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- He was selected as one of
Time
100's 100 most influential
personalities in 2010 for his work
in educating illiterate & semi
literate rural Indians.
- He was the National Runner-up in
squash in 1964, and participated in
three world squash championships
representing India.
- After conducting a survey of
water supplies in 100 drought prone
areas, Roy established the Social
Work and Research Centre in 1972.
The programs focused on siting water
pumps near villages and training the
local population to maintain them
without dependence on outside
mechanics, providing training as
paramedics for local medical
treatment, and on solar power to
decrease dependence and time spent
on kerosene lighting.
- He was recognised in 2010 in
Time for the programs of the college
which have trained more than 3
million people in skills including
solar engineers, teachers, midwives,
weavers, architects and doctors.
- Roy was appointed by Rajiv
Gandhi to the government's Planning
Commission.
- He recommended that legislation
be created that would apply a "code
of conduct" for
non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
- He also proposed that a national
council be created that would
recommend "legitimate" organisations
to the government and monitor their
activities.
- Both of these recommendations
were "fiercely" opposed as
mechanisms that could be used to
promote patronage of favoured groups
and quell organisations that were
not supportive of a particular
government or party.
- Roy has spoken at the TED
conference, in which he talks about
how the Barefoot College "helps
rural communities becomes
self-sufficient."
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