About the Authors

Yashavant Kanetkar, Through his books and online Quest Video Courses on C, C++, Data Structures, VC++, .NET, etc. Yashavant Kanetkar has created, molded and groomed lacs of IT careers in the last two and half decades. Yashavant’s books and online courses have made a significant contribution in creating top-notch IT manpower in India and abroad.

Yashavant’s books are globally recognized and millions of students / professionals have benefitted from them. His books have been translated into Hindi, Gujarati, Japanese, Korean and Chinese languages. Many of his books are published in India, USA, Japan, Singapore, Korea and China.

Yashavant is a much sought-after speaker in the IT field and has conducted seminars/workshops at TedEx, IITs, NITs, IIITs and global software companies.

Yashavant has been honored with the prestigious “Distinguished Alumnus Award” by IIT Kanpur for his entrepreneurial, professional and academic excellence. This award was given to top 50 alumni of IIT Kanpur who have made significant contribution towards their profession and betterment of society in the last 50 years.

In recognition of his immense contribution to IT education in India, he has been awarded the "Best .NET Technical Contributor" and "Most Valuable Professional" awards by Microsoft for 5 successive years.

Yashavant holds a BE from VJTI Mumbai and M. Tech. from IIT Kanpur. His current affiliations include being a Director of KICIT Pvt. Ltd. and an Adjunct Faculty at IIIT, Bangalore. He can be reached at kanetkar@kicit.com or through http://www.kicit.com.

Aditya Kanetkar is currently working as a Software Engineer at Microsoft India Development Center (IDC), Hyderabad. He has 4+ years of experience working in the software development industry. His current passion is anything remotely connected to Python, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Containers and C#.

Formerly, he worked at Microsoft HQ, Redmond, Washington and Oracle HQ, Redwood City, California. Aditya holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Guwahati and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, Atlanta.