshop on engineering reliable agentic workflows.
• Key Themes: Handling unstructured real-world inputs, deterministic action selection, tool invocation, structured outputs, verifying execution results before delegation, and analyzing failure modes and accountability.

Community Partners & Sponsors

• Host & Venue Partner: Dot Com Infoway, Madurai
• Collaboration: Tamil Nadu AI Association (TNAIA)
• Food Sponsor: RapL Inc.

Organizers & Acknowledgements

Special appreciation to the speakers for traveling and sharing their deep technical expertise, and to the dedicated TNJUG organizers and volunteers who coordinated logistics and supported the chapter launch:

• Hari Nikesh R
• Rohan J
• Manickalai Rajan
• Sathish Kumar Thiyagarajan
• Anand Babu