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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Saugata Roy
| name                = Saugata Roy
| image              = The Minister of State for Urban Development, Shri Saugata Ray addressing at the inauguration of the drainage system in Baranagar Municipality, a KMDA project under JNNURM, at Sinthee Kolkata on May 23, 2012.jpg
| image              = Saugata Roy MP.jpg
| imagesize          =  
| imagesize          =  
| caption            = Roy addressing at a programme of [[Baranagar Municipality]], in May 2012
| caption            =  
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1946|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1946|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Shillong]], [[Assam]], [[British India]] (Now Meghalaya)
| birth_place        = [[Shillong]], [[Assam]], [[British India ]] (now [[Meghalaya]])
| residence          = 162/D 593, Lake Gardens, [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India-700 045
| residence          ={india}
| death_date          =  
| death_date          =  
| death_place        =  
| death_place        =  
| office3            = [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Minister of State for Urban Development]]
| office4            = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas| Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India]]
| term_start4        = 28 July 1979
| term_end4          = 14 January 1980
| primeminister4      = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]
| office3            = [[Ministry of Urban Development ( indian)|Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India]]
| term_start3        = 22 May 2009
| term_start3        = 22 May 2009
| term_end3          = 22 September 2012
| term_end3          = 22 September 2012
| primeminister3     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| primeminister3     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor3        = [[Ajay Maken]]
| predecessor3        = [[Ajay Maken]]
| successor3          = [[Deepa Dasmunsi]]
| successor3          = [[Deepa Dasmunsi]]
| minister3          = [[Jaipal Reddy]]<br>[[Kamal Nath]]
| minister3          = [[Jaipal Reddy]]&lt;br&gt;[[Kamal Nath]]
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1      = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
| constituency1      = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
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| successor1          =  
| successor1          =  
| office2            =  
| office2            =  
| term_start2        = 1977
| term_start2        = 23 March 1977
| term_end2          = 1980
| term_end2          = 14 January 1980
| predecessor2        = [[Md. Ismail]]
| predecessor2        = Md. Ismail
| successor2          = [[Md. Ismail]]
| successor2          = Md. Ismail
| constituency2      = [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
| constituency2      = [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
| majority2 =30.82%
| office7             = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| office4             = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start7         = 11 May 2006
| term_start4         = 2006
| term_end7           = 16 May 2009
| term_end4           = 2009
| predecessor7       = [[Bhupendranath Seth]]
| predecessor4       = [[Bhupendranath Seth]]
| successor7         = [[Gopal Seth]]
| successor4         = [[Gopal Seth]]
| constituency7       = [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]]
| constituency4       = [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]]
| term_start8         = 1987
| office5            =
| term_end8           = 13 May 2001
| term_start5         = 1987
| predecessor8       = Anup Kumar Chandra
| term_end5           = 2001
| successor8         = [[Tapas Paul]]
| predecessor5       = Anup Kumar Chandra
| constituency8       = [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]]
| successor5         = [[Tapas Paul]]
| term_start9         = 13 May 2001
| constituency5       = [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]]
| term_end9           = 11 May 2006
| office6            =
| predecessor9       = [[Kshiti Goswami]]
| term_start6         = 2001
| successor9         = [[Kshiti Goswami]]
| term_end6           = 2006
| constituency9       = [[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]]
| predecessor6       = [[Kshiti Goswami]]
| party              = [[Trinamool Congress]] (2001–present)
| successor6         = [[Kshiti Goswami]]
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 2001)
| constituency6       = [[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]]
| nationality        = Indian
| party              = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]  
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)
| nationality        = Indian  
| spouse              = Dolly Roy
| spouse              = Dolly Roy
| relatives          = [[Tathagata Roy]]  
| relatives          = [[Tathagata Roy]]  
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| children            =  
| children            =  
| alma_mater          = [[University of Calcutta]] ([[MSc]], [[LLB]])
| alma_mater          = [[University of Calcutta]] ([[MSc]], [[LLB]])
| profession          = [[Academician]]
| profession          = [[Academic staff|Academic]]
| website            =  
| website            =  
| date                = 11 September
| date                = 11 September
| year                = 2009
| year                = 2009
| source              = <ref name=saugata>{{cite web| url = http://164.100.47.134/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=2554
| source              = &lt;ref name=saugata&gt;{{cite web| url = http://164.100.47.134/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=2554
  | title = Roy, Prof Saugata | access-date = 2009-09-11 | work =Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha }}</ref>
  | title = Roy, Prof Saugata | access-date = 2009-09-11 | work =Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha }}&lt;/ref&gt;
}}
}}


'''Prof. Saugata Roy''' (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] and a member of parliament in the [[Lok Sabha]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] representing the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] constituency in the [[16th Lok Sabha]]. He was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the [[Cabinet of India|Manmohan Singh government]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album_details.php?albumPage=50&AlbumType=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=Team%20Manmohan| title = Team Manmohun | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = NDTV }}</ref>
'''Saugata Roy''' (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of [[Trinamool Congress]] and a Member of the [[Indian Parliament]] representing the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] constituency in the [[16th Lok Sabha]]. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the [[Cabinet of India|Manmohan Singh government]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url = http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album_details.php?albumPage=50&amp;AlbumType=PHOTO_GALLERY&amp;AlbumTitle=Team%20Manmohan| title = Team Manmohun | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = NDTV }}&lt;/ref&gt;


