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 SHANTANU DIXIT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | Patiala, India | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" Being a Millennium Fellow, I can take my objective of social impact to a whole new level. Moreover, I can augment my objectives with the UN SDGs, thus contributing towards them. Working as a Millennium Fellow will also provide me with the resources and a team of like minded individuals who can work towards the same project. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: R.E.A.D.: Redefining Education Amidst Diversity
This project will primarily be responsible for working in 4 spheres and creating Awareness about:
1. Menstrual Hygiene;
2. Governement Schemes;
3. Financial Literacy;
4. Digital Literacy.
5. Gender Diversity.
I will be leading the projet with my focus being on SDG 3 and SDG 4.
This project will have 2 phases to fulfill the first objective:
1. University Premises:
All the low-income earning staff of the University was approached with a sample of sanitary napkins to know their current mentrual practices, educate them of the
consequences of poor menstrual hygiene and make them aware of the existing
scheme. This feedback is yet to be taken of the product offered by the government, the existing problems and taboos that are still there. Alongside this, we attempted to educate them of all the three areas as well.
2. Each one, teach two:
All the professors of the University will be approached and especially the female
professors will be requested to talk to 2 of the domestic helps in their house and tell
them about the scheme, consequences of poor menstrual hygiene and record their
reponse objectively in the google form that shall be circulated to them.
Further, school authorities were contacted and provided with a 2-page basic
guidelines on menstruation, menstrual product and scheme of the governemnt.
The responses were recorded to know the existing state of affairs with regard to
menstruation in India. Stories, posters and videos were used to diseminate the information on all the 4 spheres of the project.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shantanu Dixit is a bright, young and competitive law student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He was born in a small town named Dibiyapur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Shantanu has always been passionate about the issues of social justice and educational and financial inclusion of the underprivileged. His aim in the project is to sensitize poor people about the financial schemes that are available to them and open their bank accounts so that they can get benefits through DBT. The major problem is the lack of knowledge or awareness and he will help to bridge the gap. Further, he will spread financial literacy in the nearby villages by conducting seminars in primary schools.
