Shri Sunil Kanti Roy (popularly known as S K Roy) was born in 1944 on 8th January in Kolkata. His father Shri Radhashyam Roy, primarily a school teacher, later on became the founder of Peerless in 1932.

Shri B K Roy passed away in 1985. The young Shri S K Roy was reluctant to take up the central role in Peerless immediately, despite having all the capabilities. He realised the importance of infusion of professionals to transform the management of Peerless in order to give concrete shape to the ideas that Shri B K Roy had outlined. He became Jt. Managing Director in 1990 and Managing Director in 1996. He held the position till his last breath.

Shri S K Roy was an avid devotee of the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM). The Roy family enjoys an extremely close involvement with RKM. Shri Radhashyam Roy was the direct disciple of Sri Sri Maa Sarada Devi and Shri S K Roy was the disciple of Revered Swami Bireswaranandaji Maharaj.

Shri S K Roy was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and accolades. In 1992 he received the Shiromani Institute’s ‘Shiromani Award' from Dr. Manmohan Singh. In 1993, in recognition of his outstanding qualities, he received the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Puraskar’. In 2004 he was awarded with the ‘Doordarshan Award' by the Doordarshan Hall of Fame in recognition of his phenomenal contributions as an Industrialist. And on March 31, 2009 S K Roy received the prestigious ‘PADMA SHRI' Award from Srimati Pratibha Patil, the then President of India, in recognition of his distinguished services in the field of social work. In 2017-18, the sixth edition of the Economic Times Bengal conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award to S K Roy to honour his achievements as a Corporate Leader.

Besides being an iconic corporate personality, Shri S K Roy was primarily a family man who loved his family. He immensely enjoyed spending his quality time with family members and associates.