Tathagata Roy (born 14 September 1945) is an Indian Politician currently serving as Governor of Meghalaya since August 2018.
He had previously served as Governor of Tripura (2015–2018), following a political career with the Bharatiya Janata Party, which included a stint as President of its West Bengal state unit (2002–2006).
He was then a member of the BJP National Executive, the party's central policy-making body, from 2002 till 2015.
Roy also briefly had additional charge of the office of Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, during which he handled the ouster of Chief Minister Kalikho Pul following a Supreme Court judgement and swore in Pema Khandu as the new Chief Minister.
An engineer by training, Roy is a former professor of construction engineering at Jadavpur University.
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