Dr Amit S Telang, an IFS officer from 2005 batch, presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, Frankfurt, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Dr. Amit Telang took over as the Consul General of India in Frankfurt on 30 July 2020. He graduated and earned his Masters degree from Government Medical College, Nagpur and briefly served as a Medical Officer and as a Lecturer before joining government service in 2004 first in the Indian Revenue Service and later the Indian Foreign Service in 2005.
He has previously served as the Head of Political Wing in Embassy of India, Berlin and subsequently as Head of Economic & Commercial Wing in Embassy of India, Moscow. At the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, he has served in the External Publicity Division, Administration Division and East Asia Division.
His interests include classical music and reading, especially philosophy, and world history. He speaks English and German. He is married and has one daughter.
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