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 NISHAT TASNIM, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 11 & UNAI 1
" My commitment to environmental advocacy and social equity fuels my drive to create meaningful change. Through debating, collaborative leadership, and community engagement, I strive to amplify voices and solutions that matter. The Millennium Fellowship will enhance my skills, expand my global perspective, and empower me to contribute more effectively toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.The skills I achieve from Millennium Fellowship will help my social impact on University more effectively. I'm super excited to expand my vision-oriented capabilities by new ways of learning and creativity. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Elevate Lives
We are planning to launch a project to eradicate extreme poverty for all people on the basis of socially deepening inequalities. For this we are selected an area in Bangladesh named Kurigram which is below the poverty line.The people of Kurigram are poor because of natural disaster like flooding and river erosion which devastated the region,shortage of alternative livelihoods,lack of access to education and highly depend on agriculture.And also there is low expectations of earnings and culture barrier like- restrictions on female education and job involvement, early marriage tendency etc has created a trap which hinder to migration for betterment.Our initiative aims to encourage economic engagement for all disregards with cultural and economic barrier.We want to provide them innovative entrepreneur ideas and facilitate micro loans to support small scale businesses.And also we want to reach out through primary schools as concepts of self sufficiency and women especially to train them in family planning,education and early marriage risks.Particularly we want to guide them to come out from cultural barriers and build them self sufficient.We are planning to target workshops on farmers as well which supports them to introduce in diversified income sources. This project goals to break the cycle of poverty.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nishat Tasnim is a enthusiastic and socially conscious student from Dinajpur, Bangladesh, ranking in the top ten of her department with a CGPA of 3.77, complemented by exceptional SSC and HSC results, both with GPA 5.She has a deep commitment to environmental advocacy and community engagement. She is an active member of her hall debating group, where she hones her skills in critical thinking and persuasive communication, sharpening her skills in public speaking and the environmental club, where she works to promote sustainable practices among peers. Nishat is also a participant in the Ecollab Project, leading her initiative as a ambassador of project “Ashalert,” a social action campaign aimed at combating brick kiln pollution in her local area. This project reflects her dedication to environmental justice, public health, and grassroots activism. Her involvement in diverse platforms has allowed her to merge leadership, collaboration, and advocacy, teamwork and analytical problem solving inspiring positive change within her community. Nishat aims to expand her contributions toward environmental protection and social equity, aligning her work with the vision of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
