Saugata Roy

Prof. Saugata Roy (Bengali: ; 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) and re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from
the same constituency. He had earlier been elected from
Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1977. He was
briey 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 ve 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] Roy, Prof Saugata. Lok Sabha Members 15th Lok

Sabha. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
[2] Team Manmohun. NDTV. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
[3] Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state. new Kerala.com. Retrieved 2009-06-20.

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