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Bunker Roy, founder of Barefoot College who empowered rural women, dies at 81

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Bunker Roy, the social activist who founded the Social Work and Research Centre—known as Barefoot College—in Tilonia in 1972, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. He was noted for empowering rural communities, especially women, by providing them skills and confidence to transform their villages without relying on formal education or conventional institutions.

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    Roy founded the Social Work and Research Centre, popularly known as Barefoot College, in Tilonia in 1972

    — The Hindu

  • center · 3 outlets

    Social Activist Spent Over Five Decades Working For Rural Development And Women's Empowerment

    — Deccan Chronicle

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Sanjit Bunker Roy, the social activist who gave rural communities, particularly women, the skills and confidence to transform their villages without depending on formal education or conventional institutions, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. Roy, the founder of Barefoot College in Tilonia…

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    Bunker Roy, founder of Barefoot College who empowered rural women, dies at 81

    Sanjit Bunker Roy, the social activist who gave rural communities, particularly women, the skills and confidence to transform their villages without depending on formal education or conventional institutions, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. Roy, the founder of Barefoot College in Tilonia…

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