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 ESHA VENKAT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia, United States | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 2 & UNAI 1
" Currently, I’m pursuing a career in public policy, combining my passions for STEM, climate activism, & volunteerism to aid marginalized communities worldwide. Participation in the Millennium Fellowship would allow me to further spread awareness of my work centered around sustainable development in local, national, & global communities by engaging my campus to drive collaborative action, thus encouraging diversified conversations that leverage the full innovative potential of all global citizens! "
Millennium Fellowship Project: NEST4US
I’m Esha Venkat from the United States, a 19-year-old sophomore at Georgia Institute of Technology majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Global Development! I’m also the co-founder and COO of the nonprofit NEST4US, where, through 5 core programs, we address over 14 SDGs and a plethora of social issues including global hunger, social justice, mental health, quality education, poverty, climate action, and more! Through a dual approach of awareness and action, we’ve impacted tens of thousands in 30 countries across six continents with our team of over 8,000 volunteers from all demographics!
My project is to examine the Georgia Tech food waste and hunger landscape through interviews with sustainability personnel and host two service projects per month and weekly community free food distributions to food-insecure families, and recruit more volunteers on and off campus to assist me in the conceptualization and implementation of these projects.
About the Millennium Fellow
Esha Venkat is the founder and COO of NEST4US (www.nest4us.org) and a student at Georgia Institute of Technology majoring in Public Policy with concentrations in Science, Technology, Environment, & Energy Policy. Through five programs that address 14+ SDGs, her team of 7,500+ volunteers has contributed 4.5+ million dollars in value of volunteer hours, impacting tens of thousands across 30 countries!
Additionally, she serves as a leader in manifold capacities by representing organizations such as Points of Light, Giving Tuesday, World Bank Group, Be Strong Global, Riley’s Way Foundation, Learning Planet Alliance, UNA-USA, Clinton Foundation, YOUNGA, Good Deeds Day, Global Peace HQ, Youth Service America, etc., driving comprehensive grassroots reform by working with change agents at all levels. Over the past decade, she has contributed 5,000+ hours of service engaging people of all ages and backgrounds through a wide array of global service initiatives that support causes ranging from global hunger, social justice, & mental health to quality education, poverty, & climate action.
