Pankaj Saran

Pankaj Saran (born 22 November 1958[8]) is an Indian diplomat and a former officer in the Indian Foreign Service. He is the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.[9]

Pankaj Saran
Deputy National Security Advisor of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2018[1] Serving with Rajinder Khanna , R. N. Ravi(till July 2019), Dattatray Padsalgikar
Indian Ambassador to Russia
In office January 2016[2] – 2018[3]
Preceded by	P. S. Raghavan[4]
Succeeded by	D. B. Venkatesh Varma
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh
In office March 2012[5] – December 2015[5]
Preceded by	Rajeet Mitter[6]
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan Shringla[7]
Personal details
Born	22 November 1958[8]
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Preeti Saran
Children	2 sons[2]
Alma mater	Hindu College; Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi)
Occupation	Diplomat IFS

Personal life

Saran holds a B.A. (Honours) degree and Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Hindu College and Delhi School of Economics respectively.[2] His interests include tennis, golf, bridge and reading.[2] He is married to Preeti Saran, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.[2]

Career history

Pankaj Saran joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982.[8] He has served at Indian missions in Moscow, Washington, D.C., Cairo and Dhaka.[2] He was the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, New Delhi from 2007 to 2012.[10]

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.[11][12]

On 29 May 2018, Pankaj Saran was appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India.[12]

See also

• Riva Ganguly Das
• Harsh V Shringla
• Vijay Gokhale
• Taranjit Singh Sandhu

References

1. "ACC Approvals".
2. "Ambassador". 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018.
3. "Embassy of India, Moscow (Russia)".
4. https://indianmandarins.com/pankaj-saran assisted by Aditya kumar Mahato-replaces-raghavan-as-indias-ambassador-to-russia/
5. "Previous High Commissioners". www.hcidhaka.gov.in.
6. "Pankaj Saran next Indian envoy". The Daily Star. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
7. "Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed envoys for Bangladesh, China". 18 November 2015.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf
9. "Centre's Naga talks interlocutor RN Ravi becomes Deputy National Security Advisor". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018.
10. "Pankaj Saran named India's new ambassador to Russia". 27 November 2015.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530052320/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/destinies-of-india-bangladesh-closely-interlinked-high-commissioner-pankaj-saran-768967
12. "With Former Diplomat Pankaj Saran as Deputy, NSA Goes Beyond Just Strategy". News18. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.