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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Pankaj Saran (cropped).jpg
|office = Deputy [[National Security Advisor (India)| National Security Advisor of India]]
|term_start = 29 May 2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179609 |title = ACC Approvals}}</ref>
|alongside = [[Rajinder Khanna]] , [[R. N. Ravi]](till July 2019), [[Dattatray Padsalgikar]]
|office1 = [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Russia]]
|term_start1 = January 2016<ref name="archive.org1" />
|term_end1 = 2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indianembassy-moscow.gov.in/indian-ambassadors-to-russia.php |title = Embassy of India, Moscow (Russia)}}</ref>
|predecessor1 = P. S. Raghavan<ref>https://indianmandarins.com/pankaj-saran assisted by Aditya kumar Mahato-replaces-raghavan-as-indias-ambassador-to-russia/</ref>
|successor1 = D. B. Venkatesh Varma
|office2 = [[List of high commissioners of India to Bangladesh|Indian High Commissioner]] to [[Bangladesh]]
|term_start2 = March 2012<ref name="hcidhaka.gov.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.hcidhaka.gov.in/pages.php?id=1556|title=Previous High Commissioners|website=www.hcidhaka.gov.in}}</ref>
|term_end2 = December 2015<ref name="hcidhaka.gov.in"/>
|predecessor2 = Rajeet Mitter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-221853|title=Pankaj Saran next Indian envoy|date=10 February 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=15 July 2018}}</ref>
|successor2 = [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/11/harsh-vardhan-shringla-vijay-keshav-gokhale-appointed-envoys-for-bangladesh-china/|title=Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed envoys for Bangladesh, China|date=18 November 2015}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|22|df=y}}<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-date = 22 April 2018|title = Sorry for the inconvenience}}</ref>
|birth_place =
| occupation = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
|children = 2 sons<ref name="archive.org1"/>
|party =
|alma_mater = [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|Hindu College]]; [[Delhi School of Economics]] ([[University of Delhi]])
|profession = [[civil servant]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|spouse = [[Preeti Saran]]
|website =
}}
'''Pankaj Saran''' (born 22 November 1958<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-date = 22 April 2018|title = Sorry for the inconvenience}}</ref>) is an Indian [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] cadre. He is the Deputy [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Adviser of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-s-naga-talks-interlocutor-rn-ravi-becomes-deputy-national-security-advisor/story-hZGPfqryioWMZKcmaDdxhJ.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006155819/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-s-naga-talks-interlocutor-rn-ravi-becomes-deputy-national-security-advisor/story-hZGPfqryioWMZKcmaDdxhJ.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-10-06 |title=Centre's Naga talks interlocutor RN Ravi becomes Deputy National Security Advisor |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Saran holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A. (Honours)]] degree and [[Master of Arts]] degree in Economics from the [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|Hindu College]] and [[Delhi School of Economics]] respectively.<ref name="archive.org1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianembassy.ru/index.php/en/home/ambassador|title=Ambassador|date=31 January 2018|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131044833/http://www.indianembassy.ru/index.php/en/home/ambassador|archivedate=31 January 2018}}</ref> His interests include [[tennis]], [[golf]], [[Contract bridge|bridge]] and [[Reading (process)|reading]].<ref name="archive.org1"/> He is married to [[Preeti Saran]], who also belongs to the [[Indian Foreign Service]]. They have two sons.<ref name="archive.org1"/>

==Career history==
Pankaj Saran joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in August 1982.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-date = 22 April 2018|title = Sorry for the inconvenience}}</ref> He has served at [[Indian people|Indian]] missions in [[Moscow]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Cairo]] and [[Dhaka]].<ref name="archive.org1"/> He was the [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]], [[New Delhi]] from 2007 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/international/pankaj-saran-named-india-s-new-ambassador-to-russia-1939194.html|title=Pankaj Saran named India's new ambassador to Russia|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>

Saran was the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[High Commissioner]] to [[Bangladesh]] in 2015 when the historic [[India]]-[[Bangladesh]] [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|Land Boundary Agreement]] was ratified by the [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/destinies-of-india-bangladesh-closely-interlinked-high-commissioner-pankaj-saran-768967|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530052320/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/destinies-of-india-bangladesh-closely-interlinked-high-commissioner-pankaj-saran-768967|archive-date=30 May 2018|title=Destinies of India, Bangladesh Closely Interlinked: High Commissioner Pankaj Saran}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/with-former-diplomat-pankaj-saran-as-deputy-nsa-goes-beyond-just-strategy-1763525.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530053009/https://www.news18.com/news/india/with-former-diplomat-pankaj-saran-as-deputy-nsa-goes-beyond-just-strategy-1763525.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-05-30 |title=With Former Diplomat Pankaj Saran as Deputy, NSA Goes Beyond Just Strategy |work=News18}}</ref>

On 29 May 2018, Pankaj Saran was appointed by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] as the Deputy [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor of India]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==See also==
* [[Riva Ganguly Das]]
* [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla|Harsh V Shringla]]
* [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale|Vijay Gokhale]]
*[[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Russia]]
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[[Category:High Commissioners of India to Bangladesh]]

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