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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.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT RASHMI HEGDE, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur | Nagpur, India | Advancing SDG 12 & UNAI 9

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" Working closely with people who encompass the same goals and having a worldwide network of exceptionally creative, ambitious, young, and driven minds is something that I am most excited about. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Zero-Waste VNIT

To set up a system for the continuous propagation of change, we have decided to form a climate action society, under the official banner of our institution. As a society, our first goal is to develop a zero-waste plan for our university. The term zero-waste implies that no waste produced on campus is landfilled, and each type of waste is reprocessed and repurposed. We have conducted a waste audit of our campus and have been using the information we find to conduct a rudimentary economic analysis of the established waste management system. After we have done so, we will begin work on addressing the unsustainable aspects of the current waste management system, and proposing technical interventions for going zero-waste as a gated community. A zero-waste plan has thus been developed and, we are conducting an economic analysis to have quantitative proof of the returns obtained from such a plan. We will further present it before the relevant authorities of the institute and assist them in developing a zero-waste policy from the plan, which will act as approval for the implementation. The outcomes of this project involve the development of a zero-waste plan that will be able to translate to a dynamic zero-waste policy, and beginning the transition process to a zero-waste campus, addressing the multitude of dimensions required for sustainable change.

About the Millennium Fellow

Rashmi Hegde is an enthusiastic and curious student of chemical engineering. Other people's misery strongly drives her actions; therefore, she is working toward improving the lives of the underprivileged. Born in the beautiful country of India, Rashmi loves the country's diversified culture and is very open-minded, empathetic, and ambitious to work for it. Throughout her high school and college days she has been organizing orphanage visits, conducted donation drives, and planned and executed events. Studying chemical engineering has increased her sense of sustainability and love for nature. She plans to pursue a post-graduation in business studies so that she gets the right opportunities to implement her ideas, whilst contributing to the United Nations SDGs.

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