High Commission of India, Georgetown, Guyana

High Commissioner's Profile

Dr. Amit Telang is an officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of 2005 batch. He is presently serving as High Commissioner of India to Guyana. Dr. Telang is a Graduate and Post Graduate from Government Medical College, Nagpur. He briefly served as a Medical Officer and Lecturer before joining government service.

His previous assignments include Head of Political Wing in Embassy of India, Berlin; Head of Economic & Commercial Wing in Embassy of India, Moscow; and as Consul General of India, Frankfurt. At Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, he has served in External Publicity, Administration and East Asia Divisions.

His interests include classical music and reading. He speaks Hindi, Marathi, English and German. He is married to Dr. Deepali, a Dentist and German Teacher, and they have one college-going daughter, Kasturi.