ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT YASHASVI THERKAR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur | Nagpur, India | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9 | Emerging Technologist
Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-Waste Institutions
Zero-Waste Institutions project is a 3 Part plan.
Part 1 - Taking up the mantle from our previous batch of Millennium Fellows, we are continuing the zero-waste action plan, wherein we conduct waste audits to create quantifiable data to develop a policy that ultimately leads to our university going altogether zero-waste. Our goals are to assist relevant institute authorities in implementing this policy and creating a sustainable business model using modern technologies.
Part 2 - Generalising our zero-waste plan for similar institutes like schools and NGOs, where the waste generated is not vastly different from that of colleges like ours. This will be done on some platforms like our website.
Part 3 - Promotion and awareness of the concept of Zero-Waste Communities via our generalised plan to other colleges/schools/institutes. Introducing them to the potential of addressing the unsustainable aspects of the current waste management system, and proposing technical interventions for going zero-waste as a gated community.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yashasvi Therkar is a final-year student in the Chemical Engineering Department at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, where she is pursuing an engineering degree. She is a native of Madhya Pradesh, India. She is a Social Affairs Secretary of VNIT, Nagpur. Additionally, she is the member of the Prayaas, an official social club of VNIT. She is passionate about social work. Through, her project she wants to develop a zero-waste plan for her institute. In future she plans to do social work and assist the disadvantaged in the future.
