| 词条 | Ajoy Roy |
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| name=Ajoy Roy | birth_date = {{ birth date and age|1935|3|1}} | birth_place = Dinajpur, British India (now Bangladesh) | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|University of Dhaka|Leeds University}} | education = PhD (Physical chemistry) | spouse = Shefali Roy | children = Avijit Roy }} Ajoy Roy (born 1 March 1935) is a retired professor of physics at the Dhaka University of Bangladesh, but is best known for his prominent role in Bangladesh human rights activism and freethinking. He has been one of the eminent educationists promoting secular humanism in Bangladesh. He is founder and president of the Shishka Andolan Mancha (Platform For Education-Movement) and chairman of Shamriti Mancha (Platform for peace-harmony-tranquility). Roy is editor in chief of Muktanwesa ({{lang-bn|মুক্তান্বেষা}}) magazine, a Bengali publication for promoting freethinking and Secular Humanism. He is also the member of advisory board of the Mukto-Mona, an internet forum of freethinkers, rationalists, sceptics, atheists and humanists of mainly Bengali and South Asian descent. He is an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist International, an organisation that defends rationalist ideas. He has been contributing as a columnist to the national newspapers of Bangladesh. In 2012, he received Ekushey Padak, the highest civilian award of Bangladesh. Early years and educationRoy was born in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. He received his Bachelor's degree and master's degree from Dhaka University, and took his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical chemistry from Leeds University of England. He was among a group of teachers who formed an advanced centre of solid state physics and crystallography established in 1969 under the sponsorship of UNESCO. His work led to the discovery of some fundamental processes 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.[1][2] His scientific works have also been cited in the contents of volumes (1–50) of Progress in NMR Spectroscopy.[3] Human rights activismRoy participated in many progressive movements in Bangladesh including Language movement of 1952, Mass Movement in 1969, and Non Co-operation movement of 1970 and most prominently, in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 as a freedom fighter. He was one of the teachers of Dhaka University who were directly involved with the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, paramilitary as a member of Mukti Bahini (or liberation army) involving in guerrilla warfare in Comilla border to fight against the West Pakistani army. Later he became a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the liberation war and worked as a General Secretary of East Pakistan Teachers' association in Kolkata.,.[4][5] He also established several cultural organisations to inspire the freedom fighters where Mamunur Rashid and other noted actors took active part.[6] After Liberation Prof. Roy was the General Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in the 1972–73 period, succeeding Ahmed Sharif.[7] When Pakistani freethinker Dr. Younus Shaikh was in prison and awaiting the death penalty for alleged blasphemous remarks regarding Muhammad in 2000, Ajoy Roy organised the 'Save Dr. Yunus Shaikh Committee' and held meetings, processions, seminars, road side demonstration and staged demonstration against Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf in front of the Pakistan High commission at Dhaka.[8] Following the 2001 general elections, there was a wave of violence and oppression towards the minority Hindu community, Prof. Ajoy Roy took active stand to help the victims. He also created control and monitoring cell at Dhaka before the election of 2008 to prevent similar atrocities on minority population of Bangladesh. He has also been working for the rights of the indigenous and hill people of Bangladesh[9] Freethinking and secular humanismRoy translated the first chapter of Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion in Bengali[10] and took active role to introduce Aroj Ali Matubbar, the rationalist, peasant-philosopher of Bangladesh[11] in the west. He defended Taslima Nasrin and her plight in various essays.[12][13] He has been working to build up a science-based culture for rapid development of the country.[14] He is also one of the pioneers to organise Darwin Day rally at Dhaka.[15] His son Avijit Roy, an engineer who blogged about secular humanism, was hacked to death in Dhaka on 26 February 2015.[16] BooksThe list of the prominent books written by Ajoy Roy :
Recognition and awards
