ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MIHIR ESHAN P S, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Ashoka University | Haryana, India | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 13, SDG 3, SDG 5 & UNAI 9
" Having had a lived experience of fighting and advocating for equal representation for myself, I am excited to work on providing the same to underprivileged children in Haryana. I am thrilled to work with other fellows with similar goals to reach a shared conclusion of societal change. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Hema
In India, especially in rural areas, people have quite a conservative mindset regarding menstrual health and education. Recently, there was an incident where a teen girl committed suicide because of her fear of periods. Our project aims to create an impact by spreading awareness regarding menstrual health. Another issue we want to focus on is sustainability and climate change. Research says that rural areas are actually more sustainable than we think they are. However, they lack formal education on more modern approaches and effects of climate change. Through our material, we also plan to reach out to them on a grassroots level to create real change. Our aim is to:
(1) Conduct primary and secondary research to properly understand the gaps in learning when it comes to menstruation and sustainability. (2) Using this research to create/develop reports and make them accessible to everyone digitally, unlike most literature which has paywalls. AND/OR
(3) Creating modules (accounting for regional, cultural and religious differences) to educate school-going children regarding menstruation and sustainability. These modules would be based on the research we conduct.
About the Millennium Fellow
A John Locke Essay Award winning researcher, Mihir is an incoming freshman at
Ashoka University from Hyderabad, India, planning to major in Psychology and Biology. He was recently a Psychology research intern at the Centre of Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad and is the UNHCR Advocacy Award winner as a Young Champion for Refugees at UNHCR. He has been a consistent academic scholar with a keen interest in Psychology and life sciences as demonstrated in his work experience. Mihir has undertaken multiple personal research projects on the themes of bullying and education. He holds a diverse skill-set, ranging from research and data entry skills to rapport-building and academic writing. He also regularly finds time for multiple hobbies such as classical music, art, calligraphy and Model United Nations, having chaired Harvard MUN among other national level conferences.
