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 SIRI SRAAVYA KANCHI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
PES University | Bengaluru, India | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 9
" I want to be a part of this fellowship to learn from different people, gain new skills, and work on projects that make a real difference. It’s a chance to grow, explore ideas, and contribute to something meaningful. I hope to use this experience to improve my leadership, expand my knowledge, and connect it to my future career in forensics and community service. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EmpowerEd- Bringing Learning to Villages
EmpowerEd is a volunteer-driven initiative that brings foundational learning directly to underserved communities through small, community-led learning circles. Built on empathy, collaboration, and sustainability, the project focuses on basic literacy, numeracy, creative learning, and confidence-building. By listening to each community, training local youth, and complementing existing school systems, EmpowerEd creates learning spaces that are accessible, meaningful, and lasting. At its heart, the project believes that education is not a privilege but a right — and that by bringing opportunity to every doorstep, we can help unlock futures filled with choice, dignity, and possibility.
About the Millennium Fellow
Siri Kanchi is a biotechnology undergraduate at PES University, Bangalore, India, with a strong commitment to community service and education equity. As a core team member of her university’s community service club, she has led initiatives in rural schools and organized literacy projects to empower underserved learners. Siri’s volunteer work spans teaching in government schools, facilitating summer camps in villages, and collaborating with NGOs. Passionate about bridging educational gaps, she combines scientific curiosity with a deep dedication to social impact, and aspires to pursue a career in forensics to apply her skills in solving real-world challenges.
