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 MITA BAIJU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Christ (Deemed To Be University) Kengeri Campus | Bengaluru, India | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" The Millennium Fellowship is my first chance to be part of a project that is run only by students, for society. It's a special opportunity to give back to the community that has raised me. I am also excited to be setting an example for my juniors. I hope I can leave behind a legacy that my juniors can live up to. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Youth Education Collective
An integrated, student-led initiative aligned with SDG 4, designed to supplement formal education. The Collective empowers youth by delivering essential knowledge in three core areas: Holistic Wellbeing (mental health, sex ed, financial literacy), Digital Empowerment (tech skills and safety), and Peer-to-Peer Skills (practical talents shared by students), using a hybrid model of workshops, online resources, and peer mentorship.
*Objectives*:
1. Skill Swap Initiative: Organize one peer-to-peer Skill Swap event per semester, where students teach each other practical and creative skills in a fair-like or session format, ensuring active participation and community-building.
2. Digital Empowerment Toolkit: Develop and share a starter digital resource kit (PDF/website) with guides on digital literacy, online safety, scholarships, and productivity tools. Make it accessible to at least 200+ students online/offline.
3. Organize 1-3 collaborative campus events focused on holistic wellbeing, such as stress management, financial literacy, sex education, and consent, to provide students with practical knowledge and safe spaces for dialogue.
About the Millennium Fellow
Mita Baiju is a driven and responsible young woman. She is studying psychology at Christ (Deemed to be) University. Hailing from Kerala, India and raised in Bangalore, she has always strived to empower her community and make a difference. She has held multiple leadership roles in the past, and participated in several awareness programmes over the course of her school and college. She hopes to work in a field where she can utilise her understanding of the human mind to improve her society.
