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 SARANSH MITTAL, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur | Nagpur, India | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9
" My work is motivated by the phenomena happening around me. Be it any socio-political or environmental issue, I always look at it with a positive approach and try to come up with an accurate solution that establishes peace among both sections. I'm excited about being a Millennium Fellow as it will work as a bridge to connect my ideas with the whole world, which through the suggestions of others will become better and better. I believe the skills gained here will help my ideas to set a new meta towards achieving the SDG goals and UNAI Principles. I hope my vision will help the world to achieve a new zenith of empowerement "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-Waste VNIT
To set up a system for the continuous propagation of change, we have decided to form a climate action society, under the official banner of our institution. As a society, our first goal is to develop a zero-waste plan for our university. The term zero-waste implies that no waste produced on campus is landfilled, and each type of waste is reprocessed and repurposed. We have conducted a waste audit of our campus and have been using the information we find to conduct a rudimentary economic analysis of the established waste management system. After we have done so, we will begin work on addressing the unsustainable aspects of the current waste management system, and proposing technical interventions for going zero-waste as a gated community. A zero-waste plan has thus been developed and, we are conducting an economic analysis to have quantitative proof of the returns obtained from such a plan. We will further present it before the relevant authorities of the institute and assist them in developing a zero-waste policy from the plan, which will act as approval for the implementation. The outcomes of this project involve the development of a zero-waste plan that will be able to translate to a dynamic zero-waste policy, and beginning the transition process to a zero-waste campus, addressing the multitude of dimensions required for sustainable change.
About the Millennium Fellow
Saransh Mittal is a senior Chemical Engineering student at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. Saransh is passionate about exploring solutions for a healthy human life. He always looks for positive solutions which are lying around us but generally remain unnoticed. As a Nagpur native, Saransh is concerned about cleaning his surroundings and his project, Zero Waste VNIT does justice to the same. Saransh carries the blind spear of determination and wants to explore what lies beyond the universe.
