Preeti Saran

{{Short description|Indian civil servant (born 1958)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image = File:Preeti Saran.jpg

|office = Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India

|term_start = March 2016{{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}}

|term_end = 30 September 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-thakur-made-mea-secretary/article24566692.ece |title=Vijay Thakur made MEA Secretary - the Hindu |website=www.thehindu.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200726/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-thakur-made-mea-secretary/article24566692.ece |archive-date=29 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}

|predecessor = Anil Wadhwa{{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}}

|successor = Vijay Thakur Singh

|office1 = Indian Ambassador to Vietnam{{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 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215024251/http://aiyd.org/aiyd-2017/panelist-2017/preeti-saran/ |url-status=dead }}{{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}}

|primeminister1 =

|term_start1 = September 2013

|term_end1 = March 2016{{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 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215025555/http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/11/ambassadors-to-afghanistan-vietnam-appointed-secretaries-in-mea/ |url-status=dead }}

|predecessor1 =

|successor1 = P. Harish{{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}}

|office2 = Consul General of India, Toronto{{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 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215024057/https://www.canadianparvasi.com/2017/07/15/reception-former-indian-consul-general/ |url-status=dead }}

|primeminister2 =

|term_start2 = November 2008{{cite web |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |title=MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East) |website=www.mea.gov.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903153412/https://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm |archive-date=3 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}

|term_end2 = August 2013

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|successor2 =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|09|05|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=mea.gov.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |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 |url-status=dead}}

|birth_place =

| occupation =IFS

|children = 2 sons

|party =

|alma_mater = Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

|profession = Civil Servant

| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Pankaj Saran

|sibling =

|website =

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Preeti Saran (born 5 September 1958){{cite web |url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=mea.gov.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |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 |url-status=dead}} is an Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre 1982 batch. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/former-indian-diplomat-preeti-saran-elected-to-uns-socio-economic-cultural-panel-1963085.html |title=Former Indian Diplomat Preeti Saran Elected to UN's Socio-Economic, Cultural Panel - News18 |website=www.news18.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}