Manan Shah is an Indian entrepreneur, author, and ethical hacker. He is the Founder and CEO of Avalance Global Solutions an online cybersecurity company that is involved in securing government and enterprise digital setups. Manan has written books on cybersecurity, ethical hacking and web defence. His work mostly involves OS-based tips and tricks, proxy websites and lifestyle. his frequent technology writes in the Indian media such as times, technology magazines, and newspapers. He is the founder and CEO of Avalance, an information technology company involved with outsourcing & securing government and enterprise digital setups. ^[1]

He is a regular speaker on various verticals of Information Security and Entrepreneurship at International Forums like CII, ASSOCHAM, DSCI, TiE, TED (conference), and Vibrant Gujarat Summit.

He focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities with a special focus on telecommunication and satellite systems.

He has also worked for government agencies and corporations to foolproof their system against terrorist attacks and is now working on securing digital India's smart city concept.

Manan was born in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

After graduating high from school, he found himself living on the street without steady work.

He later managed to teach himself computer security and programming, despite lacking formal education in the field.

Media often use him as an example of how people can become successful in the IT industry by relying on their empirical knowledge and acumen, even without holding university degrees.

At the age of 12, his parents gifted him a computer and he says he started taking an interest in hacking after a year of playing video games when he read a newspaper article on the subject.

He soon started a website rtwincustomize.net where he wrote OS Based tweaks & Tricks, tips, tutorials, which acquired many readers and encouraged him to write a book.

At the age of 16, his book on email hacking made him the youngest author to be published by Amazon.

Manan is a first-generation entrepreneur who founded Avalance Global Solutions, an information technology company that provides business services and consulting.

After his first book came in the market, Manan became sought-after among the corporate clients in India as well as on the conference speaking circuit.

He wrote more books on computer security, and spoke at several seminars across schools and colleges in India.