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{{short description|Indian entrepreneur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sunil Kanti Roy
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India
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| othername = S. K. Roy
| occupation = Entrepreneur<br>Business person
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| known for = [[Peerless Group]]
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| parents = Radhashyam Roy
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Sunil Kanti Roy''', better known as '''S. K. Roy''', is an Indian entrepreneur, business person and the managing director of [[Peerless Group]], a [[Kolkata]]-based conglomerate, which has interests in finance, healthcare, insurance, automobiles and securities.<ref name="The New Face of Peerless">{{cite web | url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETKM/2014/02/13&PageLabel=21&EntityId=Ar02100&ViewMode=HTML | title=The New Face of Peerless | newspaper=Times of India | date=13 February 2012 | access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> An alumnus of the [[City College, Kolkata]],<ref name="Sahara: The Untold Story">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf27AwAAQBAJ&q=Sunil+Kanti+Roy&pg=PT41 | title=Sahara: The Untold Story | publisher=Jaico Publishing House | author=Tamal Bandyopadhyay | year=2014 | pages=412 | isbn=9788184955460}}</ref> he took over the responsibilities from his elder brother, B. K. Roy, after his death, as the managing director of the Group in 1985.<ref name="All for a cause">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090218/jsp/entertainment/story_10549963.jsp | title=All for a cause | publisher=The Telegraph | date=18 February 2009 | access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> He is one among the [[High-net-worth individual]]s from [[West Bengal]].<ref name="The super rich, the Bong and the beautiful">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-02-13/news/27369500_1_bengalis-amar-gopal-bose-wealth | title=The super rich, the Bong and the beautiful | publisher=Economic Times | date=13 February 2004 | access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref>

Born on 8 January 1944 to Radhashyam Roy, the founder of the [[NBFC & MFI in India|residuary non-banking company]] (RNBC), [[Peerless Group]],<ref name="Peerless reinvents itself again: to float asset management unit">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/4fFdlokgh9S26hqG6x1z2K/Peerless-reinvents-itself-again-to-float-asset-management-u.html | title=Peerless reinvents itself again: to float asset management unit | publisher=Live Mint | date=7 June 2009 | access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> Roy serves as the Managing Director of The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company and chairs the Peerless Developers Limited, Peerless Hotels Limited, Kaizen Hotels and Resorts Limited.<ref name="Executive Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=28831095&privcapId=22728153 | title=Executive Profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2016 | access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> He also sits on the board of directors of Peerless Hospitex Hospital and Research Centre Limited, Bengal Peerless Housing Development Limited, Peerless Securities Limited and Peerless Financial Services Limited and has served a member of the director board of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. He is an incumbent member of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] (FICCI) as well as the [[Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] (BCCI) at their executive committees.<ref name="Executive Profile" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2009, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Peerless Group]]
* [[City College, Kolkata]]
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== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Sunil Kanti}}
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian chief executives]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:City College, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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