ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SANJANA NAIR, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology | Kochi, India | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" I am delighted and thrilled to be a part of the Millennium Fellowship. It is so amazing to know the kind of opportunities, resources and exposure that I will be getting through interaction with dynamic and motivated people around the world. There is an increased importance of working towards the achievement of UN sustainable and development goals after the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. The Fellowship is an extremely valuable opportunity to bring our energy and effort to contribute to the development of the society. As a Millennium Fellow we need to lead with empathy, humility and and inclusion as guiding values.
It is an uphill task to fullfill the commitments, but it is a task certainly worth taking, a rare chance to work towards my passion. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: ABHIGYAAN
What’s the life of a child in an orphanage in India like? The child has limited access to resources like food and clothing. He/She has access to education till the age of 14. And then at the age of 18, they are forced to leave their only home to brave the streets.
Tough life? Yes. But what is one thing that can make them headstrong and help them face the challenges of life?
It is developing into a strong personality who has a clear idea of the different aspects of reality and knows how to navigate them. This can only be achieved by being constantly exposed to new ideas and learning about the real world outside.
The main problem that our project tries to address is this: How can we equip the orphans in an orphanage with this sort of knowledge?
We truly believe the best way to tackle this challenge is by giving them access to a wide collection of books. It is the best way for them to escape from their reality and be taken to another person’s story and to live and learn from the characters.
So our project ‘ABHIGYAAN’ (Source of Knowledge in Hindi) aims at collecting books from various schools and distributing them to various orphanages in our district. We plan to host an interschool book drive contest to gamify this process so that the school with the maximum number of books collected will be declared a winner. The collected books will then be transported to various orphanages around our district.
We have divided our project into various milestones. Our initial step is to identify all the orphanages in our district that are deprived of a good collection of books. This might involve going to the orphanages and meeting the authorities. Next, we shall approach one school that is willing to test out our idea. We shall collect the books from the students of the school, transport them, store them, sort them and then distribute them to orphanages based on the need.
Using the experience that we gained from this smaller drive, we plan to go large-scale, namely the interschool contest. But before that, we intend to meet with companies and NGOs that may be interested in sponsoring the campaign and transport costs. Next, we plan to get as many schools as possible in our district to sign up for the contest. The contest will then run for 1 week and a leaderboard will be constantly updated. We also plan to design a scoring sheet that awards points if a minimum number of books in a particular genre is obtained.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sanjana Nair is a perceptive person. She grew in learning, character and her depth of understanding. She seeks truth in each area of her life, whether in learning, discussing philosophy, or relating to social commitments. Her positive disposition and reflective way of operating, makes her special. She has incredible creative energies and a refreshing idealism tempered only enough to accomplish what needs to be done. She also possesses excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. She can lead a team with empathy, humility and problem solving capabilities. She cares about the well-being of others, and always maintains a professional yet compassionate disposition.She has been a part of RSET IEEE Student Branch as its Program Co Ordinator,and has organised events as well as volunteered in many programmes with collective support from other members.
