Tathagata Roy

Tathagata Roy (born 14 September 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Tripura from 2015 to 2018 and the Governor of Meghalaya from 2018 to 2020. He has served as the president of the West Bengal state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party and as a member of the BJP National Executive.

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. He worked as General Manager, RITES and as Chief Engineer - Design of Metro Railways, Calcutta. He was transferred and appointed Governor of Meghalaya in August 2018. 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.

Governorship Roy was appointed as the Governor of Tripura on 20 May 2015. He took leaves from 20 September 2015 to 20 November 2015, from 15 June 2015.

On 27 August 2018, he was appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya, following the end of Ganga Prasad’s term. He served until 18 August 2020.

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). Also translated into Hindi under title Apratim Nayak 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 Saugata Roy, the All India Trinamool Congress MP and former Minister of State for Urban Development. He is married to Anuradha, who taught English at B.K.C. College, Kolkata. They have two daughters, Malini (Roy) and Madhura (Khedekar), both of whom are married and live in the United States.