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 SAGNIK DATTA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore, India | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" “I am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it offers a global platform to transform ideas into impactful action. I do the work I do to create solutions that bridge technology, sustainability, and accessibility—ensuring innovation serves not just progress, but people.” "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EduVantage
EduVantage is a social impact initiative aimed at fostering sustainability awareness among students and communities through creative, scientific, and engaging experiences. The project blends education with action, focusing on three core components — a Talk on Sustainability, a Sustainable Fashion Show, and a Scientific Mentoring Session. Each segment was designed to inspire conscious thinking, showcase eco-friendly creativity, and build scientific understanding for real-world sustainability solutions.
EduVantage emphasizes that sustainability is not a burden but a lifestyle choice and a path to innovation. The project sparked meaningful conversations, encouraged behavioral change, and cultivated a community of young sustainability advocates.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sagnik Datta is a third-year dual degree student at VIT Chennai, pursuing Mechanical Engineering in Electric Vehicles alongside Data Science from IIT Madras. He is passionate about leveraging technology and innovation to address real-world challenges, with experience in projects, hackathons, and research across engineering, AI, and sustainable systems. Sagnik is the founder of the Night Mess concept, a hybrid food delivery and cloud kitchen model designed to combat hunger and nutrition scarcity in North East India. His work blends technical expertise, creativity, and social impact, reflecting his vision to develop scalable solutions that bridge gaps in mobility, sustainability, and accessibility.
