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⚫ '''Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy ''' is an Indian social activist and educator. He was selected as one of ], the 100 most influential personalities in the world by ] Magazine in 2010.<ref> ], Apr. 29, 2010.</ref>


⚫ '''Sanjit''' "'''Bunker'''" '''Roy''' (born 30 June 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the ]. He was selected as one of ]'s 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and semi-literate rural Indians.<ref name=TIME>Mortenson, Greg. (29 April 2010) . ''TIME''. Retrieved on 2 June 2012.</ref> Roy was awarded the ] by ] in 1986.
In 2002 he was selected for Geneva-based ].<ref> (2002-09-22)</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life==
He attended ] from 1956 to 1962,{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} and ] from 1962 to 1967.<ref name="VergheseEd2006">{{cite book |editor=Verghese, B. G. |author=bunker Roy |title=Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRTBJNRntlcC&pg=PA347 |access-date=23 November 2012 |date=1 February 2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=9780670058631 |pages=347–}}</ref>
Bunker Roy was born in ], present-day ]. His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother retired as India's trade commissioner to Russia.<ref>. Pwpp.org. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref>


He was the Indian national squash champion in 1965 and also represented India in three world squash championships.
He attended ] <ref>http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sustainableenergyforall/home/members/Roy</ref><ref>http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail783.html</ref> from 1956 to 1962 and ] from 1962 to 1967. He earned his master's degree in English. He became the Indian national champion in ] for three years, also representing India internationally in the sport.{{fact|date=November 2012}} He then decided to devote himself to social service.


==Barefoot College==
==Career==
Bunker is a founder of what is now called ].<ref name="John2003">{{cite book |last=John |first=Mary |title=Children's Rights and Power: Charging Up for a New Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95aHsTYl-0sC&pg=PA232 |access-date=23 November 2012 |year=2003 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers |isbn=9781853026584 |pages=232–}}</ref> After conducting a survey of water supplies in 100 drought-prone areas, Roy established the Social Work and Research Centre in 1972.<ref name="John2003" /> Its mission soon changed from a focus on water and irrigation to empowerment and sustainability.<ref name="John2003" /> The programs focused on siting water pumps near villages and training the local population to maintain them without dependence on outside mechanics, providing training as paramedics for local medical treatment, and on solar power to decrease dependence and time spent on kerosene lighting.<ref name="John2003" />
]
Roy, after his education, decided to work in the villages. He founded the Barefoot College.<ref>{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> The buildings used for the school have dirt floors and no chairs so that "poor students feel comfortable".<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> Barefoot College has provided informal training to several thousand illiterate / semi-literate people to become solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects and doctors.<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref>


He was recognized in 2010 in Time for the programs of the college which have trained more than 3 million people in skills including solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects, and doctors.<ref name=TIME />
==Controversies==
===Aga Khan Foundation award===
In an "unseemly controversy" in 2002, Bunker Roy's NGO had to return their prize money after a young Architect ] complained to the ] when he found that his name was missing in the award citation which listed only some barefoot and illiterate villagers.. Raina also described the barefoot "architects" as masons and supervisors who merely executed the design he had prepared for the campus. In one of his letters to Jack Kennedy of the Aga Khan Foundation, Raina ridiculed the claim of Bunker Roy and his colleagues of having created the new campus of Tilonia as an attempt to "'''make a mockery of architectural profession as well as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture'''". The dispute was taken to the Council of Architecture the statutory body which regulates the profession of architects in India. Several noted architects in India , such as ], were furious with Roy's attempts to denigrate their profession, stating that Roy himself had no formal qualifications himself and he was an impostor and his institution was bogus and the jury had been misguided. In the face of this professional onslaught, the Council sent Romi Khosla a senior architect to investigate. It emerged during the enquiry report, from documents submitted by Raina, that he had been deputed by ] a Government controlled technology transfer ] as the "architect" for the project and had been paid Rs. 72,000 as his fees. Raina refused to be designated as anything other than an "architect" and declined to be termed as "designer" which was the compromise proposed by Roy's side. Consequently, for the first time in the award's history the Aga Khan Foundation withdrew the award and cited Raina as the architect for the project, a decision Bunker Roy disagrees with. <ref>http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1915/19150380.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.architexturez.net/doc/ea66f06d-9049-2314-696e-8ed01d4daf3f</ref>


He was married to ex-IAS ] in 1970.
==Awards==
{{Expand section|years in which he won the awards and reference cutations to such awards|date=June 2012}}
Roy has received:
* The ].<ref>http://itc.conversations.com</ref>
* The ] – 2003


