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{{Short description|Indian diplomat and technologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Amandeep Singh Gill
|image = Amandeep Singh Gill Loz.jpg
|caption = Amandeep Singh Gill at the [[United Nations]] (2025)
|occupation = [[Electrical technologist|Technologist]] and Former [[diplomat]]
|title =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|29|mf=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|title= Amandeep Singh Gill.CV. |url=https://fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/staff/3887/Amandeep_Singh_Gill-CV.pdf |access-date= 21 November 2025|website= [[Amazon Web Services]]|language=en}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
|death_date =
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|spouse = Ashma Singh
|children = 2
|alma_mater = [[Punjab Engineering College]] ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]])<br>[[King's College London]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])<ref>{{Cite web|title= Amandeep Singh Gill.CV. |url=https://fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/staff/3887/Amandeep_Singh_Gill-CV.pdf |access-date= 21 November 2025|website= [[Amazon Web Services]]|language=en}}</ref>
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'''Amandeep Singh Gill''' (born 29 September 1968<ref>{{Cite web|title= Amandeep Singh Gill.CV. |url=https://fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/staff/3887/Amandeep_Singh_Gill-CV.pdf |access-date= 21 November 2025|website= [[Amazon Web Services]]|language=en}}</ref>) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Electrical technologist|technologist]] and retired [[diplomat]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]]<ref name="MITSOLVE">{{cite web|url=https://solve.mit.edu/users/amandeep-singh-gill|title=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=mit.edu|accessdate=17 January 2024}}</ref> who serves as the [[United Nations]] (UN) [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary General]] (SG)'s Envoy on Technology since June 2022.<ref name="Hindu">{{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=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=11 June 2022|accessdate=21 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="UN">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/amandeep-gill|title=Amandeep Singh Gill|website=un.org|accessdate=17 January 2024 }}</ref><ref name="time">{{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 (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Magazine]]|date=21 September 2023|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="BT">{{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 (India)|Business Today]]|date=13 December 2023|accessdate=19 January 2024}}</ref> He is also a member of the UN SG's Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence since October 2023.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Education and career ==
Gill holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications from [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]], [[India]].<ref name="MITSOLVE"/><ref name="PMIndiaUN"/> He was a visiting fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Center for International Security and Cooperation]] (CISAC) during 2008–2009.<ref name="PMIndiaUN"/><ref>{{cite web |url = https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/nuclear_learning_revisited|title=Nuclear Learning Revisited|website=stanford.edu|accessdate=17 January 2024}}</ref> He also holds a PhD from [[King's College London|King's College]], [[London]].<ref name="UN"/><ref>{{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}}</ref> His PhD thesis is on Nuclear Learning in Multilateral Forums.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="PMIndiaUN">{{cite web|url=https://pmindiaun.gov.in/Cdgeneva/pages/OA,, |title=Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill|website=pmindiaun.gov.in|accessdate=17 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url =https://meaindia.nic.in/cdgeneva/?5671?000|title=Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill|website=meaindia.nic.in|accessdate=17 January 2024}}</ref>

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]]<ref name="Hindu"/><ref name="BT"/> 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.<ref name="PMIndiaUN"/>

== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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."<ref name="BT"/><ref>{{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=[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=13 December 2023|accessdate=19 January 2024}}</ref>

Gill believes AI can help accelerate the process of achieving the UN's [[Sustainable Development Goals]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Gill is married to Ashma Singh and they have one daughter and one son.<ref name="PMIndiaUN"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{twitter|UNTechEnvoy}}
* {{twitter|gioasempre}}
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