Anup is a regular host of the AWS OnAir podcast, where he helps break down new AWS launches, share best practices, and guide live demos and discussions for builders tuning in worldwide. In addition to hosting, he frequently participates as a featured speaker at AWS events and sessions, presenting on cloud architecture, data and AI workloads, and practical patterns for building on AWS.

2025 Sessions

1/ AWS re:Invent 2025

Host for AWS OnAir at re:Invent 2025. Focused on discussing keynote highlights like Nova Forge, Frontier Agents, AWS Transform and interacted with the vibrant re:Post community.

2/AWS re:Post Live – AWS re:Invent 2025 Highlights

AWS re:Post Live is a casual, interactive recap stream where AWS experts break down the biggest announcements and learnings from AWS re:Invent 2025, share practical builder takeaways, and answer community questions live on Twitch.

3/ Amazon Quick Suite Launch Episode

Lead the special episode of Amazon Quick Suite launch. One of the marquee launches of AWS in 2025. Quick Suite is your Agentic AI Teammate — Business agents that provide answers to your questions, and help turn them into actions. A PhD-level researcher, a business analyst, and an automation expert in one workspace. Safe, Secure.

4/ AWS OnAir – Ramp to re:Invent Special

AWS OnAir’s 2025 Ramp to re:Invent Special is a fast‑paced, 2.5‑hour live show that warms builders up for AWS re:Invent with deep dives into brand‑new launches, demos, and expert chats on security, data protection, and AI‑driven operations.

5/ AWS re:Post Live – Kiro – Agentic AI IDE, Beyond a Coding Assistant

Deep dive into Kiro and exploring all the key functionalities around spec based coding and innovative features like Agent Steering and Agent Hooks.

6/ AWS re:Post Live – Amazon Q Command Line(CLI) and MCP Integration

Deep dive into Amazon Q CLI and its integration with MCP servers to do art of the possible.

7/ AWS On Air Series- Securing GenAI Applications – S1|E1 – Foundational Amazon Bedrock Security

Generative AI Security Series. In this episode, we focused on foundations for Bedrock security and provided a fun demo on VPC endpoints.

8/ AWS On Air Series- Securing GenAI Applications – S1|E2 – Monitoring and Detection on AWS

Generative AI Security Series. In this episode, we focused on monitoring and detection aspects and dove deep into GuardDuty, Security Hub etc.

9/ AWS re:Post Live – Exploring the art of possible with Amazon Nova Reels

Technical deep dive into the art of possible around video generation with Amazon Nova Reels model.

10/ AWS re:Post Live – Aurora Database Upgrades

Hosted a technical session discussing best practices and strategies for upgrading Amazon Aurora databases with minimal downtime.

11/ AWS re:Post Live – AWS Clean Rooms

Led a discussion on AWS Clean Rooms, highlighting how organizations can collaborate on sensitive data while maintaining privacy and security controls.

12/ AWS re:Post Live – Data Transfer with Amazon S3

Presented strategies and tools for optimizing large-scale data transfers with Amazon S3, covering best practices for migration and operational data movement.

13/ AWS re:Post Live – EKS Auto Mode

Explored automation techniques for Amazon EKS cluster management, covering infrastructure as code, GitOps workflows, and operational best practices with EKS Auto Mode.

14/ AWS re:Post Live – Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Hosted a technical deep dive into Model Context Protocol (MCP).

15/AWS re:Post Live – Using Hybrid Architectures to significantly improve accuracy in RAG applications

Deep dive into hybrid search approaches to improve RAG accuracy in generative AI applications.

16/ AWS OnAir – DeepSeek Foundation Models

Hosted a technical session on integrating DeepSeek foundation models with Amazon Bedrock.

17/ AWS OnAir – DNS Firewall Security Best Practices

Discussed implementation strategies and best practices for enhancing network security using Route 53 DNS Firewall, covering rule management and integration with security services.

18/ AWS OnAir – DSQL and new AWS MCP Servers

Dove deep into the newly GA’d Aurora DSQL service, its relevance and also discussed the new AWS MCP Servers.

19/ AWS OnAir – EBS and FSx Performance Optimization

Presented advanced techniques for optimizing storage performance using Amazon EBS and FSx, covering IO patterns, throughput optimization, and cost-effective storage tiering strategies.

20/ AWS OnAir – Glue ETL Modernization

Demonstrated data pipeline modernization strategies with AWS Glue, highlighting serverless ETL capabilities, integration with data lakes, and implementing data quality controls.

21/ AWS OnAir – Kube Resource Orchestrator

Dive deep into the all new Kube Resource Orchestrator(KRO).

22/ AWS OnAir – Security Incident Response

Led an in-depth discussion on security incident response procedures on AWS, covering detection automation, containment strategies, and leveraging AWS security services for rapid remediation.

2024 Sessions

1/ AWS re:Invent 2024

AWS OnAir Host and discussed various re:Invent 24 announcements.

2/ AWS Supports You – Improving you resiliency with AWS Fault Injection Simulator and R53 ARC

Discussed how customers can improve the resiliency posture of a critical workload by combining the power of AWS FIS and R53 ARC.

3/AWS Supports You – Gaining Security Insights for Your AWS Environments Utilizing Generative AI

In this session, we dove deep into a solution that you can leverage to get insights about your security posture on AWS.

5/AWS Supports You – Building Applications Faster and More Securely with your Al Coding Companion – Amazon CodeWhisperer

We dove deep CodeWhisperer and explain how it improves productivity for Builders.

6/AWS re:Post Live – Amazon Q Developer:Your AWS IDE Expert

Post the new release of Amazon Q, we revisited the topic of developer productivity.

7/AWS re:Post Live – Troubleshooting with Amazon Q

We discuss the SRE, Operations aspect of Q Builder.

8/AWS re:Post Live – AWS re:Post Community Spotlight

Hosted the AWS Ambassador and Community Builder.