Saugata Roy
| Saugata Roy সৌগত রায় | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Urban Development | |
| In office 2009 – september 21,2012 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Amitava Nandy |
| Constituency | Dum Dum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1947 Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Dolly Roy |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta St. Lawrence High School |
| Profession | Educationist |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| As of 11 September, 2009 Source: [[1]] | |
Prof. Saugata Roy (Bengali: সৌগত রায়; born 6 August 1947) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]
A National Science Talent Search Scholar and a former student of St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College and Presidency College, Kolkata, he holds a post-graduate degree in Physics. He also holds a degree in Law from Calcutta University. He is a retired professor of Physics from Asutosh College. A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of Trinamool Congress, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). He had earlier been elected from Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1977. He was briefly the Union Minister of State for Petroleum in the Charan Singh Ministry and was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the UPA II Ministry from 2009 to 2012. He has been elected to the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly five times having been elected from Alipore (3 Terms), Dhakuria and Bangaon constituencies.[3]
From 1967 to 1969 he was General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad and from 1973 to 1977 he was General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Roy, Prof Saugata". Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ↑ "Team Manmohun". NDTV. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ↑ "Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state". new Kerala.com. Retrieved 2009-06-20.