UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior Indian diplomat __________ as his envoy on technology.

Gurmit Singh

Pushkar Singh Dhami

Trivendra Singh Rawat

Amandeep Singh Gill

Correct Answer : Amandeep Singh Gill

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.

Mr Guterres' spokesperson Stephane Dujarric made the announcement yesterday, calling Mr Gill a thought leader on digital technology, who has a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Amandeep Singh Gill has been India's permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016 to 2018. He is now the chief executive officer of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) project at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva..

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Published On : June 11, 2022

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