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 RONIT KUMAR ROY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Bangladesh Maritime University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 8, SDG 5, SDG 11 & UNAI 6
" I was always curious from my childhood and I try to learn new things. When I admitted into university my horizon have changed in this open world I can learn furthermore cooperative works which will improve my overall leadership capabilities and I would learn from experienced persons.In future with my skills i can have greater impact on society and environment. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Expanding Mobile Banking for Underprivileged Women
Mobile banking is one of the most user-friendly financial technologies of our time. However, in Bangladesh ,especially in the urban slums of central Dhaka, most underprivileged women lack adequate knowledge and skills to use it. As a result, they often rely on others for financial transactions, which increases their dependency and limits their financial independence. This project seeks to understand how many percentages women in Dhaka’s urban slums use mobile banking, identifying both the purposes of usage and the barriers faced by those Who do not use Mobile banking. As we want to take initiate to teach non-users based on the survey findings, the initiative aims to promote financial inclusion and empower women by encouraging their active use of mobile banking services. Through awareness workshops and hands-on training, women will learn to use Mobile
banking for safe transactions, savings and small business activities. In addition,
selected women will be trained and supported to become local mobile banking agents.
This will allow female users to access cash-out and other financial services directly
from women within their own community, reducing dependency on male agents.
By building women’s confidence in digital finance, creating pathways for women-led
entrepreneurship and generating income opportunities, this project will strengthen
community-based financial services and contribute to greater economic empowerment in slum areas.
About the Millennium Fellow
Ronit Kumar Roy is a bright student. Currently studying at Bangladesh maritime university Bsc in Oceanography and Hydrography. He always wanted to help others . He had done some volunteer work in mapillary , OSM . Recently he went to a slum in Dhaka city with other team mate, slum is known as 'PORA bosti' there he did his mapillary work and collected various data on their sanitation, places of worship, drainage facilities and education institutions. In mapillary leadership board he in currently positioned 28th in all Bangladesh. In OSM he did mapped various critical zones to improve other life..
