Walter Saldanha (31 October 1931 – 28 December 2024) was an Indian businessman and co-founder with Brendan Pereira, of Chaitra Advertising Private Limited (now Leo Burnett).
In 2001, he founded the Asian Institute of Communication and Research, better known as AICAR Business School.
In 1951 he joined the advertising agency J Walter Thompson (JWT India) as secretary to a senior account executive.
In 2001 he set up the Asian Institute of Communication & Research, better known as AICAR Business School.
Treasurer of the Society for Eradication of Leprosy, he was also a Trustee of the Sangeet Abhinay Academy, an organisation devoted to the development of musical talent and the Shanti Avedna Sadan (a home for terminally ill cancer patients).