Narayanan Janani (born 28 April 1985) is an Indian cricket umpire.

[1] She is currently a member of Development Panel of ICC Umpires.

[2][3][4] She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

[5][6] On 10 January 2023, she along with Vrinda Rathi and Gayathri Venugopalan became the first woman umpires to stand as an on-field umpire in a men's domestic fixture in India, when she was one of the umpires in the match between Tripura and Railways in the 2022–23 Ranji Trophy.

[7] In January 2025, she was named as part of a female officiating group for the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.