Ethical hacker

ICE PEOPLE/ Ankit Fadia

Ankit Fadia

He's not YOUR nextdoor 20-year-old who goes to college and hangs out at the local discotheques on weekends. Instead,

Ankit Fadia divides his time between running a computer security consulting, based out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (scouting for a location to launch a restaurant in Pune) and the remaining is spent studying Business Management at Stanford.

"Seems a lot for the moment," admits Fadia, "But I like this pace of life." The young entrepreneur and India's youngest 'ethical hacker' is also an author of three books and no points for guessing the subject he loves the most.

"Computer security "� is a topic that is undervalued in India. The idea behind writing on hacking is to educate the professionals and students on the drawbacks of hacking and direct them about procedures that will ensure data security," says Fadia, who has tied up with Reliance Webworld to launch a month-long security certification course.

"The content and the syllabus would be designed by me," says Fadia, "and the infrastructure and marketing would be provided by the Webworld." The first batch of begins in March and Fadia is all kicked about the course.

Not restricting to computers alone, the self-confessed foodie has set his eyes on a 'unique food joint'. "I have hired people to scout for the right location that would attract the young and the influential. I plan to launch the first restuarant by August this year."

He is not averse to the idea of franchising his 'food joint' in near future. The boy entrepreneur is on his way to launch another two books "� one on 'People hacking' and another 'a fiction'. So, what now? "I aspire to be a master in everything I do," says a confident Fadia.