Reflections on AWS Summit Mumbai 2025

I had the opportunity to attend the AWS Summit Mumbai 2025 on June 19th. In this post, I’ll be sharing my insights and reflections from the event.

AWS Summit is not a AWS re:Invent!

The AWS Summit is a regional tech conference held multiple times a year, designed to showcase majorly customer stories, real-world use cases, product applications, and technical journeys powered by AWS. It’s focused on knowledge sharing and community engagement rather than major product announcements.

In contrast, AWS re:Invent is AWS’s global, annual flagship event. It’s where the company unveils new services, features, and products, alongside deep-dive technical sessions, training, and certification opportunities.

So, if you’re attending an AWS Summit, don’t expect groundbreaking announcements. Instead, think of it as a community event focused on learning, networking, and exchanging experiences with the local digital and tech ecosystem.

AWS Summit Mumbai 2025

AWS Summit Mumbai 2025 was focused on sharing the stories and products that harnesses the power of Cloud Computing and AI for accelerating digital transforming journey of India. Yes, a lot of AI was in the air!

It kicked off with the Keybote from AWS leaders: Sandeep Dutta – President – AWS India and South Asia and Ganapathy Krishnamoorthy VP – Databases – AWS. The keynote also included the the talks from Industry leaders: Dr. Tapan Sahoo (Head of Digital Enterprise and Information & Cyber Security, Maruti Suzuki India) and Rajesh Chandiramani (CEO, Comviva).

Keynote was followed by nearly 40+ breakout sessions in various technologies like databases, AI, observability, FinTech, etc. that showcased how industry in India is leveraging the power of AWS and AI to shape their future.These sessions were categorized into 6 tracks :

Building for Scale
Generative AI on AWS
Migration and modernization
AWS for Data
Security, compliance & resilience
Innovate with AWS Partners

The experiences at the venue included builders zone (offering hands-on to latest AWS services), Industry hub (business tailored, cloud native solution products), Business innovation hubs (convergence point for organizations), AWS Game Day (2-hours hackethon mainely focused on usage of AWS AI services) and AI Hub (Hands-on to AWS AI services).

My experience at AWS Summit Mumbai 2025

The event was really well organized and took place at the impressive Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The venue itself was top-notch, and the food—breakfast, lunch, and high tea—was genuinely delicious.

Even though the space is huge, the number of attendees made it feel a bit crowded at times. There were some cool photo spots set up that captured the spirit of Mumbai, which added a nice local vibe to the event.

The breakout sessions were intense—over 40 sessions packed into just three hours (1:30 PM to 4:30 PM)! Even with a plan in place, it was tough to jump from one session to another, especially with sessions happening in different halls. You’d almost always miss the first few minutes of the next session. A 5-minute buffer between sessions would’ve made a big difference.

There wasn’t much time left for networking or checking out the booths unless you sacrificed a bit of your lunch or break time. That said, the overall vibe was electric—full of tech buzz, especially around AI. I also ran into a few former colleagues, which was a really nice, nostalgic surprise!