The RAG Builder Session

🚀 The RAG Builder Session

Cloud, AI & RAG — Understanding the Building Blocks of Modern Intelligent Applications

📅 Dates: 22–23 October 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Both Days)
📍 Venue: A228, Department of Information Science & Engineering
🎯 Beginner-Friendly | No Prerequisites Required

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⚠️ Eligibility Notice

This workshop is exclusively for Information Science and Engineering (ISE) students of Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), Bengaluru.

Only eligible students are requested to register.

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☁️ About the Workshop

The RAG Builder Session is a two-day learning experience organized by the Department of Information Science & Engineering in association with the AWS Student Builder Group, as part of HexaVerse CloudFest ’26.

The workshop introduces participants to Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), with a focus on Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases.

The first day focuses on understanding the fundamental concepts of cloud computing, AI, and RAG through theory sessions. The second day focuses on hands-on learning, exploring how documents can be connected to AI applications to retrieve relevant information and generate context-aware answers.

This workshop is designed to help beginners understand the building blocks behind modern intelligent applications.

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🔍 What You'll Explore

☁️ 1. Cloud Computing

Introduction to Cloud Computing and its importance
Cloud deployment models: Public, Private, and Hybrid
Cloud service models: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
Major cloud providers
Introduction to AWS and its role in AI applications
Benefits of cloud computing, including scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency

🤖 2. Artificial Intelligence

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI
How AI learns: Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning
Real-world applications of AI
Why AI applications use cloud infrastructure

🧠 3. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

What RAG is and why it is needed
How RAG works: Ask, Retrieve, Augment, and Generate
Document processing and chunking
Embeddings and vector databases
Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases
RAG versus fine-tuning
Real-world applications of RAG-based AI assistants

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🎯 What You'll Gain

By participating in this workshop, you will:

✅ Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Computing and AWS.

✅ Explore the concepts of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI.

✅ Understand how Retrieval-Augmented Generation connects AI models with external knowledge sources.

✅ Learn the purpose of document chunking, embeddings, and vector databases.

✅ Explore Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases.

✅ Gain practical exposure to the workflow of a RAG-based AI assistant during the hands-on session.

✅ Discover how RAG can be applied in education, customer support, and document research.

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📅 Two-Day Workshop Schedule

📘 Day 1: Cloud Computing, AI & RAG — Theory Sessions

Date: 22 October 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Mode: Theory Sessions

Day 1 focuses on building a strong conceptual foundation in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and retrieval-augmented generation.

Topics Covered:

🔹 Introduction to Cloud Computing and deployment models
🔹 Cloud service models: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
🔹 Major cloud providers and AWS fundamentals
🔹 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI
🔹 How AI learns and where it is used
🔹 Why AI needs cloud computing
🔹 Introduction to RAG and how it works
🔹 Document retrieval, chunking, embeddings, and vector databases
🔹 Introduction to Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases

📗 Day 2: RAG Builder — Hands-on Workshop

Date: 23 October 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Mode: Hands-on Workshop

Day 2 focuses on practical learning and exploring how RAG-based AI assistants use external knowledge to generate relevant answers.

Planned Activities:

🔹 Introduction to the hands-on activity and tools
🔹 Exploring Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases
🔹 Understanding how documents are connected to a Knowledge Base
🔹 Exploring document retrieval and relevant information extraction
🔹 Understanding how retrieved information supports AI-generated answers
🔹 Hands-on exploration of a RAG-based AI assistant
🔹 Testing responses and understanding practical applications
🔹 Discussion, key takeaways, and Q&A

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🎒 Prerequisites

💻 No prerequisites required!

This workshop is designed for beginners. No prior experience in Cloud Computing, AWS, Artificial Intelligence, or RAG is required.

For Day 2: Participants should bring a laptop for the hands-on session. Any AWS account or tool requirements will be communicated by the organizers if needed.

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👥 Who Should Attend?

This workshop is exclusively for Information Science and Engineering (ISE) students of Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, who are interested in:

Cloud Computing and AWS
Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI
Amazon Bedrock and Knowledge Bases
Understanding how RAG-based AI applications work
Exploring the development of intelligent applications

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🌐 Learn. Explore. Build.

Join The RAG Builder Session to explore how cloud computing and artificial intelligence come together to power modern intelligent applications.

Cloud is the foundation. AI is the intelligence. RAG is the bridge.

📌 Event Details

📅 Dates: 22–23 October 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM on both days
📍 Venue: A228, Department of Information Science & Engineering
🏛️ Institution: Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

Organized by: Department of Information Science & Engineering
In association with: AWS Student Builder Group

Event: HexaVerse CloudFest ’26
Theme: Blueprint to Live — Quiz it. Debug it. Design it. Deploy it.