Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (born 30 June 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College. He was selected as one of Time 100's 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and semi-literate rural Indians. [1] Roy was awarded the Padma Shri by Giani Zail Singh in 1986.

Sanjit “Bunker” Roy is the founder of Barefoot College, which helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient. Development projects the world over run into one crucial point: For a project to live on, it needs to be organic, owned and sustained by those it serves.

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.

2014年1月17日 · Bunker Roy shares stories from a school in India that equips rural women for leadership by training them to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors.

Sanjit “Bunker” Roy founded the first Barefoot College in 1972 in Rajasthan, India. His vision: to teach illiterate rural people the skills they need to become self-sufficient. His guiding belief is that rural, illiterate, traditional people have skills, knowledge and resourcefulness that bring more to communities than outside institutions.

2023年7月12日 · How did a Doon School and St. Stephens College Alumni end up spending his life in service to rural India? Bunker Roy, born Sanjit Roy in 1945 in Burnpur, Asansol, had a privileged, elite upbringing. But a visit to Bengal during the famine in 1965 affected him deeply and made him question the privilege he enjoyed.

For over 40 years Sanjit (Bunker) Roy has demonstrated the power and impact of the grassroots community movement and the need for social entrepreneurs to be social activists first. He was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s spirit of service and thoughts on sustainability.

2007年2月26日 · Bunker Roy (Barefoot College Photographers) “I had the most snobbish, exclusive education any Indian could have had the misfortune to have,” says Bunker Roy. Educated at the prestigious Doon School in Deridun and at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, Roy was groomed for a career in the civil or diplomatic service.

Bunker Roy, Indian social activist and educator, the founder of Barefoot College, which serves the very poor by marrying traditional knowledge with new sustainable technology. Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy was born in Burnpur Bengal, present-day West Bengal in 1945.

Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (born 30 June 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College. He was selected as one of Time 100's 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and semi-literate rural Indians. [1] Roy was awarded the Padma Shri by Giani Zail Singh in 1986.