Atif Syed

ATIF SYED grew up in Aligarh before earning a Singapore Airlines scholarship to pursue Computer Engineering in Singapore. After a decade there, he made his home in Austin, Texas. Although his career in the technology sector spans over two decades, it is his profound, lifelong passion for history that drove him to write Aligarh: The City That Outlasted Empires. An accomplished artist, Atif has been honoured by Indian President R. Venkataraman and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He is also a familiar voice in Austin’s astronomy community, where he regularly speaks to public audiences, and an avid photographer whose global travels have captured the diverse people, cultures, and landscapes of the world.