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Anima Anandkumar joins UN advisory board
She has led advances in AI-driven scientific modeling, including weather prediction systems used for improved monsoon forecasting in India.
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Malvika Choudhary - Tue, 17, Mar 2026
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Indian American artificial intelligence researcher Anima Anandkumar has been appointed to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board, a 15-member panel that advises UN leadership on developments in science and technology.
Anandkumar, who is the Bren Professor of computing and mathematical sciences at the California Institute of Technology, is known for her work on AI systems that model complex, multiscale processes across scientific domains.
She invented neural operators, an AI method designed to handle inputs and outputs at multiple resolutions and learn mappings between function spaces.
Her work has been applied to AI-based weather forecasting, modeling the spread of COVID-19, and developing systems for stabilizing drone landings in turbulent conditions.
Anandkumar’s research has focused on integrating AI with scientific disciplines, including climate modeling, physics-based simulations, and engineering design. Her AI-based weather models have been adopted by agencies in several countries, including for monsoon prediction in India.
She has also highlighted the need for inclusive AI systems, including models that support languages beyond English to expand access to knowledge.
“I really hope that I can contribute in a positive way given a lot of challenges we see in the world. I do think having scientists in the room when all these important decisions are going to be made about AI, about technology, is crucial,” Anandkumar was quoted as saying to Caltech News about her new role.
Anandkumar previously served as senior director of machine learning research at NVIDIA and as a principal scientist at Amazon Web Services. She was also recently appointed to an AI advisory board for the Estonian government.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a doctorate from Cornell University.
Established in August 2023, the advisory board brings together researchers from multiple disciplines to inform global policy discussions on emerging technologies and their impact on public health, climate, and development.
Other members of the board include AI researcher Yoshua Bengio, ecologist Sandra Díaz, computer scientist Fei-Fei Li, ocean scientist Asha de Vos, physicist Alan Lightman, and Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof.
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