Let's Learn Agentic AI
Learn. Build. Automate. Lead the AI Future.
An 8-week hands-on workshop on building production-grade agentic AI systems — from prompts and tool-calling to multi-agent orchestration, evaluation and deployment.
Sessions are not recorded
Every session is delivered live and is not recorded, so active participation matters. Please take your own notes each week, complete that week's task, and email it to media@sirisapps.com before the next session. Consistent, active participation is how you get the most out of the 8 weeks and qualify for recognition. See the full curriculum.
Weekly audience spin
Each week we will spin from the joined audience. The winner gets 10 minutes to present an idea, use case or lesson learned to the group. Bring your best thinking and stay actively involved — strong ideas and useful use cases will be rewarded.
- Instructor
- Bhaskar Reddy Marrikunta
- Starts
- Saturday, 22 August 2026
- Time
- 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM NZDT
- Duration
- 8 weeks
What you will learn
From Concepts to Real-world Impact — every session is hands-on.
What is Agentic AI
The concepts behind autonomous agents — planning, memory, reasoning and where they genuinely beat plain prompting.
Build AI Agents
Design and ship your own agents with tool calling, structured outputs and safe execution loops.
Automation & Workflows
Turn manual, repetitive processes into reliable automated workflows your team can trust.
Microsoft Foundry
Build, evaluate and deploy agents on Microsoft Foundry, including models, prompts and evaluations.
Copilot Studio
Create low-code copilots, connect them to your data, and publish them to real channels.
Real-world AI Projects
Apply everything to a capstone project you can demo, ship and put on your portfolio.
Your instructor
Bhaskar Reddy Marrikunta
“Automate smarter. Build with AI.”
What you need
Free or trial-based tools. Set them up before week 1 so you can build from the first session.
Windows, macOS or Linux with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended), admin rights to install software, and a stable connection for the live sessions.
Your own deviceOur editor for every hands-on session. Install it before week 1 along with the Python and GitHub Copilot extensions.
FreeUsed to clone the workshop repositories, submit exercises and access GitHub Copilot.
FreeA 30-day trial covers the Copilot Studio sessions. Start it close to the workshop so it doesn't expire early — a work or school account gives the smoothest experience.
30-day free trialGives you the credit needed for Microsoft Foundry, model deployments and hosting. Sign-up needs a card for identity verification but is not charged on the free tier.
Free credit for 30 daysCreate a Foundry project inside your Azure subscription so you can deploy models and run evaluations during class.
Included with Azure creditInstall Node.js LTS and Python 3.11+ — most exercises run in one of the two. We'll share setup scripts before week 1.
FreeOptional. Handy if you want to compare providers; a few dollars of usage covers the whole workshop.
Optional, pay as you goBefore you join
- Basic programming familiarity in any language — you don't need to be an expert.
- Comfort with installing software and running commands in a terminal.
- A personal or work email you check daily for invites, agendas and follow-ups.
- Roughly 2–5 hours a week outside class for exercises and the capstone.
- Join the SIRIS Agentic AI Training WhatsApp group so you get session reminders.
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