Barefoot Engineers : Solar Power, Rajasthan, India (71 images)
Barefoot Engineers of the Barefoot College provide and maintain solar power to remote villages in rural Rajasthan, India. Sanjit Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College, believes in empowering women and illiterate villagers by marrying inherited village knowledge with basic technology studies for a very unique kind of specialist.
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An Indian student studying solar engineering in...
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An Indian student inspects and tests a solar...
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An Indian student solders and assembles circuit...
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Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak...
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Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak...
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Indian student Riju Kawanr, aged 35, from...
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Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer,...
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Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer,...
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Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer,...
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Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia...
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Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia...
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Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia...
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A boy carries a solar lantern to the kitchen as...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her...
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Santosh Devi's family work on their 1 hectare...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on...
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Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on...
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Nomads Kanaram Banjara, aged 55, and his wife...
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Nomad Santra Banjara, aged 25, poses for a...
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Villagers go about their daily affairs near the...
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A solar dish on the roof of the Barefoot...
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Solar panels on the roof of the Barefoot...
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Villagers and staff walk around the Barefoot...
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Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from...
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Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from...
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A South African student who has been studying...
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Details of a stack of labeling stickers in...
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Details of a pile of circuit boards in class in...
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Barefoot solar engineering student Matildah...
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Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from...
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Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from...
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Barefoot solar engineering student Kingzing...
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Barefoot solar engineering student Kingzing...
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A Bhutanese student flips the Barefoot Solar...
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Some Indian staff join in on the international...
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An Indian staff collects exercise books from...
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Barefoot solar engineering student Matildah...
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(L-R) International students of the Barefoot...
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(L-R) International students of the Barefoot...
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Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia...
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Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak...
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An Indian student solders and assembles circuit...
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Indian students solder and assemble circuit...
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Details of a drawer in class in the Barefoot...
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An Indian student solders and assembles circuit...
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Indian students solder and assemble circuit...
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An Indian student inspects and tests a solar...
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Indian student Manna Sharma (left), aged 25,...
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Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (b. 1945) is an Indian...
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Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (b. 1945) is an Indian...
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Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (b. 1945) is an Indian...
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Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (b. 1945) is an Indian...
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Choti Devi's (unseen) hired labourer looks on...
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Choti Devi, aged 63, poses for a portrait in...
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Choti Devi, aged 63, speaks about the benefits...
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Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal...
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Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal...
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Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal...
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Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal...
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Choti Devi (left), aged 63, harvests Bengal...
