Vaskaran Sarcar obtained his master's of engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (India), and his master's of computer application from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (India). He was a National Gate Scholar (2007-2009) and has over 12 years of experience in education and the IT industry. He devoted his early years (2005–2007) to the teaching profession at various engineering colleges, and later, he joined HP India PPS R&D Hub in Bangalore. He worked there for more than 10 years and became a senior software engineer and team lead. After that, he pursued his passion and has already authored 15 Apress books that can be found at Amazon or SpringerLink.