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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT RAJAT RAVI PALASWADIKAR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Moscow State Institite of International Relations | Moscow, Russia | Advancing SDG 17, SDG 4 & UNAI 2

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" International Collaboration, International Communication and the opportunity to bring together a community of future world leaders who strive to work upon the betterment of our global village. This fellowship ticks all the boxes. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: International Students Union

International Student’s Union (ISU) will be a non profit organization with the main objective of solving the challenges often faced by international students (in МГИМО university and eventually in Moscow) and integrating them into the university environment and broader society. These problems include: language barriers, cultural differences, limited access to academic and professional development. Therefore, ISU will be aligned with SDG 17 by strengthening cross-cultural collaboration, SDG 10 by bridging the gaps between international and local students, SDG 4 by promoting academic support. In another hand ISU will cover the UNAI Principle 3, by ensuring international students thrive academically and socially, and the UNAI Principle 9 by ensuring intercultural dialogue and understanding. The organizational structure of ISU will be a flat board where the decisions will be made collectively and board members will handle the technical and organizational tasks. It will have 3 main sectors: Events sector, which will be in charge of creating and organizing social, cultural and educational events and programs. Social Media, which will be responsible for outreach, digital communication and visibility. Scientific sector, responsible for collaborations in research, conferences, and academic opportunities. ISU’s short term goals are, developing “Buddies program”, cultural/historical trips and “Academic Bridge Initiative”.

About the Millennium Fellow

Rajat Palasawadikar, a small-town boy from India, spent two years in Mumbai for the IB programme and then moved to Moscow to study International Relations at the prestigious MGIMO MFA University. A citizen of this global village with magnificent adaptation skills, an exquisite communicator and a receptive listener. Rajat loves collaborative work as it involves interaction on a global scale, which enables culturally and politically diverse countries to harmonise and steer differences to work towards common goals. He aspires to work internationally and believes that the first step to getting involved is as a student.

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