Tathagata Roy

Tathagata Roy
18th Governor of Meghalaya
In office
27 January 2020 – 18 August 2020
Chief MinisterConrad Sangma
Preceded byR. N. Ravi
Succeeded bySatya Pal Malik
In office
25 August 2018 – 18 December 2019
Chief MinisterConrad Sangma
Preceded byGanga Prasad
Succeeded byR. N. Ravi
16th Governor of Tripura
In office
20 May 2015 – 25 August 2018
Chief MinisterManik Sarkar
Biplab Kumar Deb
Preceded byPadmanabha Acharya
Succeeded byKaptan Singh Solanki
16th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
In office
10 July 2016 – 12 August 2016
Chief MinisterKalikho Pul
Nabam Tuki
Pema Khandu
Preceded byJyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
Succeeded byJyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
6th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party - West Bengal
In office
2002–2006
Preceded byAshim Ghosh
Succeeded bySukumar Banerjee
Member of National Executive Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
2002–2015
Personal details
Born (1945-09-14) 14 September 1945 (age 79)[1]
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
RelativesSaugata Roy[2] (brother)
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Shillong
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (L.L.B)
IIEST Shibpur (B.E.)

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 August 2018 to the end of his term in August 2020.[3] He was the 6th state president of West Bengal state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2002 to 2006[4] and a member of 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]

  1. ^ "Governor's Profile". Raj Bhavan ,Tripura. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ Sujit Nath (20 August 2020). "Tathagata and Saugata Roy: What Roles Will 'Ram and Lakhan' Play in the 2021 Bengal Polls?". news18.com. 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 "Governor of Meghalaya". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.