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 APRAJITA TYAGI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Noida | Noida, India | Advancing SDG 13 & UNAI 9
" I have a will to protect my home, my planet, from dying; a will to not let pollution tarnish the legacy I leave behind for my children. Being a Millennium Fellow is an excellent way to learn how to effectively act and share these ideals with the world. Believe me, we need it. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Segregation at Source
The project has 3 primary elements. Each element will first be carried out at our college campus, and then we will reach out to various other Offices and Schools located in Delhi NCR in India for the same. The elements are as follows:
1. Introducing segregated bin system so that it is easier to separately collect dry recyclable material. We are presently conducting a non-biodegradable dry recyclable waste weekly collection drive at our college, to try and make up for the lack of segregated bins.
2. Conducting awareness sessions to make the audience understand the 'why' and 'how' to use segregated bin system properly. We will convey the gravity of threat climate change poses on our planet and also request them to carry out waste segregation at their house. Further, we will be teaching e-waste management in these sessions too because most Indians do not know how to carry it out.
3. Connecting the institutions that we conduct our project in, to a recycling organisation. We have already gotten in touch with a NOIDA-based recycling organisation which is also willing to pick up the dry recyclable waste collected via the segregated bin system from areas where we are interested in conducting out project. The waste that we collect from college is sent to this organisation for recycling. We will be reaching out to more organisation for other areas.
About the Millennium Fellow
Aprajita Tyagi is a human rights enthusiast from India, pursuing a degree in law. She has been participating and organising various legal awareness and social upliftment campaigns ever since she was 16 years old and is presently the Student Head of the Legal Aid Centre of her college, Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA and also a Paralegal at the District Legal Services Authority, GBN, Uttar Pradesh.
It is her firm belief that to tackle the issue of climate change, it is pertinent to make people realise the importance of adopting proper waste diposal practices, in furtherance of which, she along with her like-minded peers started their project, Segragation at Source.
