Dr B C Roy has been one of the foremost national leaders of the 20th century. A legendary physician of the country, a distinguished political leader, philanthropist, educationist and social worker, he was one of the longest serving Chief Ministers of West Bengal and is rightly hailed as the Maker of Modern West Bengal. He also established himself as one of the foremost national leaders. This biography invokes interest among our countrymen in the many splendoured personality that Dr B C ROY, was, his wide range of interests and the large number of institutions that he created in so many spheres, his great vision and his political and administrative acumen, his humane nature and concern for common people and, above all, the way he tried so solve very crucial problems in the nation’s life, specially during the 15 years that he served as Chief Minister of West Bengal and as one of the foremost national leaders.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nitish Sengupta
Academician, administrator, politician and writer, Nitish SenGupta is a gold medallist from University of Calcutta. He has a doctorate from Delhi University and Studied public administration at Manehester University. After a short spell of reaching in Presidency College, Kolkata, he joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1957 and held key post in West Bengal and at the Centre. After retirement in 1992 he headed the International Management Institute, New Delhi and has been director on the boards of several private and public sector companies. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1999 and served on several committees of Parliament. He has written ten books, notably Government and Business (Vikas, 1980), my Times: A Civil Servant Remembers (Sanskriti, 2005), Unshackling of Indian Industry (Vision Books, 1992), Strategic Management (Vision Books, 2003) and Changing Patterns of Corporate Management (Vikas, 1972). His books on Bengal include History of the Bengali-Speaking People (UBS, 2001), Kshamatar Alinde (in Bengali) and a biography of Dr B.C. Roy. He is currently based in Delhi.
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