Plaksha University students selected for the prestigious UN Millennium Fellowship for the Class of 2022
New Delhi : Plaksha University, a new-age university with the aim to reimagine technology education and research in India, announced that 09 students from the University have been selected for the prestigious UN Millennium Fellowship Class of 2022. Hosted jointly by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN), a Boston-based global non-profit, this leadership development program is an opportunity for undergraduate students to lead a social initiative project on campus, further improving partnership building and community impact skills.
These students have been selected amongst a record-breaking 30,000+ applicants from over 2,400+ campuses across 140 nations. In terms of the selection, 200 campuses worldwide have been selected to host 3,000+ Millennium Fellows in 2022. This ambitious program aims to help make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UNAI principles a reality.
Congratulating the selected students from Plaksha University, our Founding Vice Chancellor Dr. Rudra Pratap, said, “I am very proud of the fact that in the very first year of our existence, our students have been selected for the UN Millennium Fellowship program. At Plaksha, our aim is to mentor and guide students to become leaders who are focused on solving some of the most pressing issues of our society and creating a meaningful impact by leveraging the power of technology. Students get hands-on experience in solving problems through courses like Innovation Lab and Grand Challenges.”
As part of the UN Millennium Fellowship, students get an opportunity to develop a proof of concept in SDGs close to them. The Fellows will have continuous access to mentorship by various leaders and mentors from across the globe like Scott Warren and will be able to leverage resources provided by the team of Millennium Campus Network. They will also work with the Plaksha faculty and mentors on a weekly basis to build upon their work as a cohort.
Plaksha Fellows are working in areas of Good Health and Well Being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG4), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), and Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (SDG 16), with the aim of making an impact – improving the mental health of college and pre-college students, creating a modern age web platform for health and well-being reporting and discussion by youth, critical honest journalism among others. Upon completion of the project, these concepts will be assessed for further implementation and deployment by the Fellows’ technological aggrandizements in their future endeavors.
The names of the Millennium Fellows selected for the Class of 2022 are Alli Ajagbe, Arshia Sangwan, Ayush Sheth, Divith Narendra, Noyonica Chatterjee, Rushiraj Gadhvi, Surabhi Tannu, Tushar Garg and Vikas Kumar.