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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT AJITESH VISHWANATH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Ashoka University | Haryana, India | Advancing SDG 16, SDG 4 & UNAI 8

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" To me, democracy means nothing if it does not belong to everyone—and that begins with inviting young people to help shape, question, and reimagine it. That belief is at the heart of my project: creating spaces where students can explore narratives, challenge assumptions, and embrace empathy and peace across South Asia. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Not Yet History

Not Yet History' will help school students think critically about peace, borders, and the untold stories we inherit. It will begin with interactive workshops in underserved schools, where students will explore questions like: What will peace look like? Who will decide what history we learn? How will I see my neighbours? These workshops will focus on reflection and curiosity rather than textbook answers and will be led by trained college volunteers acting as facilitators. But the part I’m most excited about? A chance for these students to meet their peers across borders. Through short, carefully designed virtual exchanges, Indian school students will interact with students from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, exchanging questions, stories, and perspectives. It won’t be perfect or polished, but that’s the point. In a region often shaped by silence or suspicion, Not Yet History will offer something rare: a moment of listening, discovery, and connection. Young people deserve the chance to see each other before they’re taught to fear each other. That’s what this project will aim to protect and nurture. And it will start with a question: what stories have we been told, and what are the ones we will want to tell now?

About the Millennium Fellow

Ajitesh Vishwanath is an undergraduate student of International Relations at Ashoka University, India, guided by the conviction that diplomacy must serve the common people. He is passionate about empowering young people to ask critical questions and shape their communities, and is actively involved in several rights-based organisations while serving as the Minister for Community Wellbeing in the University's Student Government. As Founding-Chair of the Indian Foreign Policy Project (IFPP), he leads a pan-India student network that works with diplomats, academics, and policymakers to make foreign policy accessible and answerable to everyday South Asians. After he graduates, Ajitesh hopes to continue strengthening democratic resilience and help reimagine global peace frameworks.

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