Meet the school dropout who is building safety nets for Bollywood numbers

Manan Shah's early craze for computers and internet has helped him build a successful cybersecurity venture step by step

He's calm and composed, with a razor sharp focus on solving the problem. Yet you could easily pass by Manan Shah and never know that this young 20-something is the one working with your favourite Bollywood stars. As what, you wonder. As a cybersecurity professional. 

Shah is the CEO and founder of Vadodara-based Avalance Global Solutions, a cybersecurity firm incorporated in 2015, and has worked with the Gujarat and Rajasthan police, Ministry of Defence, CBI Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Ahmedabad Airports and most recently with Bollywood. 

Last month, Raj Kundra, who is married to actor Shilpa Shetty, invested in Shah’s company,