1M1B (One Million for One Billion)
The Road We’ve
Traveled
Milestones that mark our growth and evolution.
January 2025
Inauguration of 1st physical 1M1B Green Skills Academy Career Readiness Centre in Kuppam; aim to skill youth and provide access to opportunities.
December 2024
National Young Changemakers Showcase; 15 changemakers mentored by 1M1B presented grassroots work to President of India.
December 2024
8th 1M1B Activate Impact Summit at UN, showing 25 youth changemakers and their work on the UN SDGs.
October 2024
Launched “1 lakh green internships by 2030” in partnership with AICTE; 10,000 in Year 1 in partnership with Salesforce.
July 2024
Launch of 100-day campaign, offering ~5,000 green internships in partnership with Oppo and AICTE.
February 2024
Partnership with Meghalaya government to setup 2nd Green Skills Academy
February 2024
First state-level MoU to establish 1M1B Green Skills centre in Telangana, with focus on AI + green skills.
December 2023
Announcement for the 1M1B Green Skills Academy Program at 1M1B Activate Impact Summit.
2023
Launched digital citizenship / online safety program for students & teachers, with Meta.
November 2022
1M1B signs a (MOU) with the Ministry of Tribals Affairs ( MOTA), Government of India to launch AR, VR training in Eklavya Model Residential school (EMRS)- a big step towards democratizing skills and making an inclusive Metaverse
2021
1M1B formalizes a partnership with Meta to develop the Metaverse for Education in India with a vision to engage 10 million students and 1 million teachers. Program launched across India in CBSE with a 25,000 school outreach
December 2020
The Purpose Academy in partnership with SCET, UC Berkeley launched
November 2020
1M1B creates COVID impact – 22,000+ people impacted, over INR 55 Lakhs of funds raised, 240 women provided jobs
December 2019
5th 1M1B Activate Impact Summit at the UN Headquarters, New York
September 2019
AI Youth Skills Program Launched in partnership with IBM and CBSE
August 2019
Business Raja, an AI/ML conversational credit assessment and mentoring platform for rural entrepreneurs, is launched
February 2019
4th Activate Impact Summit at the UN Headquarters with the support from the UN Department of Global Communications
October 2018
Skills Accelerator scaled to 16 sites in partnership with IBM and Edunet
August 2018
1st Future Leaders program launched at The International School Bangalore (TISB), India
June 2018
Future Leaders program launched in 4 cities of India and 1 town (covering 350 villages)
June 2018
Entered into Partnership with DST (Govt of India) and Social Alpha ( an initiative of Tata Trusts) for Startup Gurukool ( Smart Village Accelerator re-branded)
April 2018
1M1B Student team from India wins second runner-up prize at UC Berkeley’s Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)
March 2018
3rd Activate Impact Summit at the UN Headquarters during the 62nd Commission on Status of Women with support from UN Department of Global Communications
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March 2017
2nd Activate Impact Summit at the UN Headquarters during the 61st Commission on Status of Women with support from UNFPA and UN Women
October 2015
1st Activate Impact Summit at the UN Headquarters during Historic 70th UN General Assembly in partnership with UNDP under the sponsorship of the UN Millennium Campaign.
April 2015
Change the World Internships launched in Caribbean, India and US in partnership with UN Habitat
To deepen its sustainability impact
1M1B is establishing the 1M1B Green Skills Academy Campus, a first-of-its-kind hub in rural India to skill young people in sustainability and AI, enabling a transformation in villages through green jobs and climate-smart opportunities.
At the global stage
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At the global stage
1M1B is showcasing India’s soft power by transforming the country’s youth dividend into a climate dividend and an AI dividend. Through soft diplomacy, 1M1B creates opportunities for young Indians to present themselves at reputed national platforms and United Nations forums, amplifying their voices as climate innovators, AI talent, and sustainability leaders.
1.5 Matters
1.5 Matters
Globally, 1M1B is supporting the “1.5 Matters” movement, creating a new wave of Climate Fellows under the Youth Diplomacy program to advocate for keeping global warming under 1.5°C.
From grassroots
From grassroots
From grassroots action to global advocacy, 1M1B is building a generation of leaders who can act, innovate, and influence to secure a sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient future.
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