Bunker Roy Quotes


You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands. You have to have a dignity of labor. You have to show that you have a skill that you can offer to the community and provide a service to the community. So we started the Barefoot College, and we redefined professionalism.


Citations

Roy, Bunker. "Learning from a barefoot movement." TEDGlobal 2011, July 2011, www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy_learning_from_a_barefoot_movement.

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Bunker Roy
Bunker Roy
  • Born: August 2, 1945
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Social Activist & Founder Barefoot College

Sanjit "Bunker" Roy 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.