==Articles== ==Other work==
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Roy was appointed by ] to the government's Planning Commission. He recommended that legislation be created that would apply a "code of conduct" for ]. He also proposed that a national council be created that would recommend "legitimate" organizations to the government and monitor their activities. Both of these recommendations were "fiercely" opposed as mechanisms that could be used to promote patronage of favored groups and quell organizations that were not supportive of a particular government or party.<ref name="JHU">{{cite book |editor1=Sumit Ganguly |editor2=Larry Diamond |editor3=Marc F. Plattner |title=The State of India's Democracy |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgs1tFTh-JMC&pg=PA157 |access-date=23 November 2012 |date=13 August 2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9780801887918 |pages=157– |chapter=The Role of Civil Society}}</ref>
⚫ ==References==
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In 1983, he was the plaintiff in ''Roy v State of Rajasthan'' in which the Supreme Court struck down an emergency policy which had allowed women famine relief workers to be paid less than male workers.<ref name="Epp1998">{{cite book |last=Epp |first=Charles R. |title=The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective |url=https://archive.org/details/rightsrevolution0065eppc |url-access=registration |access-date=23 November 2012 |date=15 October 1998 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=9780226211619 |pages=–}}</ref>
⚫ ==External links==
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Roy has spoken at the ] conference,<ref name="toited">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-28/jaipur/34779858_1_tedx-ideas-school-kids |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103203624/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-28/jaipur/34779858_1_tedx-ideas-school-kids |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Students untapped forces of social change |last=TNN |date=28 October 2012 |work=] |access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref> about how the Barefoot College "helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient."<ref name="ted">{{cite web |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html |title=Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement |last=Bunker Roy |work=] |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=22 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122134448/http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Awards and recognition==

* '''1985:''' "]" for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mr. Sanjit Bunker Roy|url=http://www.jamnalalbajajawards.org/awards/archives/1985/science-and-technology/sanjit-bunker-roy|work=]}}</ref>
* '''2003:''' Won The 2003 "]"<ref>{{cite news |title=The 2003 St Andrews Prize for the Environment |work=] |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/st-andrews-prize/previous-winners/}}</ref>
* '''2003:''' One of 20 people to be selected as "Social Entrepreneurs of the Year" by ]<ref>{{cite news|title=Swiss award for Bunker Roy|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/swiss-award-for-bunker-roy/article27870788.ece|work=]|date=22 September 2002}}</ref>
* '''2009:''' Received a "Robert Hill Award" for his contribution to promotion of photo-voltaics (solar energy)<ref>{{cite news|title=Global honour for barefoot wonder Bunker Roy|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Global-honour-for-barefoot-wonder-Bunker-Roy/article16523579.ece|work=]|date=29 September 2009}}</ref>

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners}}
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Sanjit Bunker Roy
Roy at the Time 100 event in 2010
BornSanjit Roy
(1945-06-30) 30 June 1945 (age 79)
Burnpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi
OccupationSocial activist & founder of Barefoot College
Spouse Aruna Roy ​(m. 1970)​

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. Roy was awarded the Padma Shri by Giani Zail Singh in 1986.

Early life

He attended The Doon School from 1956 to 1962, and St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1962 to 1967.

He was the Indian national squash champion in 1965 and also represented India in three world squash championships.

Barefoot College

Bunker is a founder of what is now called Barefoot College. After conducting a survey of water supplies in 100 drought-prone areas, Roy established the Social Work and Research Centre in 1972. Its mission soon changed from a focus on water and irrigation to empowerment and sustainability. The programs focused on siting water pumps near villages and training the local population to maintain them without dependence on outside mechanics, providing training as paramedics for local medical treatment, and on solar power to decrease dependence and time spent on kerosene lighting.

He was recognized in 2010 in Time for the programs of the college which have trained more than 3 million people in skills including solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects, and doctors.

He was married to ex-IAS Aruna Roy in 1970.

Other work

Roy was appointed by Rajiv Gandhi to the government's Planning Commission. He recommended that legislation be created that would apply a "code of conduct" for non-governmental organizations. He also proposed that a national council be created that would recommend "legitimate" organizations to the government and monitor their activities. Both of these recommendations were "fiercely" opposed as mechanisms that could be used to promote patronage of favored groups and quell organizations that were not supportive of a particular government or party.

In 1983, he was the plaintiff in Roy v State of Rajasthan in which the Supreme Court struck down an emergency policy which had allowed women famine relief workers to be paid less than male workers.

Roy has spoken at the TED conference, about how the Barefoot College "helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient."

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ Mortenson, Greg. (29 April 2010) Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy The 2010 TIME 100. TIME. Retrieved on 2 June 2012.
  2. bunker Roy (1 February 2006). Verghese, B. G. (ed.). Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny. Penguin Books India. pp. 347–. ISBN 9780670058631. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ John, Mary (2003). Children's Rights and Power: Charging Up for a New Century. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. pp. 232–. ISBN 9781853026584. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. Sumit Ganguly; Larry Diamond; Marc F. Plattner, eds. (13 August 2007). "The Role of Civil Society". The State of India's Democracy. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 9780801887918. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. Epp, Charles R. (15 October 1998). The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective. University of Chicago Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 9780226211619. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. TNN (28 October 2012). "Students untapped forces of social change". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  7. Bunker Roy. "Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement". TED. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  8. "Mr. Sanjit Bunker Roy". Jamnalal Bajaj Award.
  9. "The 2003 St Andrews Prize for the Environment". St Andrews Prize for the Environment.
  10. "Swiss award for Bunker Roy". The Hindu. 22 September 2002.
  11. "Global honour for barefoot wonder Bunker Roy". The Hindu. 29 September 2009.

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