Barefoot College

Rajasthan’s Barefoot College empowers rural women to become solar engineers, electrifying thousands of homes globally and transforming communities in over 70 countries.

Under a fellowship programme started by Barefoot college, recently graduated people from urban spaces are introduced to the grassroots realities of rural education and allowed to impart education with a different approach

He spent a year and a half travelling all over the country, studying the work of voluntary agencies and formulating his plans.

For Neil’s project, the first honey harvest from the beneficiaries will take place between October and mid-November this year.

Even though the solar story in India is replete with a multitude of highs and lows, its progress in certain aspects is encouraging and its overall growth is inevitable.

Suriya Ansari, a former engineer, is helping improve the health and sanitation conditions of rural India with a simple, cost-effective toilet solution.

A radio repairman turned broadcaster, Raghav Mahto helped set up a community radio station in Tilonia in 2009. RJ Norat Mal now uses the power of the Internet to find and deliver content that helps create awareness about the villagers' rights and provides information about government schemes.

Udita Chaturvedi was recently impressed when she saw women confidently using iPads in a Rajasthan village. Read about her experiences.

Nauroti Devi is a woman of great resolve. From a construction worker, she managed to become the Sarpanch of her village.

A vocational training college in Rajasthan, started by educator and activist Sanjit Bunker Roy, is responsible for lighting up the homes of thousands of poor villagers across the world.