Prof. Ajoy K. Roy, a reputed
scientist of high esteem, studied in Bangladesh and in UK and took his
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Leeds University. With his initiative
an advanced center of Solid State Physics and crystallography was
established in 1969 under the sponsorship of UNESCO. His work led to
the discovery of some fundamental process in radiation chemistry of
aliphatic and amino acids and their salts. The process of dissociative
electron capture and the subsequent fate of electron is considered to
be his major contribution as a scientist. He has been invited twice
by the Nobel committee to nominate candidates for Nobel prize in 1998
and in 2001.
Socially conscious Prof. Roy,
since his student life, participated in all progressive movements
including Language movement of 1952, Mass Movement in 1969, and Non
Co-operation movement of 1970 --all these finally culminated in his
participation in the 1971 War of Liberation of Bangladesh as a freedom
fighter. After Liberation Prof. Roy was the General Secretary of the
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in the 1972-73 period, succeeding Dr.
Ahmed Sharif.
Prof. Roy, as a secular democrat
believes in rationalism and secularism. As an ardent activist of Human
Rights he has participated in most movements against Human Rights
violation in Bangladesh.
