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The Leading Man
PRADEEP KAR | Founder, Chairman,
and Managing Director
Pradeep Kar is Microland’s Founder and
Chairman, setting the foundation for excellence as
Microland guides enterprises in adopting nextGen
technologies to achieve the highest possible levels
of reliability, stability, and predictability.
A true serial entrepreneur, Pradeep has founded
and sold three technology companies: Indya.com
(sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation);
Planetasia.com (India’s first Internet Professional
Services Company); and Net Brahma Technologies.
In 1999 Pradeep was chosen by the World
Economic Forum as a “Global Leader for
Tomorrow”— an acknowledgment of his
pioneering work bringing technology to India.
Between 2006 and 2016, Pradeep served as a
Non-Executive Director on the board of UBM plc,
— a leading business-to-business events organizer
listed on the London Stock Exchange. Pradeep is
also on the Board of Telstra Telecommunications,
India. He is the Chairman of the Governing Council
of Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology,
Bangalore, a Founding Member of the Bangalore
Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization, and
the former President of The Indus Entrepreneurs’
(TIE), Bangalore Chapter.
Calling upon his role as an innovator, Pradeep was
recently tapped to join the Provost’s Council for
Trinity College - Dublin. The Council is chartered
with helping shape Trinity’s future: Inspiring
and supporting Trinity as it rises to meet modern
challenges in its mission to deliver world-class
education and undertake research with global
impact.
Pradeep holds a postgraduate degree in
Management and a graduate degree in Mechanical
Engineering. His drive and talent were noted early
in his career: he received the “Young Business
Achiever Award” from The Indian Express, was
featured in Newsweek amongst the “Stars of Asia”,
and in Business India amongst the “Stars of India”.
Pradeep Kar
Founder, Chairman, & MD
device and application management, and cognitive
virtual assistants free up your talent to run with
their most compelling ideas and produce their best
work.
Clients using its Digital Workplace Services address
every component of workplace transformation:
augmented knowledge discovery, enhanced user
experience management and workplace security.
Cybersecurity
An organization can suffer a critical breach at any
moment and the response will make or break a
business’s reputation.
Once a malicious attack has been identified, it takes
several days to counter the threat. Meanwhile: data
privacy and protection are compromised, and your
future is at stake.
Microland’s 24/7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs)
deliver services to predict and respond to security
breaches. Its nextGen SOC operations relentlessly
monitor cyber threats, securing your expanding
digital footprint to the edge. If you’ve already been
breached, we provide a swift path to resolution.
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