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{{Short description|Indian cryptologist, former director of the Indian Statistical Institute}}
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'''Bimal Kumar Roy''' is a former director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. He is a [[cryptologist]] from the Cryptology Research Group of the Applied Statistics Unit of ISI, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isical.ac.in/~asu/faculty.html | title=ASU Faculty List | publisher = Indian Statistical Institute |access-date=12 February 2012}}</ref> He received a Ph.D. in [[Combinatorics]] and [[Optimization (mathematics)|Optimization]] in 1982 from the [[University of Waterloo]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/co/graduate-students/phd-recipients | title=Ph.D. Recipients | publisher=Combinatorics and Optimization Unit, University of Waterloo | access-date=12 February 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103224651/http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/co/graduate-students/phd-recipients | archive-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> under the joint supervision of [[Ronald C. Mullin]] and [[Paul Jacob Schellenberg]].<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=35320|title=Bimal Kumar Roy}}</ref>

In June 2015 Roy was removed from his post of director of ISI, just one month before the end of his appointment.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bimal-roy-indian-statistical-institute-chief-removed-from-his-post/ | title=Indian Statistical Institute chief Bimal Roy removed from his post | date=13 June 2015 | work = The Indian Express |access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref> This action was harshly criticised by the international academic community.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.iacr.org/misc/statement-bimalroy.html | title=Open Letter to the Hon'ble President of India | publisher = IACR |access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>

Currently, he is working on Combinatorics, and application of Statistics in Cryptology and Design of Experiments.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.isical.ac.in/~bimal/research.html| title= Research interests| publisher= [[Indian Statistical Institute]]| access-date= 2013-09-26| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927224526/http://www.isical.ac.in/~bimal/research.html| archive-date= 27 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2015, Roy was awarded [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–19)|Padma Shri]], India's fourth-highest civilian honour, recognizing his accomplishments and contribution to education. In 2019, Roy was appointed as the chairperson of the National Statistical Commission, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://mospi.gov.in/present-composition-nsc| title= Present Composition of NSC| publisher= [[Government of India]]| access-date= 2020-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bimal-kumar-roy-to-be-new-chairman-of-national-statistical-commission-2065033| title= Bimal Kumar Roy To Be New Chairman of National Statistical Commission| publisher= [[NDTV]]| access-date= 2020-04-20}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of University of Waterloo people]]

==References==
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SolomonL12 at 23:23, 19 February 2026