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Qiraat Attar
Associate Editor
Foundry
With over 4 years of writing and reporting experience, Qiraat Attar is part of Foundry’s editorial venture. She enables the global CIO.com brand, taking incisive interviews and writing features on what CIOs and their journeys, the latest technology etc. She creates content around tech leaders in India and is building a network of these leaders.
CIO India is the dais for CIOs to explore news, information and content around technology trends, digital experiences and more. The brand website serves as the platform for showcasing our predictions in the world of tech and business, features on industry leaders, articles highlighting industry insights and essentially allows the audience to stay abreast with how technology augments business.
Qiraat’s notable projects include CIO Leadership Live and CSO Executive Sessions, where she sits down with tech leaders from leading Indian and global firms in arenas ranging from healthcare to manufacturing, from pharma to E-commerce for in-depth conversations around their professional experience and how it lends to their role, their tryst with emerging technology like AI, the challenges they overcome and their staggering efforts in moving the wheels of technology forward.
Upcoming and recent events
CIO 100 Awards & Conference India
How Zero Trust Networks can strengthen organizational cybersecurity strategy
Thursday, September 18, 2025
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Vaguely defined, minimally incentivized, and often unending, the zero-trust journey is notably challenging and complex for most organisations. The comprehensive nature of zero trust deployments, the level of pushback from department heads, and the extremely long time necessary for meaningful ROI are key factors in CIOs’ zero trust frustrations. Moreover,…
Data Security and Privacy in AI Era
Thursday, September 18, 2025
17:00 PM - 18:00 PM
As AI transforms data ecosystems, CIOs face mounting challenges in ensuring security and privacy. This roundtable explores governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, ethical AI deployment, and risk mitigation strategies to safeguard sensitive information while enabling innovation. Join us to discuss actionable insights and collaborative approaches for building resilient, trustworthy AI-driven enterprises.
Fireside Chat: Women in IT Leadership - Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, September 19, 2025
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Esteemed women CIOs, helming their domains of tech leadership with flair, explore in this fireside chat how the playbook is being re-written by AI and other emerging technology, how IT leadership has transformed over the decades, and the future of tech as they navigate opportunities and combat challenges in this…
Design Thinking Workshop : Decoding Data Privacy and DPDP
Friday, September 19, 2025
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
Bring in the fun and fervor with the Design Thinking Workshop, where CIOs will brainstorm and present their best creative solutions for a challenge that simulates the real-world effects of Data Privacy and DPDP Act in India.