Tathagata Roy
Tathagata Roy is an Indian politician, engineer and author. He was president of the West Bengal state unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2002 till 2006. Currently 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.
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.
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.
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. He stood as the BJP candidate in the [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha Constituency )]] (South Kolkata) parliamentary constituency for the Indian general election, 2014, earning 25.29% of the total votes polled.
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Life-Sketch of Tathagata Roy, President, BJP, West Bengal, BJP Today, January 1--15, 2003 - Vol. 12, No. 01.
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