ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JHARANA AWASTHI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
National Institute of Technology Karnataka | Mangaluru, India | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 5, SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" I am very passionate about female menstrual hygiene and sexual crimes against men. I believe that an individual as well as a nation can truly progress only when its citizens are healthy in all aspects. Ever since I was a child, I have gotten the right support and knowledge to maintain my health. I aspire to become a support for thousands of people around the world who don't have the right knowledge or have been silenced due to various pressures. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Silenced Stories
Silenced Stories is a group project led by Millennium Fellows Jharana Awasthi and Rahul Rathnakara. With this project, we aim to provide assistance to victims of sexual crimes irrespective of their gender. With the help of students and faculty of NITK, we will start support groups where there is an equal mix of genders for people to talk about their experiences and seek help. These support groups will be held once a month initially and the frequency will be increased once we have more people coming in. We will conduct two online sessions on spreading awareness and encourgaging people to speak up and seek help. Additionally, we will visit local schools once a month to educate students about good touch and bad touch and the common social stigmas that exist around speaking up about such situations and what steps they should take if they have faced a similar situation. We will have talks with our college therapist to understand the trauma and try to arrange sessions with the therapist to provide professional help.
About the Millennium Fellow
Jharana Awasthi is a final year mechanical engineering student at National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal. Jharana was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and was brought up in multiple places across India including Chandigarh, Bengaluru and Mumbai. She is passionate about causes including female menstrual hygiene and sexual crimes against men. Through her project, she wants to make the world a better place for everyone both physically and mentally. After she graduates, Jharana plans to earn a Master's degree in management and start up her own business.
