Sanjam Garg grew up in royal Patiala, a beautiful city in southeastern Punjab, India. Growing up, even though he wasn t good at it, he enjoyed playing cricket with his friends. He was also remarkably curious about everything and this curiosity led him to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi where he started studying cryptography by mistake. One mistake led to another and ultimately leading to a disaster he ended up getting a doctoral degree from University of California, Los Angeles. During his graduate study he pondered over the lesser important questions in cryptography and the more impo...