A genius with an open mind, he has always inspired everyone with his great concepts. Roy is a social activist and teacher. He is the founder and director of Barefoot College in Rajasthan, India. This college is a non-governmental organization that provides hands-on training to poor rural communities.
He is a source of inspiration for social activists. He was born on June 30, 1945. He attended Doune University from 1956 to 1962. From 1962 he attended St. Stephens College in Delhi until 1967.
He was the Indian squash national champion. He made his three appearances at the World Squash Championships as part of the Indian national team. In 2010, he was named one of the 100 most influential people in rural Indian education by Time magazine.
He is the founder of Barefoot College. He founded a social work and research center whose main purpose was to focus on water and turn it into sustainability.
In 1972, after conducting water supply surveys in 100 drought-prone areas, he founded the Social Work and Research Center. His mission soon shifted from an emphasis on water and irrigation to self-reliance and sustainability. The programs of the center are focused on installing sit-sitting 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 using solar power to decrease dependence and time spent on kerosene lighting.
He was recognized in 2010 in Time for taking programs by his college that have trained more than 3 million people in skills including solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects, and doctors.
In the 20 years that the community-based Barefoot approach has been implemented in over 30 developing countries, a total of 36,000 houses in 1,024 villages have been solar electrified by nearly 300 rural grandmothers.
Achievements
Roy received his formal education at The Doon School and St. Stephens College, Delhi University, though he states his “real” education started when he dug open wells for drinking water as an unskilled laborer for 5 years. He was identified as one of the 50 environmentalists who could save the planet by The Guardian in 2008 and as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2010. performance
In 1985 Jamnalal was awarded his Bajaj Prize for the application of science and technology to rural development.
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In 2003, he won the St Andrews Environmental Award. He was named one of his 20 social entrepreneurs voted by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
2009:
Received the “Robert Hill Award” for his contribution to the promotion of photovoltaic power generation (solar energy).
Hundreds of strong and independent villages have been lifted out of poverty thanks to his selfless dedication, encouragement of humble actions and the provision of his life-changing opportunities. Roy sacrificed his prosperous career to help the problems of an Indian village to the best of his ability, even if that job was impractical. Similarly, his solution to poverty was the poor. He encourages illiterate or not to always set new boundaries based on their skills and pride in themselves.
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