The Bengal renaissance did not leave a single path unfolded. As literature and art reached the peak of realism, science did not lag behind. Along with a host of genius Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose and Acharya P.C Roy carried forth the quest to reveal the secret of nature. Born on 2nd August,1861 in 

Senhati (Khulna) now Bangladesh, he was educated at Hare school, the Albert school, the metropolitan institution and Presidency college. In 1882 he left for England as a Gilchrist scholar and took the degree of Bsc. and Dsc. from Edinburgh University. He got the Hope scholarship in 1887-88. P.C. Roy returned to India in 1888 and joined the Presidency college as a lecturer in Chemistry on 1st July 1889.

As a professor he was a source of inspiration for the new generation. A scientific mind he devoted his spare time in his research in Ayurveda and published 'The History of Hindu Chemistry' in two volumes. Lack of funds, unavailability of necessary equipments and other problems could not stop him from his quest and soon he was able to synthesize chemically the compound Potassium Nitrate. He was single-handedly responsible for setting up the first Indian pharmaceutical institution " The Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd." in 1901. 

In 1916 he joined the newly established college of science of the Calcutta University and attracted young scholars. He was elected the president of the Indian Science Congress in 1920 where he went on working relentlessly for the cause of the spread of scientific knowledge among the mass. He passed away on June 16th 1944. The emptiness that was created was never to be filled. P.C Roy was a patriot irrationalism and unscientific ideology. He fought against the tyrants of his fields and taught people the true cause behind nature's powers. The rationalist thinker, great scientist and teacher, remarkable entrepreneur and the father of modern