A philanthropist, spending time as managing trustee of KRI Trust, Veteran Commander Pradeep Prasad has patriotism and welfare of the down-trodden ingrained in him right from childhood, primarily due to education in Ranchi’s Sacred Heart, St John’s, Netarhat Residential School, and IIT Kharagpur. 16+ years at IBM and 21 years in the Indian Navy have seen the veteran building Systems from scratch and maintaining them – be it Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS) for the entire Navy across the globe, or Business Continuity and Pandemic management for the entire IBM India, or IT infrastructure for India’s Strategic Forces (Nuclear) Command. Pradeep has also acted in short feature movies and dabbles in singing and owns a YouTube channel. 

Certain out-of-the-ordinary nuggets:

Eminent Personality 2015: IBM India South Asia

Innovation Award, IBM (2017)

India’s Nuclear Command’s First Naval Officer (2003)

Managing Trustee: KRI Trust

Managing Committee, IIT Alumni Centre Bangalore

Executive Committee, IIT Kgp Alumni Foundation (India)

ex-Chairman BCI Bengaluru Forum (2014-2017)

IBM Corporate Services Corps (2015)

“The IITians” by Sandipan Deb – page 313

Protagonist: Movie “Shoonya Phinal”

Reena is a great human motivator, absolutely calm and resilient in the worst trying times, and takes people along. She approaches any issue or challenge with great resolute and empathy. She is instrumental in the growth of KRI Trust through her insights. She was instrumental in registration on the Trust on 12 Feb 2019. After that, she undertook a journey of the interiors of Jharkhand to learn about the on-ground challenges faced by the tribes inhabiting those areas. 

Reena has completed her MA (Geography) from BHU, and BEd from Patna with initial schooling in Mount Carmel Dhanbad and St Xavier's Sahebganj. She was a full-time permanent teacher in Mumbai and she has given up all that to raise our two brilliant kids; now that they are settled, she devotes her time to the improvement of mankind's social well-being.