My first eva persenatation at Kem hospital! And it won the little competition! :D

1.  By
Dr B C Roy
 Shweta Satia
 2nd year.
 GSMC Mumbai

2. Dr B C Roy
 A renowned Physician
educationist , social
reformer & a freedom
fighter
 He was one of the
makers of morden
India
 He was an able
administrator & an icon
of morality & ethics in
public life

3. Personal life
 Born on 1st July 1882 Bankipore Patna
in Bihar
 Youngest of the five children
 Mother passed away when he was only 14
years
 Father Mr Prakesh Chandra who was an
Excisie inspector played the role of mother as
well taught him to do house hold chores
which helped him to work in public life.

4. Career:
 A brilliant student, he passed his
Entrance examination from Patna
Collegiate School in 1897
 In 1901 he graduated from Patna
College with Honors in Mathematics
and applied to both Bengal
Engineering College Shibpur and
Calcutta Medical College
 He was accepted to both institutions
but opted to go to medical school.
Dr.Bidhan left for Calcutta in June
1901
 While at medical school Dr Roy
came upon an inscription which
read, "Whatever thy hands findeth
to do, do it with thy might.“
 Dr B C Roy was deeply impressed
by these words and they became a
source of inspiration for him
throughout his life.

5.  Dr.Bidhan sailed for England with only Rs. 1,200 in
February of 1909 intending to enroll himself at St.
Bartholomew's hospital for further education.
 The Dean, reluctant to accept a student from Asia,
rejected Dr.Bidhan's application.
 Dr. Roy did not loose heart.
 Again and again he submitted his application until
finally the Dean, after 30 admission requests,
accepted Dr.Bidhan to the college.
 Within two years and three months, Dr.Bidhan
completed his M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. and returned
home from England in 1911. On his return he taught
at the Calcutta Medical College

6. Contributions
In Medicine:
 Dr B C Roy contribution to Medical
Profession and Indian Medical
Association are immense.
 He was instrumental in starting IMA in
the year 1928 and making it the largest
professional organization in the country
 Served as Professor of Medicine, Fellow
of American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene and Vice Chancellor of
Calcutta University.
 The Doctorate of Science was conferred
upon him in 1944.
 Received Bharat Ratna in 1961.
 Recognizing his service the Government
of India decalred July 1st as Doctors Day
in India.

7. In Politics:
 He entered Politics in 1925
& was elected to All India 2nd Chief Minister of West
Congress Committee -1928 Bengal
 Effienciently conducted
Civil disobedience
Movement in Bengal & was
arrested in 1930
 His contribution made
leaps & bounds in Free
Education,medical care
,better roads & water
supply
 A great architect of West
Bengal-- who founded
three eminent cities --
Durgapur Kalyani and
Bidhan-nagar.

8.  Inspite of his political
schedules, he continued to
serve the Medical
Profession by devoting one
hour everyday for the cause
of poor patients and the
profession.
 He gifted his house to the
people of Bengal in the year
1961.
 Died on 1st July 1962 at the
age of 80
Kolkata, West Bengal

9. Post-Independence
 The B.C. Roy National Award was instituted in
1976 for work in the area of
medicine, politics, science, philosophy, literat
ure and arts.
 The Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Library and
Reading Room for Children in the Children's
Book Trust, New Delhi, was opened in 1967.
 Today, his private papers are part of the
Archives at the Nehru Memorial Museum &
Library, at Teen Murti House, Delhi.

10. Message to the youth
 Dr. Roy believed that the youth of
India would determine the future
of the nation. He felt that the
youth must not take part in strikes
and fasts but should study and
commit themselves to social work
 At his Convocation Address on
December 15, 1956 at
the University of Lucknow Dr. Roy
said "My young friends, you are
soldiers in the battle of freedom-
freedom from –fear , ignorance,
frustration and helplessness.

11. CONCLUSION
 His 30 attempts to enter Medical School in
England is an example of self belief & not
giving up.
 Let us all pledge ourselves to serve the
Medical Profession and the Country in the
golden path shown by Dr BC Roy.

12. References
1.Dr. B. C. Roy – The Iconic Leader of India
www.wisdomtimes.com/dr-b-c-roy-the-
iconic-leader-of-india 2012
2.Fabien Roy - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabie_Roy
3. Arundhati Roy - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_