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 AKHILESH MEHRA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras | Chennai, India | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 6
" I quote Tillie Walden, "It's like the older you get, the more you forget that you can change things." Just like everyone else, I have a little bit of "change-the-world" inside me. I won't let it go to waste. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Stay Another Day
Stay Another Day strives to cultivate an open dialogue around mental health while fostering a supportive community. By leveraging storytelling and creative writing, it provides a safe space for individuals to share their emotions, connect meaningfully, and enhance understanding and awareness.
About the Millennium Fellow
Akhilesh Mehra is a pre-final undergraduate in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has a keen passion for everything creative, especially writing. Everyone and everything has a story to tell. Akhilesh is also an ardent advocate for mental health and hopes to bring about a positive change in the Indian landscape concerning mental health by incorporating storytelling to initiate positive and fruitful dialogue on the topic.
