Pradeep Kar is a visionary and industry pioneer who redefined the infrastructure outsourcing industry by leveraging the remote service delivery model and established Microland as an infrastructure management specialist. A serial entrepreneur, he founded and sold 3 technology companies notable amongst them was Indya.com, which he sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation; Planetasia.com and Net Brahma Technologies. He is a Non-Executive Director of UBM plc., a business listed on the London Stock Exchange; is on the Board of Telstra Telecommunications India and on the South Asia Board of Trinity College, Dublin. He is the Past President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore Chapter and also chairs the Infrastructure Management Services Forum of NASSCOMPradeep Kar struck a partnership with Netscape in 1995 for the Indian market the year Internet was introduced in India - the deal was done with the head of Netscape's international business in a parking lot.Professional Career:Founder, Chairman & MD of MicrolandEducation:MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, BE from Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyAwards/Recognition:Indian Express 'India Young Business Achiever Award', 'Global Leader for Tomorrow' by World Economic Forum
