Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (born 30 June 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College.

[3] After conducting a survey of water supplies in 100 drought-prone areas, Roy established the Social Work and Research Centre in 1972.

[3] 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.

Both of these recommendations were "fiercely" opposed as mechanisms that could be used to promote patronage of favored groups and quell organizations that were not supportive of a particular government or party.

[6] Roy has spoken at the TED conference,[7] about how the Barefoot College "helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient.