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 PAYEL AHMAD, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology | Sylhet, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5 & UNAI 3
" Having overcome the barriers of poverty to pursue higher education, I am driven to ensure that underprivileged children have the same opportunities to learn and thrive. The Millennium Fellowship excites me because it will equip me with the skills, networks, and global perspectives to expand my impact, turning my personal journey into a collective movement for educational equity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Learning Seed
Our project “The Learning Seed” was designed to help the underprivileged children of a marginalized village named Tior Gaon for our initiative where poverty-stricken families live at a subsistence level. Millennium Fellows of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology participate in this initiative directly in the families to facilitate Quality Education (SDG 4). As we are all students, we, unfortunately, couldn’t do much for the children due to financial constraints. However, we purchased pen, writing sheets and some chocolates as a mood-booster and distributed among the children. Later, we met the parents and engaged in an inclusive discussion about the importance of education as well as its private and social benefits to spread awareness among them. By promoting both educational resources and awareness, Learning Seed plants the foundation for sustainable change, stronger communities, and brighter futures aligned with SDG 4.
About the Millennium Fellow
Payel Ahmad is an undergraduate student at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, passionate about promoting education for underprivileged children. Growing up in a low-income family, He overcame significant financial and social barriers to become the first from her primary and high school to enter a public university. He volunteers as a teacher for street children at Bulanandra Night School and works with Swapnotthan, a campus-based organisation supporting disadvantaged youth. Through his initiatives, Payel strives to break the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable educational opportunities for marginalised communities.
