Pankaj Saran

Pankaj Saran (born 22 November 1958[8]) is a former Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.[9]

Pankaj Saran
Deputy National Security Advisor of India
In office
29 May 2018[1] – 31 December 2021
Serving with Rajinder Khanna , R. N. Ravi(till July 2019), Dattatray Padsalgikar
Indian Ambassador to Russia
In office
January 2016[2] – 2018[3]
Preceded byP. S. Raghavan[4]
Succeeded byD. B. Venkatesh Varma
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh
In office
March 2012[5] – December 2015[5]
Preceded byRajeet Mitter[6]
Succeeded byHarsh Vardhan Shringla[7]
Personal details
Born (1958-11-22) 22 November 1958[8]
SpousePreeti Saran
Children2 sons[2]
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA, MA)
ProfessionCivil servant

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]

References
  1. "ACC Approvals".
  2. "Ambassador". Embassy of India, Moscow (Russia). 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. "Sorry for the inconvenience" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018.
  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. "Destinies of India, Bangladesh Closely Interlinked: High Commissioner Pankaj Saran". NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.
  12. "With Former Diplomat Pankaj Saran as Deputy, NSA Goes Beyond Just Strategy". News18. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.
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