Born in 1960, Dr. Purnendu Roy excelled in MBBS and MS (Surgery) from JIPMER, Puducherry, and received his FRCS degree from England in 1987. He worked as a Senior House Officer in William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent (England), and joined Surgical Rotation Training in South Cleveland Hospital. After completion of FRCS, he worked as the surgical registrar in Scarborough General Hospital, Yorkshire. After his return from England in 1991, he initiated his career at Kothari Hospital, Kolkata, and served for three years. In 1995, he joined Duncan Clinic which later became Apollo Gleneagles Hospital. He also practiced at Anandalok, a charitable hospital where he treated patients free of cost and did a high volume of laparoscopic surgeries at an economical rate up to 51 surgeries per day.