Tata Jagriti yatra visits Tilonia Village in Rajasthan

Tata Jagriti yatra today reach at Tilonia or Tiloniya village in Ajmer district in Rajasthan. Whole group was welcome by Tilonia People's from railways station where tata Jagriti train reach today at 8:00 AM in Morning on tilonia railway station. Delegates are received warm welcome from tilonia peoples with traditional folk dance with drums providing the back ground music in traditional rajasthani way. Later they visit Tilonia NGO Barefoot college and the person responsible for this transformation – Mr. Bunker Roy. They also visits various works done at this small village NGO One of the most widely acknowledged achievements of Tilonia is the Solar Electrification of the village and supply it to remote villages for rural electrification. In evening at 6:00AM Tata Jagriti yatra moves to their next stop Anand in Gujrat by bus.
Tilonia and Barefoot College: Tilonia is a village in Ajmer district in Rajasthan, India.It is home of the NGO, Barefoot College founded by renowned social worker Bunker Roy. And this visit was closest that we are going to get when it comes to interacting with the villagers. Mr. Roy began the Social Work and Research Center (SWRC) or the Barefoot College in the year 1972 investing in what he called the ‘Barefoot Professionals’. The term ‘Barefoot’ refers to villagers who have acquired a certain level of specialization in a certain field of work through traditional knowledge and experience but do not have a ‘paper qualification’ as a testimonial for that.The barefoot college sees several such people, teaching as well as learning with humility, curiosity and enthusiasm. Mr. Roy likes to refer to it as a place of learning and unlearning.
Tata Jagriti yatra: Tata Jagriti yatra trip started from Mumbai to brings social awareness on December 24 and covers 13 cities and villages before returning to Mumbai. Stops include Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, Bhubaneswar, Jamshedpur, Delhi and Tilonia . The idea behind the project, according to Jagriti Sewa Sansthan's founder Shashank Mani, is to create a community of social entrepreneurs and young activists capable of running economically viable social institutions. He is especially keen to rope in "the guys in the middle' ' or people from small towns who have a great desire to see the country and make a difference. He's assisted by a bunch of enthusiasts who have been juggling corporate day jobs to organize the logistically complex tour.
Tata Jagriti yatra - Tilonia video (9 January 2010) Video-1
Tata Jagriti yatra - Tilonia video (9 January 2010) Video-2