President Murmu lauds contributions of former West Bengal Chief Minister Dr B.C. Roy

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Wednesday (July 30, 2025), lauded the efforts of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy as the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, in her public address at the first convocation ceremony of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Kalyani in West Bengal’s Nadia district.

Ms Murmu highlighted that Dr Roy laid the foundation stone of the planned city of Kalyani and that during his long tenure as Chief Minister, he served patients free of cost.

“This institute is located in a city that was established by an exemplary chief minister and doctor. As such, the students, teachers and administrators of this institute should aim very high and aspire to make AIIMS Kalyani an institute of national pride,” the President said.

She added that they should also aspire to follow Dr B.C. Roy’s footsteps and provide their services for free to the ailing and socioeconomically deprived people.

The President, in her address, also highlighted the contributions of Bengali revolutionary Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, also known as Bagha Jatin, and writer Dinabandhu Mitra to the country’s renaissance in the 19th century. Notably, both had associations with Nadia district.

AIIMS Kalyani was established in 2018 in Kalyani in Nadia district by the Union government and started its first academic session in September 2019, with a batch of 50 MBBS students.