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]].
==Political career==
A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]] (3 Terms), [[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]] and [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]] constituencies.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html
| title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = new Kerala.com }}&lt;/ref&gt;


A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]] (3 Terms), [[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]] and [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]] constituencies.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html
==Controversies==
| title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 2009-06-20 | publisher = new Kerala.com }}</ref>
On 11 January 2017, the then [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] MP [[Babul Supriyo]] filed a complaint against Roy along with TMC MP [[Tapas Paul]] and MLA [[Mahua Moitra]] for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-01-11 |title=Rose valley chit fund case: Babul Supriyo sends defamation notices to TMC leaders for linking him to scam |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rose-valley-chit-fund-case-babul-supriyo-sends-defamation-notices-to-tmc-leaders-for-linking-him-to-scam-4468606/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;


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.<ref name=saugata/>
==Personal life==
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]]. He is married to Dolly Roy. His brother [[Tathagata Roy|Tathagata]] is a politician from the [[BJP]].


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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-11 |title=Rose valley chit fund case: Babul Supriyo sends defamation notices to TMC leaders for linking him to scam |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rose-valley-chit-fund-case-babul-supriyo-sends-defamation-notices-to-tmc-leaders-for-linking-him-to-scam-4468606/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
==Positions held==
 
{| class="wikitable"
Prof. Roy serves on the following committees as a Member of Parliament:
|-
* Member, Committee on Public Undertakings (14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016)
! Period !! Position
* Member, Rules Committee (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
|-
* Member, Standing Committee on Finance (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
| 26-Sep-2024 onwards || Member, Committee on Finance
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense (1 Sep. 2014–Present)
|-
* Member, Joint Committee on Office of Profit (11 Dec. 2014–Present)
| 14-Aug-2024 onwards || Member, Committee on Public Accounts
* Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex (29 April 2015 – Present)
|-
| June 2024 || Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
|-
| || Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
|-
| 13-Sept-2019 onwards || Member, Standing Committee on Finance
|-
| 24-July-2019 onwards || Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
|-
| May 2019 || Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
|-
| 1-May-2017 to 25-May-2019 || Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
|-
| 29-April-2015 to 25-May-2019 || Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
|-
| 11-Dec-2014 to 25-May-2019 || Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
|-
|  || Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
|-
|  || Member, Standing Committee on Finance
|-
| 1-Sep-2014 to 25-May-2019 || Member, Rules Committee
|-
| 14-Aug-2014 to 30-April-2016 || Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
|-
| May 2014 || Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
|-
| 2009 to 22-Sept-2012 || Union Minister of State, Urban Development
|-
| 2009 || Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
|-
| 1987 to 2009 || Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (five terms)
|-
| 1979 || Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
|-
| || Member, Committee on Government Assurances
|-
| 1977 || Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
|-
| 1973 to 1977 || General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
|-
| 1968 to 1970 || General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, Students Wing of the Congress
|}


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Revision as of 11:25, 15 March 2026


Saugata Roy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byAmitava Nandy
ConstituencyDum Dum
In office
23 March 1977 – 14 January 1980
Preceded byMd. Ismail
Succeeded byMd. Ismail
ConstituencyBarrackpore
Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India
In office
22 May 2009 – 22 September 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterJaipal Reddy<br>Kamal Nath
Preceded byAjay Maken
Succeeded byDeepa Dasmunsi
Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime MinisterChaudhary Charan Singh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
11 May 2006 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byBhupendranath Seth
Succeeded byGopal Seth
ConstituencyBangaon Dakshin
In office
1987 – 13 May 2001
Preceded byAnup Kumar Chandra
Succeeded byTapas Paul
ConstituencyAlipore
In office
13 May 2001 – 11 May 2006
Preceded byKshiti Goswami
Succeeded byKshiti Goswami
ConstituencyDhakuria
Personal details
Born (1946-08-06) 6 August 1946 (age 79)
Shillong, Assam, British India (now Meghalaya)
NationalityIndian
Political partyTrinamool Congress (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (until 2001)
Spouse(s)Dolly Roy
RelativesTathagata Roy (brother)
Residence{india}
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (MSc, LLB)
ProfessionAcademic
As of 11 September, 2009
Source: [<ref name=saugata>"Roy, Prof Saugata". Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha. Retrieved 11 September 2009.</ref>]

Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and a Member of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.<ref>"Team Manmohun". NDTV. Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref>

Political career

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.<ref>"Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state". new Kerala.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.</ref>

Controversies

On 11 January 2017, the then Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Roy along with TMC MP Tapas Paul and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.<ref>"Rose valley chit fund case: Babul Supriyo sends defamation notices to TMC leaders for linking him to scam". The Indian Express. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2022.</ref>

Personal life

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. He is married to Dolly Roy. His brother Tathagata is a politician from the BJP.

Positions held

Period Position
26-Sep-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Finance
14-Aug-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts
June 2024 Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
13-Sept-2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance
24-July-2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
May 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1-May-2017 to 25-May-2019 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
29-April-2015 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
11-Dec-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
Member, Standing Committee on Finance
1-Sep-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Rules Committee
14-Aug-2014 to 30-April-2016 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
May 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
2009 to 22-Sept-2012 Union Minister of State, Urban Development
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1987 to 2009 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (five terms)
1979 Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
1973 to 1977 General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
1968 to 1970 General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, Students Wing of the Congress

References

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