Tathagata Roy

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Tathagata Roy
National Executive Committee
, Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
2002–2015
Personal details
Born (1945-09-14) 14 September 1945 (age 78)
British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
RelativesSaugata Roy[2] (brother)
Residence
Bengal Engineering & Science University (B.E.)
University of Calcutta
(L.L.B)

Tathagata Roy (born 14 September 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the

BJP National Executive from 2002 until 2015.[5]

Roy briefly had additional charge of the office of the

Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from July 2016 till August 2016, during which he handled the ouster of Chief Minister Kalikho Pul following a Supreme Court judgement, and swore in Pema Khandu as the new Chief Minister. An engineer by training, Roy is a former professor of construction engineering and the founder-head of the department at Jadavpur University.[5]

Life and works

Tathagata Roy was born on 14 September 1945 in

Calcutta University.[5]

Roy took voluntary retirement from the Railways in 1990. He then joined

Governor of Tripura.[5]

Roy was felicitated as an 'Eminent Engineering Personality' by the Institution of Engineers (India) at the Engineering Congress held at Guwahati in December 2015 and awarded the distinguished Alumni award by

Sibpur during the Second Annual Convocation of the institute on 4 March 2016. He was also conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) by the Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmull Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, at a special convocation at Mumbai in May 2016. He was further conferred the degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, at the convocation in November 2016.[5]

Politics

Roy was attracted towards Hindutva, the ideology of Hindu nationalism and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) 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.[5]

Roy stood as a candidate for election to the

Kolkata Dakshin (South Kolkata) parliamentary constituency for the 2014 Indian general election, earning 25.29% of the total votes polled.[5] He was appointed Governor of Tripura on 12 May 2015.[7] He was transferred and appointed Governor of Meghalaya in August 2018.[8] He served till December 2019 and, after a brief medical leave, again from January 2020 until 18 August 2020 completing his five-year tenure on gubernatorial post, handing over the charge to Satya Pal Malik.[9]

Publications

Roy writes extensively, mostly socio-political articles, both in English and in his native Bengali. He has been published in The Statesman, BJP Today, Desh (Bengali fortnightly) and several others. He has authored seven books:

  • Bampontha Bhayankari: Banglay o Bideshe (Bengali) (Mitra & Ghosh, Kolkata, 2020)
  • Bharatkeshari Yugpurush Syamaprasad (Bengali) (Mitra & Ghosh, Kolkata, 2018)
  • Ja Chhilo Amar Desh (Bengali) (Mitra & Ghosh, Kolkata, 2016)
  • My People, Uprooted: The Exodus of Hindus from East Pakistan and Bangladesh (Synergy Books India, New Delhi, 2016), earlier published under the title A Suppressed Chapter in History: The Exodus of Hindus from East Pakistan and Bangladesh, 1947-2006, (Bookwell, Delhi, 2007)
  • "Syama Prasad Mookerjee: Life and Times", (Penguin/Viking, Delhi, 2018), earlier published under title The Life and Times of Dr.
    Syama Prasad Mookerjee
     (Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi, 2012)
  • Tathagata Rayer Nirbachito Probondho Songroho (Bengali), Vivekananda Sahitya Kendra, Kolkata, 2008
  • Engineering Contracts in India: Law, Practice and Management, (Bharat Book Agency, Calcutta, 1990)

Family

Roy is the elder brother of

All India Trinamool Congress MP and former Minister of State for Urban Development.[citation needed] He is married to Anuradha, who taught English at B.K.C. College, Kolkata.[citation needed
] They have two daughters, Malini (Roy) and Madhura (Khedekar), both of whom are married and live in the United States.

References

  1. ^ a b "Governor's Profile". Raj Bhavan ,Tripura. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. News18
    . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Meghalaya State Portal". meghalaya.gov.in. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation". www.tribuneindia.com. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Governor of Meghalaya". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b Life-Sketch of Tathagata Roy, President, BJP, West Bengal, BJP Today, 1 January--15, 2003 - Vol. 12, No. 01.
  7. ^ PTI (20 May 2015). "Tathagata Roy Sworn-In as Tripura Governor". NDTV.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. ^ Laitphlang, David (25 August 2018). "Tathagata Roy sworn in as Meghalaya governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  9. ^ PTI (18 August 2020). "Satya Pal Malik Appointed Meghalaya Governor, to Replace Tathagata Roy". News18. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Roy brothers remain 'polls' apart". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Tripura
20 May 2015 - 25 August 2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
10 July 2016 - 12 August 2016 		Succeeded by
Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
Additional Charge
Preceded by Governor of Meghalaya
25 August 2018 - 18 December 2019 		Succeeded by
R. N. Ravi
Additional Charge
Preceded by
R. N. Ravi
Additional Charge
 Governor of Meghalaya
27 January 2020 - 18 August 2020 		Succeeded by

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