Prof. Saugata Roy is the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Urban Development, New Delhi. He holds a post-graduate degree in Physics and a degree in Law from Calcutta University. He was elected twice to the 6th and 15th Lok Sabha terms from Barrackpore constituency in 1977 and from Dum Dum constituency in 2009, respectively. He has been elected to the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly five times. A retired professor of Physics, Prof. Roy was an active trade unionist, connected with over hundred trade unions for various development and literacy works. He was associated with National Mazdoor Union; Indian National Trade Union Congress; National Union of Waterfront Workers; and Calcutta State Transport Union.