{{short description|Indian business leader|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Sunil Alagh | image = | caption = | birth_date = | citizenship = India | alma_mater = IIM Calcutta | organization = Prasar Bharati | occupation = Businessman | predecessor = | awards = | spouse = Maya Alagh | children = Anjori Alagh | relatives = Sameer Nair (son-in-law) }} '''Sunil Alagh''' is an Indian business executive and management consultant, known for his tenure as the managing director and chief executive officer of Britannia Industries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/four-bjp-fellow-travellers-inducted-to-prasar-bharati-board|title=Four BJP Fellow Travellers Inducted to Prasar Bharati Board|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref><ref name="i498">{{cite web | last=Lall | first=Pavan | title=Sunil Alagh on advice he received from Dhirubhai Ambani, importance of sense of humour and more | website=Moneycontrol | date=2021-03-29 | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/veterans-unpacked-sunil-alagh-on-advice-he-received-from-dhirubhai-ambani-importance-of-sense-of-humour-and-more-6706221.html | access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> ==Career== He is a former managing director and chief executive officer of Britannia Industries, an Indian food corporation. He joined Britannia in December 1974 and was the company's managing director for over a decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/britannia-dumps-sunil-alagh/cid/815465|title=Britannia dumps Sunil Alagh|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref>
After his exit from Britannia, Alagh founded a consulting firm, SKA Advisors, which advises clients on marketing strategies.<ref name="BS-2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/alagh-set-for-second-innings-in-fmcg-104111701023_1.html |title=Alagh set for second innings in FMCG |author=S Kalyana Ramanathan |accessdate=13 August 2013 |publisher=Business Standard |date=17 November 2004 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> He was appointed as the President of the All India Management Association (AIMA) in 2004.<ref name="HBL-1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/10/13/stories/2004101301110500.htm |title=Sunil Alagh takes over as AIMA President |author=Brian Carvalho |accessdate=13 August 2013 |publisher=Business Line |date=12 Oct 2004 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> He was also the host of The Job Show on CNBC India, the first televised job hunt on Indian television.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cnbc-naukri-com-to-air-first-job-show-106010400018_1.html|title=CNBC, naukri.com to air first job show|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2006-01-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> In 2020, he was appointed as advisory board chief at Vikas Multicorp.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikas Multicorp appoints Sunil Alagh as advisory board chief |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/vikas-multicorp-appoints-sunil-alagh-as-advisory-board-chief/article32479038.ece |work=@businessline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vikas Multicorp appoints FMCG veteran Sunil Alagh as first chairman of its advisory board |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/vikas-multicorp-appoints-fmcg-veteran-sunil-alagh-as-first-chairman-of-its-advisory-board/articleshow/77969847.cms |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
== Personal life == Alagh is married to Maya Alagh, an actress. Their daughter, Anjori Alagh is also an actress.<ref name="k234">{{cite web | author=The TOI Entertainment Desk is a dynamic | title=Maya Alagh: Shah Rukh Khan's on-screen mother-in-law lives a quiet life away from films—The story of Maya Alagh | website=The Times of India | date=2025-08-19 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shah-rukh-khans-on-screen-mother-in-law-lives-a-quiet-life-away-from-filmsthe-story-of-maya-alagh/articleshow/123384045.cms | access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> His son-in-law, Sameer Nair (m. Sawari Alagh) is a senior media executive and CEO of Applause Entertainment. Alagh is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
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