Appointed to the Board in August 2006, Pradeep Kar is the founder, chairman and managing director of Microland, India’s leading provider of outsourced IT infrastructure management services. A serial entrepreneur, Pradeep Kar founded Planetasia.com (India’s leading internet professional services company), Indya.com (India’s leading portal acquired by News Corporation), Net Brahma, a telecom software company and also merged his internet media business with India’s leading marketing company. Pradeep is a member of the Technology Advisory Panel to the Government of Karnataka, and the president of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore Chapter. He sits on several boards including the Advisory Board of Leaders’ Quest, an international social enterprise based in London. Pradeep holds a degree in mechanical engineering and a post-graduate degree in management. Aged 48. |