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 JOEL BLAH KYNDIAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences | Kolkata, India | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 17 & UNAI 2
" Agility, complemented by communication and strategic thinking, enables my work in legal and policy research. As a Millennium Fellow, the opportunity for open and constructive dialogue, will enable an opportunity for peer-learning in the institutional sessions, with my university cohort, offering fresh perspectives from their respective projects. I am excited at the prospect of learning more from my peers, and the opportunity for the semester of leadership incubation, further supporting my work on the Policy Pathways Project. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Policy Pathways - Law for Public Policy
This initiative focuses on empowering young leaders and changemakers from Northeast India by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to drive impactful, sustainable change. Through workshops, capacity-building programs, and mentorship opportunities, we aim to nurture their potential to contribute to policymaking, governance, social entrepreneurship, and environmental advocacy.
The project is rooted in addressing systemic challenges unique to this ecologically sensitive and culturally rich region. By fostering collaboration and amplifying local voices, we aim to bridge gaps in access to resources and ensure representation in regional and national platforms.
Our work is built on the principles of inclusivity, sustainability, and capacity-building. We believe in empowering communities with tools and opportunities to design solutions that are locally grounded yet globally relevant.
About the Millennium Fellow
Joel B Kyndiah, is in the penultimate year of law school at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. Over the three years of law school, Joel has demonstrated a keen interest in working in the intersection of law and public policy, leveraging his background in law towards policy research and developing scalable impact in environmental policy. As a native of Shillong, Meghalaya, his work in law and policy is informed by his exposure to his region’s ecological and political sensitivity, making his engagement in environmental law and policy, as much personal as it is professional.
