Navada is part of the 16-member organizing team behind the 2026 edition. His involvement follows his role on the Sponsor Team of WordCamp Asia 2026, held in Mumbai earlier this year. While the two events differ in scale, the progression reflects his continued involvement in the WordPress community, from contributing to a major regional event to helping organize a community gathering closer home in Karnataka.
A WordPress journey that began in 2011
Navada first began exploring WordPress through blogging in 2011. His interest in web publishing gradually developed into freelance web development and later entrepreneurship.
In 2015, he founded ForthFocus, a digital solutions company based in Kundapura, Karnataka.
The company has since grown to serve more than 350 clients across eight countries, working across WordPress, WooCommerce, eCommerce, business websites and custom digital solutions.
Alongside building ForthFocus, Navada has remained active in the WordPress ecosystem through community participation, speaking, organizing, and open source contribution.
What began as using WordPress for publishing eventually evolved into building professionally with the platform and contributing time and experience back to the community around it.
Regularly invited speaker at technology and business forums
Navada is also a regularly invited speaker at WordCamps, educational institutions, technology events, and industry forums.
His sessions have covered subjects including WordPress, digital privacy, remote team management, entrepreneurship, sustainable business and long-term digital growth.
His speaking engagements draw from more than a decade of experience in technology, entrepreneurship and managing distributed teams, often exploring the intersection of technology, people and business rather than technology in isolation.
Travel and Millennial Duo
Outside technology, Navada is an avid traveller. Together with his wife, Mrs. Keerthi Prabhu, a software testing professional, he runs Millennial Duo® (https://millennialduo.com), where the couple documents their travel experiences and practical destination insights.
They have travelled to 15 countries and counting and have also shared a WordCamp stage together, combining perspectives from web development and software testing.
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 to bring together around 400 participants
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 is positioned as Bengaluru’s own gathering for people who use, build and contribute around WordPress and the open web.
The event will feature two tracks and a Contributor Day, bringing together developers, designers, founders, agencies, content creators, students, educators and open source contributors.
The two day programme will include talks, discussions, practical sessions and opportunities for attendees to contribute directly to the WordPress open source project.
With approximately 400 participants expected, the event aims to create a platform for learning, collaboration and strengthening connections across Bengaluru and India’s WordPress community.
For Navada, becoming part of the organizing team represents another opportunity to contribute to an ecosystem closely connected with his professional journey.
“WordPress played an important role in shaping my professional journey. Contributing time and experience back to the community is a natural continuation of that relationship,” said V Gautham Navada.
His involvement in WordCamp Asia and WordCamp Bengaluru during the same year reflects a journey that has evolved from discovering WordPress as a blogger, to building a digital business around the web, speaking at community events and now helping organize WordCamps at both regional and local levels.
About WordCamp Bengaluru 2026
WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 will take place on November 21 and 22, 2026, at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Museum Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The volunteer-run, not-for-profit event will feature two tracks and a Contributor Day, with around 400 participants expected.
About ForthFocus
ForthFocus is a remote-first digital solutions company founded by V Gautham Navada in 2015 and based in Kundapura, Karnataka. The company serves more than 350 clients across eight countries and works across WordPress, WooCommerce, eCommerce, web development, and custom digital solutions.
Official WordCamp Bengaluru 2026 Organizing Team:
https://bengaluru.wordcamp.org/2026/meet-the-organizing-team/
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