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 BONOSHREE DUTTA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 17 & UNAI 2
" "Social impact begins where empathy meets action, and for me, that path leads to mental health advocacy. Through the Millennium Fellowship, I am excited to collaborate with like-minded change makers, sharpen my ability to design inclusive solutions, and scale initiatives that make mental health services affordable and accessible. This experience will help me transform advocacy into systemic change, ensuring that the silent weight of unaddressed social issues limits no one’s potential." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Mindspace Uplift
Mindspace Uplift is a mental health accessibility project focused on promoting psychological well-being and reducing disparities in access to support. The initiative works to strengthen individual and community-level mental health resources through structured workshops, seminars, counselling sessions, and practical toolkits. These activities build awareness, improve coping capacities, and encourage early help seeking while increasing the ability to navigate through difficult situations.
The project prioritizes underserved communities that face financial, social, and informational barriers to mental health care. By offering free or low-cost support through trained professionals and collaborating with different organizations, Mindspace Uplift helps bridge gaps in existing services and makes essential resources more accessible to those who need them most.
The project aims to contribute to building healthier, more informed, and more resilient communities where the topic of mental health is destigmatized and mental health care is treated as a right rather than a privilege.
About the Millennium Fellow
Bonoshree Dutta is a passionate advocate and business student from Bangladesh, dedicated to advancing social impact through strategic action and community engagement. As part of Mindspace, she has helped organize numerous workshops and trainings, particularly for underprivileged communities, to raise awareness and build capacity around mental health. She has also spoken at the Changemaker’s Meet, Social Business Youth Summit 2023, amplifying the call for accessible and affordable mental health services. Believing mental well-being is a fundamental right, Bonoshree strives to merge innovation with compassion to create lasting societal change.
