Pratima Rao Gluckman

Pratima Rao Gluckman – Author, Engineering Leader & Wellness Advocate

Pratima Rao Gluckman is an engineering leader, author, and wellness advocate whose career bridges the worlds of enterprise software and sustainable well-being. With master’s degrees in computer science and chemistry, and a bachelor's in instrumentation engineering from BITS Pilani, she knew early on that engineering was her path. After years as a software engineer, she transitioned into engineering management where her passion for leadership and mentorship truly flourished.

As she rose through the ranks in the tech industry, Pratima became deeply aware of the systemic gender bias and imposter syndrome that often hold women back. This led her to write her first book, Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech, a powerful collection of stories aimed at inspiring change and fostering equity in leadership.

After facing her own personal experience with burnout, Pratima turned her attention to health and healing both personal and systemic. She developed the SEED framework (Sleep, Exercise, Emotions, Diet) as a practical, science-based guide to reclaiming wellness in everyday life. Her second book, SEED Your Superpower, brings this framework to life, combining personal stories, research, and tools to help others thrive in body and mind.

Pratima is also the creator of Toon-A-Long Tunes, a children’s YouTube channel that blends education and music to nurture curiosity and joy in young learners.

Her latest work, Automate Once, Replicate Everywhere, shares the automation systems she built to manage her daily SEED content distribution, helping content creators reclaim hundreds of hours through systematic thinking.

She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children, and continues to build a bridge between tech, wellness, and meaningful change.