The latest articles on DEV Community by Surabhi Krishna (@surabhi_krishna_58528c2ce). https://dev.to/surabhi_krishna_58528c2ce https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3939411%2Fd2dacd5e-3b8a-472a-99c8-74b9e9ed1f00.png https://dev.to/surabhi_krishna_58528c2ce en Surabhi Krishna Tue, 19 May 2026 06:12:43 +0000 https://dev.to/surabhi_krishna_58528c2ce/how-we-built-indias-free-event-ticketing-platform-with-ai-upi-and-qr-infrastructure-8pp https://dev.to/surabhi_krishna_58528c2ce/how-we-built-indias-free-event-ticketing-platform-with-ai-upi-and-qr-infrastructure-8pp <h1> How We Built India’s Free Event Ticketing Platform with AI, UPI, and QR Infrastructure </h1> <p>Most Indian event organizers lose huge amounts of money to ticketing commissions.</p> <p>Platforms often charge:</p> <ul> <li>15–20% service fees</li> <li>monthly SaaS subscriptions</li> <li>expensive enterprise pricing</li> </ul> <p>We wanted to solve this.</p> <p>So we built Vihaya Events:<br> <a href="https://events.vihaya.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://events.vihaya.app</a></p> <p>A completely free event ticketing and event management platform designed specifically for Indian organizers.</p> <h2> Core Engineering Challenges </h2> <p>Building an event platform for India meant solving:</p> <ul> <li>Native UPI payment flows</li> <li>High mobile traffic</li> <li>QR ticket generation</li> <li>WhatsApp-first communication</li> <li>Mega-event scalability</li> <li>Sub-event registration systems</li> </ul> <h2> Razorpay + UPI Infrastructure </h2> <p>We integrated Razorpay for:</p> <ul> <li>UPI</li> <li>cards</li> <li>net banking</li> <li>wallet payments</li> </ul> <p>The challenge was optimizing checkout for Indian mobile networks while keeping registration friction extremely low.</p> <h2> QR Ticketing Architecture </h2> <p>Every ticket generates:</p> <ul> <li>unique QR codes</li> <li>attendee metadata</li> <li>offline validation support</li> </ul> <p>This allows check-in systems to continue working even during poor venue connectivity.</p> <h2> AI Form Builder </h2> <p>One of our most interesting systems is the AI form builder:<br> <a href="https://events.vihaya.app/features/ai-form-builder" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://events.vihaya.app/features/ai-form-builder</a></p> <p>Organizers describe an event in plain English and the system auto-generates:</p> <ul> <li>registration fields</li> <li>attendee workflows</li> <li>ticket categories</li> <li>team registration logic</li> </ul> <h2> AI Event Website Builder </h2> <p>We also built:<br> <a href="https://events.vihaya.app/features/ai-website-builder" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://events.vihaya.app/features/ai-website-builder</a></p> <p>This system generates complete event landing pages automatically.</p> <h2> Mega Event Infrastructure </h2> <p>Large college fests and hackathons required:</p> <ul> <li>multi-stage events</li> <li>sub-event registration</li> <li>attendee grouping</li> <li>sponsor management</li> <li>certificate workflows</li> </ul> <p>We designed the architecture to support everything from 50-person workshops to large multi-day festivals.</p> <h2> Final Thoughts </h2> <p>India’s event ecosystem needs affordable infrastructure.</p> <p>We’re trying to build scalable tooling that gives organizers modern event technology without platform commissions.</p> <p>Website:<br> <a href="https://events.vihaya.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://events.vihaya.app</a></p> ai webdev productivity programming