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Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla visits a family and repairs their solar lantern in the village of Kadampura.
Robert Wallis/Panos Pictures/Felix Features 23 Dec 2006
Rajasthan