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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = File:Preeti Saran.jpg
|office = Secretary (East), [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, India]]
|term_start = March 2016<ref name="archive1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924132258/http://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-24 |title=MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East) |date=2017-10-31 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|term_end = 30 September 2018<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200726/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-thakur-made-mea-secretary/article24566692.ece</ref>
|predecessor = [[Anil Wadhwa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/anil-wadhwa-is-india-s-next-envoy-to-italy/india/news/285704.html |title=Anil Wadhwa is India's next envoy to Italy |publisher=Uniindia.com |date=2015-11-26 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|successor = Vijay Thakur Singh<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200726/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-thakur-made-mea-secretary/article24566692.ece</ref>
|office1 = [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Vietnam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aiyd.org/aiyd-2017/panelist-2017/preeti-saran/ |title=Preeti Saran |publisher=AIYD |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/21727/Smt+Preeti+Saran+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Socialist+Republic+of+Vietnam |title=Smt. Preeti Saran appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |publisher=Mea.gov.in |date=2013-05-20 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|primeminister1 =
|term_start1 = September 2013
|term_end1 = March 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/11/ambassadors-to-afghanistan-vietnam-appointed-secretaries-in-mea/ |title=Ambassadors to Afghanistan, Vietnam appointed secretaries in MEA – The Sen Times |publisher=Tkbsen.in |date=2015-11-23 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 = P. Harish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htmdtl/26308/P+Harish+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Socialist+Republic+of+Vietnam |title=Sorry for the inconvenience |publisher=Mea.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|office2 = Consul General of [[India]], [[Toronto]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Canadian Parvasi |url=https://www.canadianparvasi.com/2017/07/15/reception-former-indian-consul-general/ |title=Reception for former Indian Consul General Preeti Saran |publisher=Canadianparvasi.com |date=2017-07-17 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
|primeminister2 =
|term_start2 = November 2008<ref name="ReferenceA">https://web.archive.org/web/20180903153412/https://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm</ref>
|term_end2 = August 2013<ref name="ReferenceA">https://web.archive.org/web/20180903153412/https://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm</ref>
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|09|05|df=y}}<ref name="ReferenceB">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref>
|birth_place =
| occupation =[[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
|children = 2 sons
|party =
|alma_mater = [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]], [[University of Delhi]]<ref name="archive1"/>
|profession = [[Civil Servant]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse = [[Pankaj Saran]]
|sibling =
|website =
}}
'''Preeti Saran''', born 5 September 1958,<ref name="ReferenceB">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref> is an Indian [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] cadre 1982 batch.<ref name="ReferenceB">https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf</ref> In December 2018, Saran was elected unopposed to the [[United Nations]] [[Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]] for a term from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022.<ref name="ReferenceC">https://web.archive.org/web/20181209172958/https://www.news18.com/news/india/former-indian-diplomat-preeti-saran-elected-to-uns-socio-economic-cultural-panel-1963085.html</ref>

==Personal life==
Preeti Saran holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A. (Honours)]] degree and [[Master of Arts]] degree in English from the [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]], [[University of Delhi]]. She is married to [[Pankaj Saran]],<ref>{{cite web|author=IANS |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/pankaj-saran-named-india-s-new-ambassador-to-russia-115112700431_1.html |title=Pankaj Saran named India's new ambassador to Russia | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |date=2015-11-27 |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref> who also belongs to the [[Indian Foreign Service]]<ref name="archive1"/> They have two sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianembassy.ru/index.php/home/ambassador |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123045822/http://www.indianembassy.ru/index.php/home/ambassador |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-01-23 |title=Ambassador |accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref> and is the incumbent [[National Security Advisor (India)|Deputy National Security Adviser of India]].<ref>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</ref>

==Career==
She joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in August 1982. She has served in [[India]]n missions at [[Moscow]], [[Dhaka]], [[Cairo]], [[Geneva]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vietnam]].<ref name="archive2">{{cite web |url=http://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |title=MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East) |accessdate=2018-02-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131042928/http://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |archivedate=2018-01-31 }}</ref> Saran was the Consul General of [[India]] at [[Toronto]] and the [[India]]n [[Ambassador]] to [[Vietnam]].<ref name="archive2"/> She served as the Secretary (East) in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs, India]] from March 2016 to 30 September 2018.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181006160730/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/vijay-thakur-made-mea-secretary/article24567772.ece</ref>

From 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022, Saran will be a member of the [[United Nations]] [[Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]] for a term from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022.<ref name="ReferenceC"/> She also acts as a mentor to Center for Strategic and Foreign Relations at [[Vision India Foundation]].<ref name="Vision India Foundation">https://visionindiafoundation.com/aboutus/team/</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian diplomats]]
[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]
[[Category:Indian women ambassadors]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Lady Shri Ram College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Vietnam]]

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