Prakash Manjanath Telang is a businessperson who has been the head of 8 different companies. Presently, he is Chairman for Tata Cummins Ltd., Chairman at Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Pvt Ltd., Chairman of Tata Motors (SA) (Pty) Ltd., Chairman at Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., Chairman for Tata Motors (Thailand) Ltd. and Chairman of Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera SA. Mr. Telang is also on the board of 10 other companies.

Prakash Manjanath Telang previously occupied the position of Director at Tema India Ltd., Principal at Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Managing Director-India Operations & Director at Tata Motors Ltd., Chairman for Kennametal India Ltd. and Principal at The Tata Group.

He received an MBA from Indian Institute of Management and an undergraduate degree from Nagpur University.