Amandeep Singh Gill
{{Short description|Indian diplomat and technologist}}
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Amandeep Singh Gill (born 1968) is a former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer{{cite web|url=https://solve.mit.edu/users/amandeep-singh-gill|title=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=mit.edu|accessdate=17 January 2024}} who serves as the United Nations (UN) Secretary General (SG)'s Envoy on Technology since June 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/senior-indian-diplomat-amandeep-singh-gill-appointed-un-envoy-on-technology/article65517080.ece|title=Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed U.N. Envoy on Technology|website= thehindu.com |publisher=The Hindu|agency=PTI|date=11 June 2022|accessdate=21 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/amandeep-gill|title=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=un.org|accessdate=17 January 2024 }}{{cite news|url=https://time.com/6316503/un-ai-governance-plan-gill/|title=How the U.N. Plans to Shape the Future of AI|first=Will| last=Henshall|website=Time|publisher=Time Magazine|date=21 September 2023|access-date=17 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/india-has-a-unique-vantage-position-on-how-ai-could-play-out-un-tech-envoy-amandeep-singh-gill-409263-2023-12-13|title=India has a unique vantage position on how AI could play out: UN Tech Envoy Amandeep Singh Gill|first=Pranav|last=Dixit|website=businesstoday.in|publisher=Business Today|date=13 December 2023|accessdate=19 January 2024}} He is also a member of the UN SG's Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence since October 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/ai-advisory-body|title=High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence|website=un.org|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2023-10-26/secretary-generals-advisory-body-members-artificial-intelligence|title=Secretary-General's Advisory Body Members - Artificial Intelligence|website=un.org|date=26 October 2023|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/united-nations-creates-advisory-body-address-ai-governance-2023-10-26/|title=United Nations creates advisory body to address AI governance|publisher=Reuters|website=reuters.com|first=Supantha|last=Mukherjee|date=27 October 2023|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/eminent-technology-experts-from-india-named-to-new-ai-advisory-body-announced-by-un-secretary-general-2744307|title=Eminent technology experts from India named to new AI advisory body announced by UN Secretary General|website=deccanherald.com|publisher=Deccan Herald|agency=PTI|date=27 October 2023|accessdate=19 January 2024}}
Education and career
Gill holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He was a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) during 2008–2009.{{cite web |url = https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/nuclear_learning_revisited|title=Nuclear Learning Revisited|website=stanford.edu|accessdate=17 January 2024}} He also holds a PhD from King's College, London.{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/mcm/whos-who/bios/UN-SINGH-GILL.pdf|title=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=oecd.org|accessdate=17 January 2024}} His PhD thesis is on Nuclear Learning in Multilateral Forums.{{cite web|url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/103271258/2017_Gill_Amandeep_Singh_1257328_ethesis.pdf|title=Nuclear Learning in Multilateral Forums|website=kcl.ac.uk|accessdate=21 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://pmindiaun.gov.in/Cdgeneva/pages/OA,, |title=Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill|website=pmindiaun.gov.in|accessdate=17 January 2024}}{{cite web |url =https://meaindia.nic.in/cdgeneva/?5671?000|title=Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill|website=meaindia.nic.in|accessdate=17 January 2024}}
Gill began his diplomatic career in 1992 and served in various capacities in the Indian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He also served at the Indian Mission to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland and the Indian Mission to the UN in Geneva. His roles in New Delhi, India included positions in the Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Division and the UN Division. He also headed the DISA Division from 2013 to 2016.
Work
Gill has written about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on modern life and the necessity for establishing appropriate regulatory frameworks to ensure AI plays a positive role in the future.{{cite web|url=https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/survival-online//2019/12/imagining-the-ai-future|title=Imagining the AI future|author=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=iiss.org|publisher=IISS|date= 2 January 2020|accessdate=17 January 2024}} He has talked about the potential impact of AI on the Global South and about India's role in "how AI could play out in the Global South."{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-has-unique-position-on-how-ai-could-play-out-in-the-global-south-un-tech-envoy/articleshow/105951341.cms|title=India has unique position on how AI could play out in the Global South: UN tech envoy|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com|publisher=Economic Times|agency=PTI|date=13 December 2023|accessdate=19 January 2024}}
Gill believes AI can help accelerate the process of achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.{{cite news|url=https://fortune.com/2023/09/26/united-nations-tech-policy-ai-amandeep-gill-optimistic-subvert-democracy/|title=The UN’s tech policy chief is optimistic about AI even though it could subvert democracy, delude society at large and make us less human|first=Jennifer|last=Peltz|website=fortune.com|publisher=Fortune Magazine|agency=Associated Press|date=26 September 2023|accessdate=17 January 2024}}
Personal life
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External links
- {{twitter|UNTechEnvoy}}
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Category:Panjab University alumni
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Category:Indian Foreign Service officers
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