Ankit Fadia, India’s one of the most promising and young IT Professional, just 22 years of age but a remarkable footprints left for the many young professionals world wide.   

PROFILE

Name: Ankit Fadia
Age: 22
City: New Delhi, India
Website: hakingtruths.box.sk contains thousands of articles on hacking and security. He started the site when he was fourteen, and it is now recognized as one of the best security sites in the world. 16-year-old Ankit Fadia has written a 624-page encyclopedia of hacking. His security site has been ranked second in the world. What have you done lately?

Ankit Fadia, 22 years old, is an independent Computer Security and Digital Intelligence Consultant and has definitive experience in the field of computers. He has authored several best-selling books on Network Security, which have been appreciated by both professionals and industry leaders, the world over. His books have sold a record 40,000 copies across the globe.

Fadia is however, more well known for his significant work in the field of digital intelligence. In November 2001, Fadia was consulted by a classified intelligence agency for breaking an encrypted message (believed to have been) sent by one of Osama Bin Laden’s men. Since then, Fadia has been involved in numerous classified projects pertaining to International Security and Computer Networks. He handles the Asia Operations of the intelligence agency that he works for.

Moreover, Fadia has also on several occasions delivered lectures on various topics to an audience comprising of international defence personnel, software professionals (52nd International Programme on Auditing Information Technology and HACK 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, DRDO) and college students (Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, Kharagpur & Bombay), Delhi College of Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Banaras Hindu University, Cummins College etc).

For his exemplary work in the field of computer security, Fadia has been honoured with numerous awards namely: Person of The Year 2002, Limca Book of Records, Silicon India Person of the Week, Embassy State Award, Best Speaker Award (3 occasions) and many more. In October 2002, he was also chosen to be on the Elite Speakers Panel at “HACK 2002”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he addressed and provided solutions to CEO’s, CTO’s and CFO’s from over 300 Asian companies.

Further, Industry leaders like Mr. Phiroze Vandrewala (Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services), Mr. Kiran Karnik (President, NASSCOM) and research pioneers like Jennifer Grannick (Law Professor, Stanford Law School and America Top E-Lawyer) and Dr. A.P.J. Kalam (President of India) have also felicitated Fadia’s work.

Before joining Ph.D at Stanford University, he was awarded by the minister of Human Resource Development Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi last year.

A recent book by Ankit Fadia on hacking got 5 star from the reviewers and readers which is quite rare thing to happen.

I am sure you have got enough inspiration even by knowing vary few things about this talented young IT professional. He brought a great source of energy, strength and inspiration to the young generation who is always responsible for the development of the country.

The road to success is not doing one thing 100% better but doing 100 things one percent better and Ankit fadia is one who has proven that.

Following are some questions he answered in one of his interviews. You may find it interesting.   When did you learn to hack? I was gifted a PC when I was 12. For a year, video games fascinated me… But that was till I discovered hacking. I enjoyed it because it was an entry to something that was forbidden… That was the starting point. I learnt how to hack on my own via books and the Internet. I wouldn't say it's simple or easy to learn. But I was very keen and that made it easier. The lack of reading material prompted me to conduct my own experiments on my PC on different operating systems and put together my own resources on hacking online. I started my own Web site at 14. The feedback was encouraging. Most readers were from outside the country and from ages ranging between 14 and 65. They appreciated my easy, comprehensive style of writing, which in turn made me think about writing a book. What one should know to be a good hacker? One needs to know at least one programming language, understand and be proficient at Unix and be a networking guru! Which are the Hackers even do you admire? I admire Kevin Mitnick a lot. In fact, I copy his style of spoofing IP addresses that I picked up via his official site. I am now known by that style. What keeps you hooked to hacking? Initially, it was the forbidden… because nobody knew much about it. But ever since I have begun hacking, the power to control the Internet on different operating systems has fascinated me. The power to make a computer the way you want it to work is an incredible high. My dream as a hacker today is to create a foolproof system… But that I know is impossible! I don't spend more than two hours on the Internet. For me, hacking is entertainment in itself. I don't do much else when I am online. As for the future, I am hoping to write fiction… On the lines of Sidney Sheldon! I am also currently in the process of applying to Universities abroad. Maybe, I will work with the FBI directly one day!