{"id":3295,"date":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:38:39","slug":"speaker-anand-upadhyay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker-anand-upadhyay\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing our speaker: Anand Upadhyay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Anand Upadhyay<\/strong> (Founder, WPVibes) is speaking at WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 on \u201cEvolution of WordPress education: Campus Connect, Credits, and what comes next\u201d<\/strong>, a 15-minute talk on Saturday 21 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anand’s 2024 workshop for 400 students in Ajmer became WordPress Campus Connect, now an official Foundation program on four continents. He covers what grew around it, from Student Clubs to WordPress Credits, where the ladder still has gaps, and how AI changes what a first workshop should teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full announcement for the session abstract and more about Anand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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On stage \u00b7 <\/span>Day 1<\/strong> \u00b7 <\/span>21 Nov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet your speaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anand Upadhyay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Founder<\/strong> \u00b7 <\/span>WPVibes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When<\/span> Saturday 21 November, Contributor Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where<\/span> Bangalore International Centre<\/a> in Domlur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evolution of WordPress education: Campus Connect, Credits, and what comes next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In October 2024, I ran a WordPress workshop for 400 students across four colleges in my city because our local meetup had no young faces. Two years later that format is WordPress Campus Connect, an official Foundation program that has reached over 6,000 students in 70 institutions on four continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Anand’s session abstract \u00b7 <\/span>read the rest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Format<\/span> Talk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length<\/span> 15 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day<\/span> Sat 21 Nov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Anand<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anand Upadhyay is a long-time WordPress contributor and community advocate based in Ajmer, India. Active in the ecosystem since 2010, he has contributed to several Make WordPress teams, including Core, Docs, Community, and Polyglots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the founder of WPVibes, a WordPress plugin development company that builds performance-driven tools for WordPress and WooCommerce users. Anand is also a regular WordCamp speaker and has co-organized the Ajmer WordPress Meetup since founding it in 2017. He is currently lead organizer of the first ever WordCamp Rajasthan, a six-city collaboration bringing the state\u2019s WordPress communities together in Jaipur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, he launched the first WordPress Campus Connect event, reaching 400 students across four colleges in Ajmer. The format went on to become a global program officially recognized by the WordPress Foundation, now running on four continents, and Anand serves on its committee. He continues to support and mentor student communities through campus events, student clubs, workshops, and open-source advocacy, and is deeply committed to bringing WordPress education to the next generation of users and contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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