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| '''Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy ''' |
'''Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy ''' is an Indian social activist and educator. He was selected as one of ], the 100 most influential personalities in the world by ] Magazine in 2010.<ref> ], Apr. 29, 2010.</ref> | ||
| In 2002 he was selected for Geneva-based ].<ref> (2002-09-22)</ref> | In 2002 he was selected for Geneva-based ].<ref> (2002-09-22)</ref> | ||
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| Roy, after his education, decided to work in the villages. He founded the Barefoot College.<ref>{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> The buildings used for the school have dirt floors and no chairs so that "poor students feel comfortable".<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> Barefoot College has provided informal training to several thousand illiterate / semi-literate people to become solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects and doctors.<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> | Roy, after his education, decided to work in the villages. He founded the Barefoot College.<ref>{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> The buildings used for the school have dirt floors and no chairs so that "poor students feel comfortable".<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> Barefoot College has provided informal training to several thousand illiterate / semi-literate people to become solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects and doctors.<ref>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> | ||
| ==Controversies== | |||
| ==Aga Khan Foundation award== | ===Aga Khan Foundation award=== | ||
| Roy returned the Award to the ] in protest for the change in the original citation to include the name of ], a Delhi-based architect who was a part of Roy's team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.architexturez.net/doc/342479de-1686-b244-75de-d60fc0ea0892|title=Award (controversy) Barefoot Architects}}</ref> Quoting '']'' magazine on the controversy, | |||
| In an "unseemly controversy" in 2002, Bunker Roy's NGO had to return their prize money after a young Architect ] complained to the ] when he found that his name was missing in the award citation which listed only some barefoot and illiterate villagers.. Raina also described the barefoot "architects" as masons and supervisors who merely executed the design he had prepared for the campus. In one of his letters to Jack Kennedy of the Aga Khan Foundation, Raina ridiculed the claim of Bunker Roy and his colleagues of having created the new campus of Tilonia as an attempt to "'''make a mockery of architectural profession as well as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture'''". The dispute was taken to the Council of Architecture the statutory body which regulates the profession of architects in India. Several noted architects in India , such as ], were furious with Roy's attempts to denigrate their profession, stating that Roy himself had no formal qualifications himself and he was an impostor and his institution was bogus and the jury had been misguided. In the face of this professional onslaught, the Council sent Romi Khosla a senior architect to investigate. It emerged during the enquiry report, from documents submitted by Raina, that he had been deputed by ] a Government controlled technology transfer ] as the "architect" for the project and had been paid Rs. 72,000 as his fees. Raina refused to be designated as anything other than an "architect" and declined to be termed as "designer" which was the compromise proposed by Roy's side. Consequently, for the first time in the award's history the Aga Khan Foundation withdrew the award and cited Raina as the architect for the project, a decision Bunker Roy disagrees with. <ref>http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1915/19150380.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.architexturez.net/doc/ea66f06d-9049-2314-696e-8ed01d4daf3f</ref> | |||
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| "It had been an agonising decision but we have to keep our honour," Roy told ''Frontline''. "There was no question of accepting Raina as the architect since he was a beginner and was still learning from the elders in the village. When Romi Khosla and Raina came down to Tilonia to discuss the issue with the men and women here in April this year we had agreed to acknowledge Raina as a designer but of course not as an architect," he observes. <ref>Sebastian, Sunny, , '']'', Volume 15 (Issue 16), July 20 – August 02, 2002 (retrieved on 10 January 2012).</ref> | |||
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| ==Personal life== | |||
| In 1970, Roy married his classmate ], then an officer in the ]. Aruna became a political and social activist and a leader of the ] movement.<ref>. Rmaf.org.ph. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> | |||
| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| {{Expand section|years in which he won the awards and reference cutations to such awards|date=June 2012}} | {{Expand section|years in which he won the awards and reference cutations to such awards|date=June 2012}} | ||
| Roy has received: | Roy has received: | ||
| * The Arab Gulf Fund for the United Nations (AGFUND) Award for promoting Volunteerism | |||
| * The ] for Social Entrepreneurship | |||
| * The ] | |||
| * The ] | |||
| * The ] | |||
| * The ].<ref>http://itc.conversations.com</ref> | * The ].<ref>http://itc.conversations.com</ref> | ||
| * The ] – 2003 | * The ] – 2003 | ||
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| Bunker Roy | |
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 Sanjit Bunker Roy at Time 100 event, 2010 | |
| Born | (1945-08-02) August 2, 1945 (age 79) Burnpur, present-day West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Social activist & Founder of Barefoot college |
| Spouse | Aruna Roy 1970 – present |
Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy is an Indian social activist and educator. He was selected as one of Time 100, the 100 most influential personalities in the world by TIME Magazine in 2010.
In 2002 he was selected for Geneva-based Schwab Foundation's award.
Early life
Bunker Roy was born in Burnpur Bengal, present-day West Bengal. His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother retired as India's trade commissioner to Russia.
He attended The Doon School from 1956 to 1962 and St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1962 to 1967. He earned his master's degree in English. He became the Indian national champion in squash for three years, also representing India internationally in the sport. He then decided to devote himself to social service.
Career
Roy, after his education, decided to work in the villages. He founded the Barefoot College. The buildings used for the school have dirt floors and no chairs so that "poor students feel comfortable". Barefoot College has provided informal training to several thousand illiterate / semi-literate people to become solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects and doctors.
Controversies
Aga Khan Foundation award
In an "unseemly controversy" in 2002, Bunker Roy's NGO had to return their prize money after a young Architect Neehar Rana complained to the Aga Khan Foundation when he found that his name was missing in the award citation which listed only some barefoot and illiterate villagers.. Raina also described the barefoot "architects" as masons and supervisors who merely executed the design he had prepared for the campus. In one of his letters to Jack Kennedy of the Aga Khan Foundation, Raina ridiculed the claim of Bunker Roy and his colleagues of having created the new campus of Tilonia as an attempt to "make a mockery of architectural profession as well as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture". The dispute was taken to the Council of Architecture the statutory body which regulates the profession of architects in India. Several noted architects in India , such as Raj Rewal, were furious with Roy's attempts to denigrate their profession, stating that Roy himself had no formal qualifications himself and he was an impostor and his institution was bogus and the jury had been misguided. In the face of this professional onslaught, the Council sent Romi Khosla a senior architect to investigate. It emerged during the enquiry report, from documents submitted by Raina, that he had been deputed by CAPART a Government controlled technology transfer NGO as the "architect" for the project and had been paid Rs. 72,000 as his fees. Raina refused to be designated as anything other than an "architect" and declined to be termed as "designer" which was the compromise proposed by Roy's side. Consequently, for the first time in the award's history the Aga Khan Foundation withdrew the award and cited Raina as the architect for the project, a decision Bunker Roy disagrees with.
Awards
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Roy has received:
- The Tyler Prize.
- The St Andrews Prize for the Environment – 2003
Articles
References
- Thinkers:Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy TIME, Apr. 29, 2010.
- The Hindu : Swiss award for Bunker Roy (2002-09-22)
- Peoples World Peace Project – Bunker Roy. Pwpp.org. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sustainableenergyforall/home/members/Roy
- http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail783.html
- Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1915/19150380.htm
- http://www.architexturez.net/doc/ea66f06d-9049-2314-696e-8ed01d4daf3f
- http://itc.conversations.com