A Tribute to Bunker Roy: The Man Who Turned Village Grandmothers into Solar Engineers

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Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, founder of an initiative that trained rural women in India as solar engineers, has died at age 81 at his home in Tilonia, Rajasthan. The tribute recalls his work empowering village grandmothers with practical solar-energy skills.

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] The post A Tribute to Bunker Roy: The Man Who Turned Village Grandmothers into Solar Engineers appeared first on CleanTechnica.