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 RUKMINESH TIWARI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Delhi Technological University | New Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 12, SDG 8 & UNAI 1

" "I see science as a force for equity — a means to eradicate poverty, protect our planet, and create opportunity for all. Guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, I work to design solutions that deliver clean energy, drive responsible production, and build climate resilience in vulnerable communities. The Millennium Fellowship is an opportunity to amplify this mission, uniting with global change makers to turn bold ideas into transformative action that ensures no one is left behind.” "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Aarosh
Project Aarosh is an initiative committed to the concept of redefining the role of plastic in our environment. Instead of allowing discarded plastic to end up in landfills and oceans, this project systematically collects, cleans, and upcycles them into functional and durable products such as ottomans, chairs, and decorative wall elements.
The combination of environmental responsibility with practical innovation in this initiative has shown how sustainable design can offer feasible options to conventional materials. Besides product development, Project Aarosh undertakes extensive community outreach, school interaction, and liaison with waste-management stakeholders to raise awareness and promote responsible waste management practices.
Project Aarosh, through promoting circularity and empowering people with knowledge and means for sustainable living, strives toward that future wherein plastic waste should not be viewed as a burden but as an asset toward a cleaner, greener, and more resource-efficient world.
About the Millennium Fellow
Rukminesh Tiwari is a final-year undergraduate in Chemical Engineering at Delhi Technological University, India, committed to harnessing scientific innovation to address poverty, climate change, and global resource inequity. His projects encompass green hydrogen production, RDF-based circular concrete, and catalytic nanomaterials for sustainable industrial processes, with a focus on affordable, scalable solutions for marginalized communities. Drawing on leadership experience in academic societies and collaborations with leading research institutions, he integrates circular economy principles into the petrochemical and energy sectors, aiming to bridge industrial growth with environmental stewardship and create pathways for inclusive, sustainable development worldwide.










