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 SHREYA HALDER, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Jahangirnagar University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 16 & UNAI 6
" I've seen how access to the right knowledge and resources can completely transform a girl’s life. Through community engagement, I have seen how small acts of awareness can spark lasting change. The Millennium Fellowship offers me a chance to grow these efforts, collaborate with others who share the same vision, and build solutions that bring us closer to a more equitable and sustainable world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: InvestSmart BD
InvestSmart BD is an independent project led by Millennium Fellow Shreya Halder. InvestSmart BD addresses youth financial literacy and consumer protection for Bangladeshi students through 10-minute app lessons and a no-risk investing simulator covering Dhaka Stock Exchange basics, government T-bills/bonds and National Savings Certificates, gold, emergency-fund habits, and bKash/Nagad anti-scam safety. The project aims to engage students and faculty at my home campus and one partner campus through weekly in-app learning, small group clinics, and mentorship with a focus on first-generation and women students. During the Millennium Fellowship period (August–December 2025), InvestSmart BD will run two campus cohorts and six in-app modules; host at least three open anti-scam/investing clinics; enroll ~400 students; help ≥250 students complete a BDT 3,000 emergency-fund challenge; and achieve a ≥25% average gain on a pre/post literacy quiz with ≥60% simulator completion. We aim to reach about 400 people combined across activities.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shreya Halder is a business student at IBA, Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh, with a heart for people and a mind for creating change. She is driven by the urge to learn from people’s stories and experiences. Her work in community engagement has allowed her to connect with diverse groups, listen closely, and understand the challenges they face, shaping her approach to solving problems. These experiences taught her that solutions work best when rooted in empathy and trust. Shreya aspires to expand her impact by empowering women, promoting period literacy, and supporting sustainable solutions that advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Goals.
