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Yogesh Gupta
Editorial Director, India & META, Events
Foundry
Yogesh is the editorial director for events – India and META (Middle East, Turkey & Africa) for Foundry (an IDG, Inc. Company). In an earlier role spanning over seven years, he was the executive editor for Foundry, the world’s largest technology media, research and data services conglomerate. Today, he leads the content curation and moderates the events (in-person and virtual) for Foundry brands – CIO and CSO – in India. He is also involved with editorial content, video interviews for CIO.COM in India and Middle East.
Yogesh has been with Foundry (earlier IDG Communications) for over seventeen years. He hosts the annual awards and symposium programs in India including CIO100 Awards, CSO100 Awards and Premier100 (Channel) Awards, since over a decade. From 2024 onwards, he will be responsible to launch Foundry’s awards program – CIO100, CSO30, CIO50 – in META region.
A keynote speaker, social media influencer and knowledge enthusiast, Yogesh impacts the technologists’ community (CIOs, CSOs, CDOs, ITDMs, Channels) across the enterprise technology ecosystem in India and globally. In 2019, Yogesh was recognized as ‘Star Editor’ or ‘B2B Influential Editor’ from an elite list of 26 tech editors across IDG globally.
With over two decades of experience in the media industry including seventeen years at Foundry, he kick-started his journalism career with The Times of India (Bennet Coleman & Co.) in 2003. He later joined IDG as senior correspondent for weekly publication ChannelWorld in 2007. Yogesh holds a Computer Engineering degree from Mumbai University.
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Upcoming and recent events
CIO 100 Leadership Live
Future Proofing Enterprises: The Intersection of Data, AI, and Cyber Resilience
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
16:00 PM - 17:00 PM
The CIO role has become more strategic as they build the next-gen IT infrastructure in an AI-world. Cyber resilience is important for time threat detection and response plus business continuity solutions to keep your operations humming and your data secure. As data and AI become core to digital business, CIOs…
The Captains' Table: Architecting your stack for the agentic AI era
Thursday, February 5, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Forget tweaking your tech stack — if you’re not rebuilding for agentic AI, you’re already falling behind the next wave of enterprise disruption.our role as CIO is to engineer the foundation — a resilient, adaptive and scalable stack — that turns this generational tech into a competitive advantage.What are the…
The Captains' Table: CIOs at the Crossroads: Cloud Modernization meets Gen AI
Thursday, February 5, 2026
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
As organizations discover new opportunities created by AI, many are investing significantly in GenAI, as part of their cloud modernization plans.They are using the considerable power of this fast-evolving technology to tackle the common challenges of cloud modernization, particularly in projects that involve the migration and modernization of legacy applications…
The Captains' Table: Networking Infrastructure strategy beyond AI: 3 imperatives for 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
15:10 PM - 15:35 PM
Not every system is built for the AI era. As new models and workloads push the limits of what legacy environments can support, IT leaders are rebuilding the IT stack for an AI-first world. It’s an evolution thatmeans re-evaluating which legacy systems are holding you back, embracing hybrid flexibility, and…
The Resilient CIO: Anchoring Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
Thursday, February 5, 2026
17:30 PM - 18:30 PM
Complexity remains the defining characteristic of the cybersecurity agenda as organizations grapple with accelerating threats and an expanding portfolio of specialized tools. While AI’s rise presents an opportunity to simplify and solidify the cybersecurity landscape, there are growing concerns the technology will unleash new attack vectors, increasing vulnerabilities and amplifying…
Editorial Spotlight - Building the CIO Community
Thursday, February 5, 2026
19:30 PM - 19:50 PM
Join us for an open dialogue on the power of peer-to-peer connectivity within Foundry’s Global CIO Community. In this session, we’ll move beyond the stage to converse directly with you about the resources, collaborative forums, and exclusive networks that span across 20+ countries. Discover how our global ecosystem enables India’s…