Tathagata Roy
Tathagata Roy | |
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| 18th Governor of Meghalaya | |
| In office 27 January 2020 – 18 August 2020 | |
| Chief Minister | Conrad Sangma |
| Preceded by | R. N. Ravi |
| Succeeded by | Satya Pal Malik |
| In office 25 August 2018 – 18 December 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Conrad Sangma |
| Preceded by | Ganga Prasad |
| Succeeded by | R. N. Ravi |
| 16th Governor of Tripura | |
| In office 20 May 2015 – 25 August 2018 | |
| Chief Minister | Manik Sarkar Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Preceded by | Padmanabha Acharya |
| Succeeded by | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
| 16th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | |
| In office 10 July 2016 – 12 August 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Kalikho Pul Nabam Tuki Pema Khandu |
| Preceded by | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa |
| Succeeded by | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa |
| 6th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party - West Bengal | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Ashim Kumar Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Sukumar Banerjee |
| Member of National Executive Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 2002–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1945 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Relatives | Saugata Roy (brother) |
| Alma mater | University 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 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.