Tathagata Roy
Tathagata Roy (Bengali: তথাগত রায়) is an Indian politician, engineer and author. He has newly been appointed as the Governor of Tripura. He was president of the West Bengal state unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2002 till 2006.
| Tathagata Roy | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Tripura | |
| Preceded by | Padmanabha Acharya |
| President Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1945 Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
Currently[when?] he is a member of the BJP National Executive, the party's central policy making body.
Life and work
Tathagata Roy was born on 14 September 1945 in Kolkata. He had a distinguished academic career, having been a rank holder in the school leaving examination and a Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search Scholar. He studied Civil Engineering in Bengal Engineering College Sibpur (currently Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur), when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Later he joined Indian Railways Service of Engineers.[1] He worked as General Manager, RITES and as Chief Engineer -Design of Metro Railways, Calcutta.[1] He also holds a Law Degree of Calcutta University.[citation needed]
Roy took voluntary retirement in 1990. He then joined Jadavpur University as professor and founder head of the Department of Construction Engineering. He is a former Chairman Board of Governors of TTTI Calcutta (2000 to 2005). He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers and life member of the Indian Council of Arbitration.[citation needed]
Sri Roy was awarded the distinguished Alumni award by Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, formerly Bengal Engineering College Sibpur during the Second Annual Convocation of the Institute on 4th March 2016.
Politics
Roy was attracted towards Hindutva and became a Swayamsevak in 1986. After leaving government service he joined the BJP in 1990. He replaced Ashim Ghosh as president of the West Bengal state unit of the BJP in 2002 and was succeeded by Sukumar Banerjee in 2006.[citation needed]
Roy stood as a candidate for election to the Lok Sabha in 2009, standing in the North Kolkata constituency of West Bengal. He did not win.[citation needed] He stood as the BJP candidate in the Kolkata Dakshin (South Kolkata) parliamentary constituency for the Indian general election, 2014, earning 25.29% of the total votes polled.[citation needed]he was selected as the Governor of Tripura on 12th of May 2015.
Publications
Roy writes extensively, both in English and in his native Bengali. He has authored two books:
- My People, Uprooted: A Saga of the Hindus of Eastern Bengal, later republished under the title A Suppressed Chapter in History: The Exodus of Hindus from East Pakistan and Bangladesh, 1947-2006, (Bookwell, Delhi, 2007)
- The Life and Times of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, (Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi, 2012). Also translated into Hindi
Family
Roy is the elder brother of Saugata Roy, the All India Trinamool Congress MP and former Minister of State for Urban Development.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Life-Sketch of Tathagata Roy, President, BJP, West Bengal, BJP Today, January 1--15, 2003 - Vol. 12, No. 01.
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Governor of Tripura May 2015 - present |
Incumbent |
- Vague or ambiguous time from December 2014
- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2014
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from West Bengal
- Indian academics
- Indian civil engineers
- Indian Hindus
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Jadavpur University faculty
- National Democratic Alliance candidates in the Indian general election, 2014
- Governors of Tripura
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians
