Pradeep Kar

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| name = Pradeep Kar

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| caption = Kar, during a conference in 2016

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| nationality = Indian

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| alma_mater = Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research

| occupation = Chairman and Managing Director of Microland

| years_active = 1989-present

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| spouse = Kalpana Kar{{cite web | url = https://leadersquest.org/people/kalpana-kar| title = Kalpana Kar| accessdate = 2017-06-09|work=www.leadersquest.org}}

| children = Pranika Kar

| website = {{URL|https://www.microland.com/about/leaders/pradeep-kar}}

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Pradeep Kar (born March 11, 1958) is the Founder, chairman and managing director of Microland Limited, a pioneering and globally recognized IT Infrastructure services and consulting company with a proven track record of delivering tangible business outcomes for 35 years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Industry/XyCpemyVf4LCb1E6HPEznL/Microland-bets-on-computer-infrastructure-management.html|title=Microland bets on computer infrastructure management|last=Sen|first=Anirban|website=livemint.com|access-date=2017-06-09}}{{cite web| url = https://research.everestgrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ITO-Infrastructure-Service-2014-PEAK-Matrix-Global-Preview-deck.pdf| title = 2014 Global Preview Everest Group PEAK Matrix of Infrastructure Services ITO| accessdate = 2015-04-27| work = www.everestgrp.com| date = 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126190551/https://research.everestgrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ITO-Infrastructure-Service-2014-PEAK-Matrix-Global-Preview-deck.pdf| archive-date = 26 November 2015| url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/business/1999/oct/21otc.htm|title=Rediff On The NeT Business News: OTCEI takes position for leap into New Millennium|website=in.rediff.com|access-date=2017-06-09}}{{Cite news|last=Microland Pvt Ltd|title=Making digital happen - Microland|language=en-US|work=Microland|url=http://www.microland.com|access-date=2020-11-01}} Microland’s 4,600+ technologists deliver services in over 100 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, offering solutions in networks, cloud, data centers, cybersecurity, services management, applications, and automation.

Pradeep has founded and sold three technology companies, namely Indya.com (sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation),{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2001/08/03/stories/14031801.htm| title = Star acquires Indya, buys out strategic investors| accessdate = 2015-04-27|work=The Hindu Business Line|date= 3 August 2001}} Planetasia.com (India's first internet Professional Services Company), and Net Brahma Technologies.{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/21/stories/0421402g.htm| archive-url = https://archive.today/20150427135227/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/21/stories/0421402g.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 27 April 2015| title = Ambitious revenue target for Net Brahma| accessdate = 2015-04-27|work=The Hindu|date= 21 March 2001}}

In 1999, the World Economic Forum recognized Pradeep as a 'Global Leader for Tomorrow'{{cite web |date=31 March 2002 |title=Tech Survivor... |url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20020331/features2.html |accessdate=2015-04-27 |work=www.digitaltoday.in}} as an acknowledgement of his leadership in the Indian IT industry.