diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 037e31bf4027..65a6bbd0eebc 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ gitlab_username: # your GitLab user name
twitter_username: chertianser # your Twitter handle
mastodon_username: # your mastodon instance+username in the format instance.tld/@username
linkedin_username: chertianser # your LinkedIn user name
+telegram_username: # your Telegram user name
scholar_userid: -bvYUPIAAAAJ # your Google Scholar ID
semanticscholar_id: # your Semantic Scholar ID
whatsapp_number: # your WhatsApp number (full phone number in international format. Omit any zeroes, brackets, or dashes when adding the phone number in international format.)
diff --git a/_includes/metadata.html b/_includes/metadata.html
index af3813a85baa..a404ca97aa96 100644
--- a/_includes/metadata.html
+++ b/_includes/metadata.html
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
{%- capture link -%}https://github.com/{{ site.github_username }}{%- endcapture -%}
{%- assign sameaslinks = sameaslinks | push: link -%}
{%- endif -%}
+ {%- if site.telegram_username -%}
+ {%- capture link -%}https://telegram.me/{{ site.telegram_username }}{%- endcapture -%}
+ {%- assign sameaslinks = sameaslinks | push: link -%}
+ {%- endif -%}
{%- if site.linkedin_username -%}
{%- capture link -%}https://www.linkedin.com/in/{{ site.linkedin_username }}{%- endcapture -%}
{%- assign sameaslinks = sameaslinks | push: link -%}
diff --git a/_includes/social.html b/_includes/social.html
index 946120ebbe22..23c0d38856c0 100644
--- a/_includes/social.html
+++ b/_includes/social.html
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
{%- if site.email -%}
{% endif %}
+ {%- if site.telegram_username -%}
+
+ {% endif %}
{%- if site.whatsapp_number -%}
{% endif %}