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.

UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SUMER SINGH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Azim Premji University Bengaluru | Bengaluru, India | Advancing SDG 5, SDG 4 & UNAI 8

" I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it gives me a platform to connect my passion for sports with social change. I believe sports should be a space of equality, fairness, and opportunity for all. The Millennium Fellowship will provide me with the skills and courage to step into this field with greater confidence and work toward creating more inclusive spaces in sports for all. Even If I will not the reach the desire level. I'll find some other people who can go reach that limit. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sports ask for no gender
My project is about challenging gender stereotypes in sports, inspired by my journey from Rajasthan to Bangalore. Initially, I believed cricket was only for boys, a common mindset in my hometown. However, seeing the success of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and interacting with diverse perspectives in Bangalore changed my thinking. I realized this bias extends beyond cricket—many believe “boys play, girls work at home,†limiting non-male participation in sports. As an avid player of cricket, volleyball, handball, and kabaddi, I’i've noticed male dominance in these games. Many skilled non-male players feel excluded, not because of males but due to unequal opportunities. To address this, my cricket club launched the initiative **“No One Says Cricket is a Male Game.â€** We host non-male cricket workshops, reserve slots, and provide equal resources, attracting 7-8 regular non-male players. Moving forward, we plan to train non-male kids from outside the campus and form a campus non-male cricket team. As the cricket club coordinator, I’m also collaborating with other sports clubs to ensure inclusivity extends beyond cricket. This is just the start of my effort to make sports a platform for equality and empowerment.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sumer Singh, a student at Azim Premji University in Bangalore and originally from Sirohi, Rajasthan. He has completed his schooling at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sirohi. He is deeply passionate about sports and is particularly committed to addressing the issues of politics around gender within the field. Although his efforts over the past few months have not yet yielded very impressive results, he continues to persevere with determination. His dedication reflects both his love for sports and his vision of creating a more inclusive and fair sporting environment.












