The 'solar mamas' taking electricity to India's villages

Women from rural parts of India are bucking the trend and working in jobs traditionally done by men. At the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, ‘Solar Mamas’ are learning solar engineering to take electricity to their remote villages. Divya Arya went to meet them.

Photo: Geeta Bai, teacher of solar tools engineering Credit: Freewheel Productions/BBC