Saugata Roy

Saugata Roy
File:Shri Sougata Roy official portrait, 2019.jpg Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Amitava Nandy
Constituency	Dum Dum
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Md. Ismail
Succeeded by	Md. Ismail
Constituency	Barrackpore
Majority	30.82%
Minister of State for Urban Development
In office 22 May 2009 – 22 September 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Jaipal Reddy Kamal Nath
Preceded by	Ajay Maken
Succeeded by	Deepa Dasmunsi
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2009
Preceded by	Bhupendranath Seth
Succeeded by	Gopal Seth
Constituency	Bangaon Uttar
In office 1987–2001
Preceded by	Anup Kumar Chandra
Succeeded by	Tapas Paul
Constituency	Alipore
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Kshiti Goswami
Succeeded by	Kshiti Goswami
Constituency	Dhakuria
Personal details
Born	(1946-08-06) 6 August 1946 Shillong, Assam, British India (Now Meghalaya)
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 1998)
Spouse	Dolly Roy
Relatives	Tathagata Roy (brother)
Residence(s)	162/D 593, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal, India-700 045
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (MSc, LLB)
Profession	Academician
As of 11 September, 2009 Source: []

Prof. Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.

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 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 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.

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.

On 11 January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Roy along with AITC MP Tapas Paul and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.

Prof. Roy serves on the following committees as a Member of Parliament:

• Member, Committee on Public Undertakings (14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016)
• Member, Rules Committee (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
• Member, Standing Committee on Finance (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
• Member, Joint Committee on Office of Profit (11 Dec. 2014–Present)
• Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex (29 April 2015 – Present)