Meet the Mark Zukerberg of India

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A 23 year old Trishneet Arora who flunked his class VIII exam has now country’s youngest ethical hacker having clients like Punjab Police, Gujrat Police, Reliance and Amul.

Arora was inspired by Sonam Wangchuk who inspired the Bollywood actor Amir Khan to play his character as Phunsukh Wangdu in Three Idiots movie.

Trishneet was born on November 2, 1993 in Ludhiyana of Punjab, India. His parents got angry with and friends laughed at him when Trishneet failed in the 8th class owing to lack of interest in schooling books as he had a passion for computers.

His interest was so deep that he started reading international books written on hacking. Over years, he gained a strong grip over computer and earned adequate knowledge in this field.

Before he turned 22, he had already written 3 books namely Hacking TALK with Trishneet Arora, The Hacking Era and Hacking With Smart Phones. These books became popular among hackers.

Those who read his books were shocked at his knowledge in this field at such a young age. Thereafter, he decided to establish a firm to provide cyber security to his clients and save them from hackers.

Trishneet now running his own company TAC Security, a firm that works to provide cyber security to big companies and organisations in the country. He gives security to Reliance, Amul, Punjab Police and Gujarat Police. The names above are enough explain his ability in his field.

Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ), an international monthly men's magazine based in New York, recently declared GQ's The 50 Most Influential Young Indians and Trishneet name was also included in the list. The GQ list comprised of men from all walks of life including film actors, singers, YouTube stars, businessmen, filmmakers and many more, all below the age of 40.

He has been targeting a turnover of Rs 2 crore and he owns his flat and luxury cars.

BBC News has recently interviewed Trishneet Arora about the Cyber security. Arora is the inspiration of for the youth and he is really the Mark Zuckerburg of India.