Gaurav Sharma is currently an AI Tech Policy Fellow at the Academy of International Affairs (AIA-NRW.org). He is on a sabbatical from his role as an Advisor on Artificial Intelligence for the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in India. He is the Alumni Hub Coordinator for Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in India. Gaurav served as the Ambassador for the ‘Global Leadership Academy’ for Asia and the Pacific region (2019–20) and was the Task Force-5 member of the Think20 (T20) initiative of the G20 from 2016 to 2020 on ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. Mr. Sharma is the recipient of the German Chancellor Fellowship (2015–2016), by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He was awarded the Crans Montana Forum Young Leaders award (2014) and was the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Young Ambassador of India for the years 2018–2019. He holds a Master’s in International and European Security from Geneva, a post – graduate diploma in International Human Rights laws, Humanitarian Laws, and Refugee Laws and a bachelor’s degree in information technology (IT). He is advisor to two NGO’s on frugal innovations in agriculture and girl child education. Gaurav Sharma has multi-disciplinary experience in International Development Cooperation, Foreign and Security Policy and Information Technology. Gaurav is passionate about ‘people and planet’ and believes in technology driven transformative solutions and has lived and worked across 3 continents.
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