Major General 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. He has trained over three thousand officers of Indian and 38 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.
Since 2004, he has been working on a mission whose primary aim is to add solidity to the lives of children through a variety of workshops designed to improve their competitiveness and earning potential. Till date, he has counselled approximately 8.3 lakh children of schools, colleges and universities on The finest career opportunities through science, commerce and humanities, Personality development, motivation and power of thoughts, Defence Services and Civil Services, National Security and Leadership in the 21st century. In 2011 and 2012, he counselled over 30,000 children in South, Central and North Kashmir at the behest of The Army and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He has aso counselled children in dacoit-infested areas around Rewa and Satna at the behest of Chinmaya Mission.