Maj Gen Pramod Saighal retired in 2002 as the Head of Army Air Defence College wherein he trained officers in Nano-Technology, Information Technology, Electronic Warfare, Radars and Computers.

Prior to that he trained over three thousand officers of Indian and 30 foreign Armies at Army War College Mhow. • He has also trained cadets of The National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla and The Officer's Training Academy, Chennai.

He is a pilot and a deep sea diver and has flown extensively in the North-East and J&K. • Post retirement he headed two NGOs in the field of education and disaster management and did some stellar work in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, post the Tsunami. He was involved with reconstruction of 400 schools and 10 hospitals after they were destroyed by the Tsunami.

Since 2004, he has been working on a mission whose primary aim is to add solidity to the lives of our children through a variety of workshops designed to improve their competitiveness and earning potential. Dr.Abdul Kalam, Dr. Manmohan Singh, several Chief Ministers, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Chinmaya Mission, Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, parents and the students have commended him for these efforts.

Till date, he has counselled over 15.0 lakh children of schools, colleges and universities, across 25 states, completely gratis. • In 2007, he counselled 100,000 children of 200 schools at the same time from Leh-Kanyakumari-Bhuj-Arunachal through a unique interactive experiment involving JNV Schools, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Ministry of HRD.