Panjab University alumnus Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief's Envoy on Technology

Panjab University alumnus Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief's Envoy on Technology

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Category : International Published on: June 14 2022

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  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill as his envoy on technology to coordinate programmes for international digital cooperation. 
  • Amandeep Singh Gill has been India's permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016-to 2018.
  • Previously, Gill was the Executive Director and Co-Lead of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018-2019).
  • He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
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