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 KALASH PANKAJ BHAIYA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 8 & UNAI 2
" The core value I follow while working on global education accessibility is that I want to involve more people in it for a reason. Social impact can be multiplied only when more time is put into is, which means more people and more retention. As a Millennium Fellow, I'll get access to more people who are working in similar fields, which means I can help them and they can help me to accelerate impact. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Multilingual AI Learning Assistant for Rural Communities
This project focuses on developing a multilingual AI-based teaching assistant designed to support children who have dropped out of middle school in rural India. It functions in low-internet areas, making education more accessible to underserved populations. It aligns with SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth by providing interactive learning support.
Developed independently, the Learning AI Assistant required extensive pitching, coding, debugging, and integration with OpenAI’s API. In its early stages, it has already impacted 75+ students through in-person nonprofit teaching efforts. The project strengthened technical skills, expanded networks, and reinforced the commitment to making education more inclusive and accessible.
About the Millennium Fellow
Kalash is a programmer, teacher, and changemaker studying at the University of Toronto in Canada. As someone who lived and studied in India and for some part Singapore, she noticed a huge cultural difference promoting young people to take action. She is promoting more young people all across the world, starting with India to think bigger and better through her mission of educating or training every child in India. Her goal is to work for Quality Education (SDG 4) and involve as many young people as she can in the mission and mindset of "change".
