Dnyaneshwar Mulay – ज्ञानेश्वर मुळे (Jñānēśvar Muḷē), Consul General of India, New York, USA (former High commissioner of India in Maldives), the son of soil of Kolhapur and career diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) since 1983. He has been recognised both nationally and internationally as a prominent thought leader, diplomat, and author.He is a well-known writer having written over 15 books that have been translated in Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu, Kannada and Hindi.