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 previous Chief Minister of West Bengal, in her public tackle on 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 muse stone of the deliberate metropolis of Kalyani and that in his lengthy tenure as Chief Minister, he served sufferers freed from value.

“This institute is situated in a metropolis that was established by an exemplary chief minister and physician. As such, the scholars, lecturers and directors of this institute ought to intention very excessive and aspire to make AIIMS Kalyani an institute of nationwide pleasure,” the President mentioned.

She added that they need to additionally aspire to observe Dr B.C. Roy’s footsteps and supply their providers totally free to the ailing and socioeconomically disadvantaged folks.

The President, in her tackle, additionally highlighted the contributions of Bengali revolutionary Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, often known as Bagha Jatin, and author Dinabandhu Mitra to the nation’s renaissance within the nineteenth century. Notably, each had associations with Nadia district.

AIIMS Kalyani was established in 2018 in Kalyani in Nadia district by the Union authorities and began its first tutorial session in September 2019, with a batch of fifty MBBS college students.