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 SHRESHTHA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
University of Delhi North Campus | New Delhi, India | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 4 & UNAI 8
" I have always aspired to work for the betterment of society. This fellowship would provide me the platform and the team required to bring at least one of my visions to reality. It would not only provide me a quality opportunity but refine my personality and thinking for future endeavours too. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sugam : The Bridge to Accessibility
Our project focuses on empowering deprived communities to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals , specifically SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.
Through ground-level research, we identified key challenges such as lack of awareness, and financial constraints that prevented families from accessing their rights and welfare schemes.
To address this, we formed partnerships with local NGOs embedded within the same communities, We have:
Educated families about child rights and government schemes
Made a user-friendly website for easy access to welfare schemes and information
Provided toolkits for welfare access
This collective effort simplified access to government support, empowered families with knowledge and resources, and helped children secure their right to education. Over time, the initiative created visible social impact and became a model for how community collaboration can reduce inequality and promote inclusive education.
In essence, Sugam became a testament of empowerment and sustainable change—proving that when communities are equipped with awareness and support, equality becomes achievable.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shreshtha is an economic honours student in the prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi University. She has always been a bright student and her need to make an impact always shines in her eyes. She aspires to be a policymaker to contribute both, firsthand and significantly, towards making society a better place. She knows a real change is not momentary from aid but from a idea or an attitude that is embedded skillfully in the heart of society.
