The Barefoot College has followed the life and work style of Mahatma Gandhi for 50 years. Gandhian values of simplicity, austerity, equality, collective decision making, transparency and accountability are put into
practice.
The Barefoot College has placed practical common sense at the centre of its search for solutions, and has discovered far- reaching low-cost innovations in conserving energy, schooling, technology, communication, the empowerment of women, water conservation, livelihood and health, amongst many others. Tradition has met modernity with equality.