Amandeep Singh Gill
Amandeep Singh Gill is a United Nations diplomat whose work shapes international AI policy through diplomacy and digital cooperation. He joined India's diplomatic service in 1992, represented India at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and earned a PhD on nuclear learning in multilateral forums. His career has included AI negotiations, a UN digital cooperation panel, an international digital health and AI research initiative, and service on the Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Body on AI. Since 2025, he has led the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies as Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy; in 2024, TIME included him in its TIME100 AI list.
- Now at
- United Nations
- Works
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Timeline
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1992–2018
Diplomacy and nuclear learning
He joined India's diplomatic service in 1992 and served in postings in Tehran and Colombo. From 2016 to 2018, he was India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He earned a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and electrical communications from Panjab University and a PhD on nuclear learning in multilateral forums from King's College London in 2018.
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2016–2020
Negotiating AI safeguards
From 2016 to 2018, he chaired the Group of Governmental Experts on emerging technologies in lethal autonomous weapon systems. He helped secure international consensus recommendations on AI in these weapons in 2017 and 2018, and helped secure UNESCO's draft AI ethics recommendation in 2020.
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2018–2019
Coordinating digital cooperation
He served as Executive Director of the Secretariat for the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. The panel submitted its report, The Age of Digital Interdependence, to the Secretary-General in June 2019.
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By June 2022
A digital health partnership
By June 2022, he was CEO of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative (I-DAIR), based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
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2022–2024
Serving as technology envoy
He served as the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology from 2022 to 2024.
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2023–2024
Serving on an AI advisory body
The Secretary-General named him to the 39-member High-Level Advisory Body on AI in 2023. The body was formed to analyze AI and advance recommendations for international governance. In 2024, he reviewed UN recommendations at SDSN's Pre-Summit of the Future.
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2024
Included in TIME100 AI
TIME included him in its 2024 TIME100 AI list.
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Since 2025
Leading digital technologies
Since January 2025, he has been the UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, leading the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies.
Sources and credits
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- Secretary-General Appoints Amandeep Singh Gill of India Envoy on Technology
- Nuclear Learning in Multilateral Forums
- Technology Governance and the Role of Multilateralism, with Amandeep Singh Gill
- Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation
- Leadership | Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
- UN Secretary-General launches AI Advisory Body on risks, opportunities, and international governance of artificial intelligence
- Pathways to Progress: Insights from SDSN’s Pre-Summit of the Future
- UN Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill presents on AI and education | International Affairs | Lehigh University