{"id":2828,"date":"2025-10-30T23:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_organizer&#038;p=2828"},"modified":"2025-10-31T00:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:49:48","slug":"anand-upadhyay","status":"publish","type":"wcb_organizer","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/organizer\/anand-upadhyay\/","title":{"rendered":"Anand Upadhyay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized organizer-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"2833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/organizer\/anand-upadhyay\/anand\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2025\/10\/Anand.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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