Pradeep Kar

Pradeep Kar (born March 11, 1958) is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Microland, a digital transformation company.[3][4][5] [6] Kar also founded and sold three technology companies, including Indya.com, which he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation;[7] Planetasia.com, India’s first internet professional services company and Net Brahma Technologies.[8]

Pradeep Kar
Kar, during a conference in 2016
Born (1958-03-11) March 11, 1958[1]
NationalityIndian
Alma materVisvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
Occupation(s)Chairman and Managing Director of Microland
Years active1989-present
SpouseKalpana Kar[2]
ChildrenPranika Kar[2]
Websitewww.microland.com/about/leaders/pradeep-kar

Early life and career

Kar graduated from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in 1981, and then received a master's degree in business administration from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research. He joined Wipro and soon relocated to US to run Sonata Software for three years. Returning to India he founded Microland, where he has served as the Chairman until now.[9][10][11]

He also started Planetasia.com, ITspace.com,[12] Media2India.com, and Indya.com which were sold to take advantage of the dotcom bubble.[13][14][15]

Kar has been recognized with the Indian Express ‘India Young Business Achiever Award’[16] and was selected by the World Economic Forum as a ‘Global Leader for Tomorrow’.[17] He has been featured in ‘Newsweek International’ as ‘Stars of Asia’ and in ‘Business India’ as ‘Stars of India’.[18]

Boards and affiliations

Kar served as a Non-Executive Director of UBM plc.,[19] a global events-led marketing and communications services business listed on the London Stock Exchange for 10 years from 2006 to 2016, and is on the Board of Telstra Telecommunications India. He is a member of the Provost's Council of Trinity College, Dublin,[20] and serves as Chairman of the Governing Council of Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore.[21] He was President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore Chapter[22] and Founding Member of the Bangalore Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. He chairs the Infrastructure Management Services Forum of NASSCOM,[23] the apex body of the Indian software & services industry

References
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  2. "Kalpana Kar". www.leadersquest.org. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. Sen, Anirban. "Microland bets on computer infrastructure management". livemint.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. "2014 Global Preview Everest Group PEAK Matrix of Infrastructure Services ITO" (PDF). www.everestgrp.com. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. "Rediff On The NeT Business News: OTCEI takes position for leap into New Millennium". in.rediff.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. Microland Pvt Ltd. "Making digital happen - Microland". Microland. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  7. "Star acquires Indya, buys out strategic investors". The Hindu Business Line. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  8. "Ambitious revenue target for Net Brahma". The Hindu. 21 March 2001. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  9. "DealCurry.com : Carlyle To Invest In IT Infra Solutions Company Microland". www.dealcurry.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  10. "H-1B curbs: Can Indian IT benefit too?". Deccan Chronicle. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. TNN (8 December 2007). "Sundowner with Pradeep Kar". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. "INDIA: MICROLAND GROUP TO INVEST $10MN IN ITSPACE.COM". Highbeam. 28 May 2000. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018.
  13. "Carlyle to back Kar's Microland - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  14. "INDIA: NEW PORTAL SITE TO GO.(Microland Ltd)". Highbeam. 16 December 1999. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  15. "India Offers Challenges, Rewards for U.S. Firms Seeking Trade". Highbeam. 3 December 1999. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  16. "Tirodkar first Indian to bag 'World Young Business Achiever' award". Indian Express. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. "Tech Survivor..." www.digitaltoday.in. 31 March 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  18. "Pradeep Kar, Microland Ltd: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  19. "People: UBM PLC (UBM.L)". Reuters. April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  20. Dublin, Provost & President, Trinity College. "Community - Provost & President : Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 12 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. "Pradeep Kar | Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology". srishti.ac.in. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  22. "TiE Bangalore chapter president". The Hindu Business Line. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  23. "Remore Infrastructure Management Forum". www.nasscom.in. April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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