Atul Kahate has over nine years of experience in Information Technology in India and abroad in various capacities. He has done his Bachelor of Science in Statistics and his Master of Business Administration in Computer Systems. He has authored nine other highly acclaimed books on various topics of Information Technology, titled Web Technologies—TCP/IP to Internet Application Architectures, Cryptography and Network Security, Fundamentals of Computers, Information Technology and Numerical Methods, Foundations of Information Technology, Operating Systems and Systems Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Communication Networks, and Introduction to Database Management Systems. His book, Cryptography and Network Security, has also been published as an International Edition by McGraw-Hill, Singapore.

Atul has also authored two books on cricket, and has written over 1000 articles on IT and cricket in several leading newspapers and magazines/journals. He has deep interest in teaching, music and cricket besides technology. He has conducted several training programs in a number of educational institutions and IT organizations. He has also worked as the official cricket statistician and scorer in a number of Test and Limited Overs International matches. He has a rich collection of books on IT and cricket, and has developed his own database that can provide the latest cricket statistics. He has contributed to cricket Web sites, such as CricInfo and Cricket Archive.

He has won several national and international awards. Prior to joining i-flex solutions limited, Atul has worked with Syntel, L&T Infotech, American Express and Deutche Bank. He lives in Pune with his wife Anita, daughter Jui and son Harsh. He can be reached at akahate@indiatimes.com.