♦ IIT Madras Professor Balaraman Ravindran is among a global group of 40 distinguished experts recommended by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to serve on a new independent scientific panel on Artificial Intelligence. Guterres submitted for the consideration of the UN General Assembly the list of 40 distinguished individuals from every region to serve on the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence for a three-year term from the date of appointment.

♦ Balaraman Ravindran heads the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), the Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (WSAI), the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI) and the Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) at IIT Madras.

♦ The members of the Panel will serve in their personal capacity – independent of any government, company, or institution. The Panel's first report is expected in time to inform the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in 2026 July. 

♦ The secretariat of the Panel will be coordinated by the Secretary General's Special Envoy on Technology, Amandeep Singh Gill.