The Common Room | Bengaluru

Mark your calendar for an evening of connections and community! Join us at 'The Common Room' on 18th July 2026, where you meet those with shared experiences.

What is The Common Room event about?

The Common Room | Bengaluru is an easy, conversation first networking evening for alumni of UK universities - designed to help attendees meet naturally, without the pressure to “pitch”, and to leave having made at least one meaningful connection. The event is taking place on Friday, 18th July 2026 (5:00–8:00 pm IST) at Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore.

What makes this event distinctive is the mix of community and insight: you will hear short, practical reflections from featured alumni Sheeba Sen (Climate and Ecological Regeneration), alongside the Bengaluru City Hosts, Kiran K Addala and Shalika Sharma, who’ll help anchor the room and introductions. The evening stays relaxed and social while still being high-signal.

Why should you attend?

The event is designed to give you two things most professional events promise but rarely deliver: genuine connections and useful perspective - in a room of people who share the common language of a UK education and the lived reality of building careers in India. The format is deliberately relaxed and conversation led, so you can meet people naturally (without the pressure to “pitch”), and still leave with fresh ideas from featured alumni whose work spans leadership, technology and go-to-market strategies.

• The event is explicitly built around real conversations that can turn into collaborations, friendships, or simply valuable peer learning.

• Cross-sector insights you can actually use. Short reflections from the featured alumni are grounded in what they are building and learning - useful whether you are in corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, policy, education, or technology.

• A strong peer room which is a UK-university alumni gathering, so you are meeting people with shared experiences but diverse industries - ideal for referrals, hiring, partnerships, and perspective.

How could this event benefit you?

• Warm introductions that lead to outcomes: meet someone who can introduce you to a hiring manager, a founder, an investor, a policy stakeholder, a client, or a collaborator - faster than cold outreach ever will.

• Hiring and career opportunities: discover roles before they are public, get referrals, find strong collaborations, or identify advisers through trusted peer networks.

• Business development and partnerships: spot partnership fit (distribution, marketing, pilots, institutional tie-ups) through conversation, then take it forward with a follow-up call.

• Industry intelligence you can act on: learn what is changing in adjacent sectors (skills, education, consumer tech, policy, marketing, AI services) and how leaders are responding - useful for strategy and risk awareness.

• Credibility by association: being part of an active, curated alumni room strengthens your professional presence - especially when you stay visible through follow-ups and future community participation.

• Mentorship exchanges (both directions): find a mentor for a specific challenge, or meet someone you can mentor - both create long-term professional compounding.

• A reliable “relationship pipeline”: leave with 3–5 contacts you can genuinely reconnect with over the next quarter - creating a pipeline for opportunities, not just a one-off chat.

Join us for an unforgettable evening, to learn, to share your ideas, or just to meet interesting people. It is the kind of place where you feel belonged.

Featured Alumni & City Hosts joining for 'The Common Room'.

Network with a selection of beverages for INR 1,250 + taxes (Early Access; until 15th July) / INR 1,600 + taxes (Standard Access; 16th July onwards).

Networking Pass fee includes

• A Pint of Beer or a Glass of Wine or a mocktail (from the selection) or a hot beverage (from the selection)

• Appetisers (options between veg. and non-veg.)

• Name Badges

Terms and Conditions

• Networking Pass is mandatory to attend this event.

• Please carry a valid ID proof with you.

• Images and Videos taken of the guests during the event will be used for public relations or publicity purposes, as well as on our website. If you are not comfortable with the same, please inform us at the start of the event.

• Security procedures remain the right of the organisers/management.

• If you are attending the event with a plus one, please make sure you take their full responsibility. Please bring a plus one guest only if they are your significant other, family member or a very close friend.

• The sponsors/hosts/organisers are not responsible for any injury or damages occurring due to the event.