Sunil Kanti Roy (8 January 1944 – 8 May 2022), better known as S. K. Roy, was an Indian entrepreneur, business person and the managing director of

Peerless Group Peerless Group is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1932 by industrialist Radhashyam Roy (then a School Teacher) in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Its major holding company is Peerless Gen ...

, a

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

-based conglomerate, which has interests in finance, healthcare, insurance, automobiles and securities. An alumnus of the

City College, Kolkata City College is a composite fully state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal ...

, he took over the responsibilities from his elder brother, B. K. Roy, after his death, as the managing director of the Group in 1985. He is one among the

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s from

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Biography

Born on 8 January 1944 in Calcutta to Radhashyam Roy, the founder of the residuary non-banking company (RNBC),

, Roy served as the Managing Director of The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company and chaired the Peerless Developers Limited, Peerless Hotels Limited, Kaizen Hotels and Resorts Limited. He also sat 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 as a member of the director board of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. He was an incumbent member of the

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in India. History Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian businessman G.D. Birla and ...

(FICCI) as well as the

Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in West Bengal, India. It is the oldest chamber of commerce in India, and one of the oldest in Asia. Established in 1853, finding its ...

(BCCI) at their executive committees. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, in 2009, for his contributions to society. Roy died in Kolkata on 8 May 2022, at the age of 78.

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