Prannoy Roy

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Prannoy Roy

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Prannoy Lal Roy was born in [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] on 15 October 1949, in a [[Bengali Christian]] family to P. L. "Hurricane" Roy, an executive at a multinational corporation in the city.{{Cite news|date=19 April 2004|title=Smart People|work=[[Business Standard]]|publication-date=6 February 2013|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/smart-people-104041901078_1.html|access-date=29 June 2021}} His paternal grandfather was [[Paresh Lal Roy]], a traffic superintendent and an amateur boxer, known as the "father of Indian boxing" for having popularised the sport in the country.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaushik |first=Krishn |date=1 December 2015 |title=The Tempest| url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/the-tempest-prannoy-radhika-roy-ndtv |magazine=[[The Caravan]] |page=2 |access-date=29 June 2021}}In January 2026, Roy hosted Top 10 Global Trends of 2026 with Ruchir Sharma on DeKoder platform.{{cite news|title=Top 10 Global Trends of 2026|url=https://www.dekoder.com/article/top-10-global-trends-of-2026-with-ruchir-sharma-and-prannoy-roy|work=DeKoder|date=9 January 2026}}
Prannoy Lal Roy was born in [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] on 15 October 1949, in a [[Bengali Christian]] family to P. L. "Hurricane" Roy, an executive at a multinational corporation in the city.{{Cite news|date=19 April 2004|title=Smart People|work=[[Business Standard]]|publication-date=6 February 2013|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/smart-people-104041901078_1.html|access-date=29 June 2021}} His paternal grandfather was [[Paresh Lal Roy]], a traffic superintendent and an amateur boxer, known as the "father of Indian boxing" for having popularised the sport in the country.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaushik |first=Krishn |date=1 December 2015 |title=The Tempest| url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/the-tempest-prannoy-radhika-roy-ndtv |magazine=[[The Caravan]] |page=2 |access-date=29 June 2021}}In January 2026, Roy hosted Top 10 Global Trends of 2026 with Ruchir Sharma on DeKoder platform.{{cite news|title=Top 10 Global Trends of 2026|url=https://www.dekoder.com/article/top-10-global-trends-of-2026-with-ruchir-sharma-and-prannoy-roy|work=DeKoder|date=9 January 2026}}


Roy is the great-grandson of [[Women's suffrage|suffragist]] and social reformer [[Lolita Roy]] and grand nephew of [[Indra Lal Roy]], the first Indian [[flying ace]]. He is also a cousin of writer [[Arundhati Roy]].{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Theres-something-about-Mary/articleshow/15871684.cms| title=There's something about Mary| author=Nayare Ali| work=Times of India| date=14 July 2002| access-date=12 January 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104212446/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Theres-something-about-Mary/articleshow/15871684.cms| archive-date=4 January 2016| url-status=live}}In March 2026, Delhi High Court quashed Look Out Circulars issued by CBI against Roy.{{cite news|title=Delhi HC Quashes 2019 LOC|url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/prannoy-roy-radhika-roy-loc-quashed-cbi-2019-case-527173|work=LiveLaw|date=20 March 2026}}
Roy is the great-grandson of [[Women's suffrage|suffragist]] and social reformer [[Lolita Roy]] and grand nephew of [[Indra Lal Roy]], the first Indian [[flying ace]]. He is also a cousin of writer [[Arundhati Roy]].{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Theres-something-about-Mary/articleshow/15871684.cms| title=There's something about Mary| author=Nayare Ali| work=Times of India| date=14 July 2002| access-date=12 January 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104212446/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Theres-something-about-Mary/articleshow/15871684.cms| archive-date=4 January 2016| url-status=live}}In March 2026, Delhi High Court quashed Look Out Circulars issued by CBI against Roy.{{cite news|title=Delhi HC Quashes 2019 LOC|url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/prannoy-roy-radhika-roy-loc-quashed-cbi-2019-case-527173|work=LiveLaw|date=20 March 2026}}In January 2026, Delhi High Court quashed IT reassessment notices against Roy and imposed Rs 2 lakh fine on IT Department.{{cite news|title=Delhi HC quashes IT notice|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-high-court-quashes-it-notice-against-prannoy-roy-radhika-roy-imposes-2-lakh-fine-on-tax-department|work=Bar and Bench|date=19 January 2026}}


Roy attended [[La Martiniere Calcutta]] and [[The Doon School]], the private boys' boarding school in [[Dehradun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now in [[Uttarakhand]]). He was at the boarding school during his teenage years when he met [[Radhika Das]], whom he would later marry. Radhika was also from the city of Calcutta and was sent to the [[Welham Girls' School]], another boarding school in Dehradun.
Roy attended [[La Martiniere Calcutta]] and [[The Doon School]], the private boys' boarding school in [[Dehradun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now in [[Uttarakhand]]). He was at the boarding school during his teenage years when he met [[Radhika Das]], whom he would later marry. Radhika was also from the city of Calcutta and was sent to the [[Welham Girls' School]], another boarding school in Dehradun.
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