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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 CHANAKYA MAHADEV, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

St. Joseph’s College of Law | Bengaluru, India | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 5, SDG 17 & UNAI 9

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" Problem solving and Creativity,fueled by knowledge as a law student,dedication and my work. Being a part of the Millennium Fellowship will enhance these skills and help me engage collaboratively. The skills that I shall gain from the Millennium Fellowship will make my social impact on school and urban communities more tangible and aligned with the UNAI principles and SDGs. I am excited to increase my anticipatory competence by envisioning new ways of learning and creativity. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Janasangama

Janasangama, our think tank, means the congregation of people in unity. Our project aims to conduct research, create awareness and also implement the policies through assessments made by the team. JanaSnagama we plan to undertake actionable tasks involving the community. We seek to address SDG goals of Sustainable cities, reducing inequalities and measures to tackle poverty. Based in a metropolitan city, our team has identified the confluence of all of these issues as major goals that if worked towards will help our community to become a sustainable city while at the same time ensuring it becomes a model city by reducing inequalities for the people that make up the community.

Its work includes projects such as Building Sustainable Bengaluru: One Raindrop at a Time, which studies and addresses urban flooding through civic research, stakeholder consultations, and policy recommendations aligned with SDG 11; Empowering Underprivileged Girl Children through Financial Literacy and Cyber Safety Education, implemented at Sharanya Children’s Home to reduce informational inequality and advance SDGs 4, 5, and 10 by equipping girls with essential life skills; and Native Species Plantation Drives, a community-based environmental initiative aimed at restoring Bengaluru’s ecological balance by reintroducing indigenous plant species, engaging over 1000 families, and promoting long-term environmental sustainability. Together, these projects reflect Janasangama’s commitment to participatory governance, inclusive development, and building resilient, equitable, and sustainable urban communities.

About the Millennium Fellow

Chanakya Mahadev is a bright, young and globally competitive student from St Joseph's College of Law, who is currently in his fifth year of Law school. He was born in Bangalore and has his roots set in the city and in his native village, near Mysore, where he works with farmers; A true son of the soil. Chanakya has always been passionate and advocated for womens rights, rights of the farmers and the rights of his community. This drive and ardour translated Chanakya's experiences in the International community and his continuous dedication to social action. Throughout his high school years and currently in law school, he has successfully participated and organized various philanthropic projects and social justice movements, which through his outstanding leadership he plans to continue in the future. Chanakya aspires to be in a key professional role, where he can cultivate these advocacies further and provide his own successful contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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