ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ANUDEEP RAO BALGURI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore | Coimbatore, India | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 9 & UNAI 3
" I’m excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it gives me the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact. I believe that even small actions can create meaningful change, and through this fellowship, I hope to contribute to building a more inclusive and sustainable future. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: SignSpeak: A Real-Time Tamil Fingerspelling Translation System
This project presents a novel approach for recognizing and
translating Tamil fingerspelling using image-to-text conversion and subsequent
text-to-speech synthesis. Focusing on the Tamil Language Finger
Spelling 23 (TLFS 23) dataset, which contains 247 characters depicting
a wide array of Tamil fingerspelling gestures, we apply a multiclass classification
process to develop an effective model for accurately identifying
and transcribing images of fingerspelling into their corresponding textual
forms. Following transcription, the text is converted into spoken Tamil
through speech synthesis techniques to improve communication accessibility
for Tamil-speaking individuals. The comprehensive evaluation of
the TFLS 23 dataset supports the method’s viability and effectiveness,
significantly mitigating language barriers and enhancing communication
within the Tamil fingerspelling community.
About the Millennium Fellow
I’m Anudeep Rao Balguri, a student at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore. I enjoy learning new things, especially when it comes to problem-solving and working on small projects. I like to keep things simple and clear in whatever I do, whether it's in my studies or projects. I’m also interested in exploring how different systems work, and I enjoy challenging myself by trying out new ideas and testing how things perform in various situations.
