Dr. Tamal Basu Roy has been a public health researcher for the last ten years working in the area of women's health issues. His focus areas have been wide-ranging, grounded in the social and behavioural aspects of health, healthcare utilization among marginalized populations, health systems strengthening, gender disparity in health, and quality of care in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health. Dr. Basu Roy has a Master's in Geography from the University of North Bengal.