Vijay Kumar Saraswat is an Indian scientist who formerly served as the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Indian Minister of Defence.

[5] and former President of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.

[6] Saraswat is the key scientist in the development of the Prithvi missile and its induction in the Indian armed forces.

He is chairman, Combustion Institute (Indian Section), and Aeronautical Society of India (Hyderabad Branch).

[9] After internal audit reports and CAG raising red flags over many of V. K. Saraswat's decisions, the Ministry of Defence[10] decided to impose severe restrictions on his financial powers.