Amit was born in Varanasi, India.

He studied history, human rights and yoga in India, China, Thailand, and Norway.

Inspired by the ideals of his mother, Vijay Laxmi Singh, a retired school headmaster, Amit aspired to bring change to the lives of people through human rights and yoga.

Amit is a Norway-based human rights consultant, he worked for Universal Tolerance Organization.

As a project co-ordinator, Amit was instrumental in organizing the first Global Tolerance Forum on 17 th September, 2015, in Drammen, Norway.

His particular areas of interest are religious conflict, multiculturalism, refugees, extremism, freedom of expression, and international human rights law.

Amit was granted a thesis research award by the Norwegian NGO Fritt Ord, to conduct research on the conflict between Freedom of expression and religious intolerance.

Amit has worked with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, the United Nations Development Project, the National Human Rights Commission of India, and NGOs working at the grass root level in India and Thailand.

Amit has been invited to present his research paper in various national and international forums, including University of Massachusetts, York University, Canada, and at the International Association on the Study of Forced Migration.

Amit was also the president of the International Students’ Union at the University College of Southeast, Drammen, Norway.

In November 2014, he organized a signature campaign to support Right to Free Education in Norway, to protest the Norwegian government’s attempt to charge education fees from non-EU students.

Amit was interviewed in local Norwegian and international newspapers and magazines for his student leadership activity.

During his studies in human rights at Mahidol University, Thailand, Amit was elected the Brand Ambassador of the university.

He was instrumental in establishing the Community of International Students at Mahidol University, to assist flood victims in November 2011 in Thailand.

In Thailand, Amit researched on Pakistani Ahmadi refugees, and worked with Amnesty International and Asylum Access.

In his hometown Varanasi, Amit is a permanent volunteer with People Vigilance Committee on Human Rights - a local NGO working on the issues of caste discrimination and police torture.

As a yoga master, Amit has served the Union Nations and numerous yoga centers globally.

Amit was invited to China, Thailand, and Philippines to conduct yoga workshops.

Amit demonstrated yoga in the pre-Olympic ceremony in China.

Amit is founder director of the Norway-Indo Human Care, a consultancy firm providing expert advice on human rights issues and stress-related subjects.

Amit regularly contribute opinion pieces in The Oslo Times, The Diffirenttruths.com.

He was awarded with Jan Mitra Award, 2016 for his contribution to promotion of human rights and plural democracy.

Amit is driven by a philosophy which considers the world to be a global family.

And, he wants to remove human suffering from the global family – through the promotion of human rights and yoga.