About Rakesh Popli
Lived 1952 – 2007 (aged 54–55). Rakesh Popli was an Indian physicist and nuclear physicist, known for Ekal Vidyalaya.
Rakesh Kumar Popli (1952 – 15 September 2007) was an Indian nuclear physicist who would establish the first Ekal Vidyalayas, or One-Teacher Schools, in remote regions of India. Sri Bhao Rao Devras had outlined the concept of One Teacher Schools in 1986. Rakesh Popli and his wife Rama Popli, an expert in child education, then refined the concept. He wrote the syllabus for the pioneering schools that were established among the tribes of Gumla, about away from BIT Mesra.
Rakesh Popli died from blood cancer on September 15, 2007 after a protracted illness.
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Indian nuclear physicist
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Rakesh Popli was born in 1952.
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Rakesh Popli died on 15 September 2007.
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Rakesh Popli was a physicist and nuclear physicist.
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Rakesh Popli was known for Ekal Vidyalaya.
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Rakesh Popli was Indian.
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