| Office: | Deputy National Security Advisor of India |
| Term Start: | 29 May 2018[1] |
| Term End: | 31 December 2021[2] |
| Alongside: | Rajinder Khanna, R. N. Ravi (till July 2019), Dattatray Padsalgikar |
| Successor: | Vikram Misri |
| Predecessor: | Arvind Gupta |
| Office1: | Indian Ambassador to Russia |
| Term Start1: | January 2016 |
| Term End1: | 2018[3] |
| Predecessor1: | P. S. Raghavan[4] |
| Successor1: | D. B. Venkatesh Varma |
| Office2: | Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh |
| Term Start2: | March 2012[5] |
| Term End2: | December 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Rajeet Mitter[6] |
| Successor2: | Harsh Vardhan Shringla[7] |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1958 |
| Children: | 2 sons |
| Alma Mater: | University of Delhi (BA, MA) |
| Profession: | Civil servant |
| Spouse: | Preeti Saran |
Pankaj Saran (born 22 November 1958) is a former Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.[8]
Saran holds a B.A. (Honours) degree and Master of Arts degree in economics from the Hindu College and Delhi School of Economics respectively.[9] His interests include tennis, golf, bridge and reading.[9] He is married to Preeti Saran, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.[9]
Pankaj Saran joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982.[10] He has served at Indian missions in Moscow, Washington, D.C., Cairo and Dhaka.[9] He was the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, New Delhi from 2007 to 2012.[11]
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.[12] [13]
On 29 May 2018, Pankaj Saran was appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India and served their till 31 December 2021.[13]