Pankaj Saran


Pankaj Saran is an Indian diplomat and a former officer in the Indian Foreign Service. He is the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.

Personal life

Saran holds a B.A. degree and Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Hindu College and Delhi School of Economics respectively. His interests include tennis, golf, bridge and reading. He is married to Preeti Saran, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.

Career history

Pankaj Saran joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982. He has served at Indian missions in Moscow, Washington, D.C., Cairo and Dhaka. He was the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, New Delhi from 2007 to 2012.
Saran was the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh in 2015 when the historic India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement was ratified by the Parliament of India.
On 29 May 2018, Pankaj Saran was appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India.