A Tribute to Bunker Roy: The Man Who Turned Village Grandmothers into Solar Engineers
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, who taught illiterate grandmothers to become solar engineers, passed away peacefully this morning at his home in Tilonia, Rajasthan, aged 81.[1] I first encountered his work not in India, but in the rain forests of Borneo. It was October 2016, and as night fell, the surrounding Borneo … [continued]
