[needs update] Wing Commander Ashis Roy, MD FRCS (born 1 June 1932) is a runner, author, and cardiologist best known as the first Indian man to run 100 marathons.
[1][4] He graduated from the Government Boys' High School in Mawkhar, then attended St. Edmund's College, Assam Medical College (Medical Studies), and Pune University (MD)[4][1] He joined the Indian Air Force in 1957 and served as a Wing Commander until 1978, when he retired after 21 years of service.
[1][5] After leaving the military, he became a consulting physician and cardiologist in Chittaranjan Park, Delhi.
[1][10][11] In 2013, when he was 81 and had run 115 races, he was listed in the Limca Book of Records as the oldest marathoner in India.
[1][12] Roy began running only half marathons after a spinal injury in 2011 left him partially paralyzed.