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rationalistinternational.net/archive/en/rationalist_2002/88.htm|title=Bulletin # 88|publisher=|accessdate=2 March 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Ajoy}}2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20031029153719/http://www.secularvoiceofbangladesh.org/A_humanisjt_by_Dr_Roy.htm secularvoiceofbangladesh] 3. ^Forty years of Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (see Appendix, Ajoy K. Roy and Paul T. Inglefield Solid state NMR studies of local motions in polymers) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201314/http://www.fmp-berlin.info/schroeder/PogrNMRSpec_50_179.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }} 4. ^একাত্তুরে রণাঙ্গন, শামসুল হুদা চৌধুরী 5. ^মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বুদ্ধিজীবীদের ভুমিকা, মেজর রফিকুল ইসলাম 6. ^{{cite news |last=Rosan |first=Robab |date=26 March 2009|title=We have destroyed our traditional educational system |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2009/mar/26/independence09/i18.html |newspaper=New Age |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506064436/http://www.newagebd.com/2009/mar/26/independence09/i18.html |archive-date=6 May 2009}} 7. ^About the Author, Prof. Ajoy Roy's Article page in Mukto-Mona. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115021621/http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/ajoy/ |date=15 January 2010 }} 8. ^Roy's Speech at the Jahanara Imam Memorial Lecture on receiving the Medal {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108015314/http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/ajoy/jahanara_award280607.htm |date=8 January 2010 }} 9. ^{{cite news | url = http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=22929| title = Present CHT situation threat for future| work = The Daily Star| date = 11 February 2008| accessdate = 5 November 2009}} 10. ^Bengali Translation of The First Chapter of The God Delusion {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801130439/http://richarddawkins.net/article%2C1272%2CBengali-Translation-of-The-First-Chapter-of-The-God-Delusion%2CMukto-Mona |date=1 August 2009 }} 11. ^Aroj Ali Matubbar: Rationalist Philosopher of Rural Bangladesh : Paper read in the conference by Rationalist International in 2001 12. ^Taslima Nasrin's present plight: A conversation with me {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605113117/http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/ajoy/taslima100308.htm |date=5 June 2011 }} 13. ^বিষন্ন এক সংগ্রামী নারীর মুখোমুখি 14. ^{{cite news |title=Publication Ceremony: Call to build up science-based culture |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/07/16/d50716060970.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=16 July 2005 |accessdate=2 March 2015}} 15. ^বাংলাদেশে ডারউইন দিবস উদযাপন 16. ^{{cite news|url=http://newagebd.net/98434/blogger-avijit-hacked-to-death-on-du-campus/#sthash.Vp1lYqIQ.dpbs|title=Blogger Avijit hacked to death on DU campus|date=26 February 2015|work=New Age|accessdate=26 February 2015|location=Dhaka}} 17. ^স্বতন্ত্র ভাবনা – বাঙালী ফ্রিথিঙ্কারদের একটি সাহসী সঙ্কলন 18. ^প্রকাশিত হল মুক্তমনা লেখকদের সংকলন-গ্রন্থ ‘বিশ্বাস ও বিজ্ঞান’ 19. ^{{cite news |title=15 personalities awarded Ekushey Padak |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=bb2dac5c9fc3056b62e11e7921b559a5&nttl=2012022133749 |newspaper=Banglanews24.com |date=20 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120731053608/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=bb2dac5c9fc3056b62e11e7921b559a5&nttl=2012022133749 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |accessdate=2 March 2015}} 20. ^এবারের একুশে পদক পেলেন অধ্যাপক অজয় রায় ও হুমায়ুন আজাদ 21. ^এবারের (২০১১) বাংলা একাডেমী পুরস্কার পেলেন অধ্যাপক অজয় রায় 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=187793&cid=2 |title=bdnews24.com |publisher= |accessdate=2 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319055401/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=187793&cid=2 |archivedate=19 March 2012 }} 23. ^New Age Newspaper Report {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217051945/http://www.newagebd.com/2007/jun/27/nat.html |date=17 December 2007 }} 12 : 1935 births|Living people|Alumni of the University of Leeds|Bangladeshi humanists|Bangladeshi secularists|Recipients of the Ekushey Padak|Recipients of Bangla Academy Award|University of Dhaka alumni|University of Dhaka faculty|Bangladeshi physicists|Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy|Comilla Victoria Government College alumni and faculty |
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