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{{short description|Chairman and managing director of The Crayons Network}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kunal Lalani
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|08|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bikaner]], [[India]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Entrepreneur]]}}
| title = [[Chairman]] and [[Managing Director]] of The Crayons Network
| spouse = Vimi Lalani
| children = Sachi Lalani, Trisha Lalani & Ashraye Lalani
| parents = T.M. Lalani and D.D. Lalani
}}

'''Kunal Lalani''' is a renowned Indian entrepreneur. He’s the Chairman & Managing Director of the '''The Crayons Network''', Mega Cabs – [[India]]’s Premium Radio Taxi service, CRAYONS Academy for Skills Excellence, the current Director of the Fort Tiracol Heritage Hotel, Brittona Hotel and Yacht Club Pvt Ltd., Indication instruments Ltd. and Mega Airways. He is also the founder of Groupmega.<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/lalani-built-fortunes-creating-political-ads/articleshow/3837468.cms
|title=Lalani built fortunes creating political ads|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com|access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/oct/28/second-awesome-assam-campaign-outshines-the-first-1890885.html|title=Second ‘Awesome Assam’ campaign outshines the first|website=newindianexpress.com/|access-date=2018-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/mega-cabs-to-invest-rs-500-cr-in-3-yrs-expand-to-20-cities-1002812-2017-07-23|title=Mega Cabs to invest Rs 500 cr in 3 yrs, expand to 20 cities|website=indiatoday.in/|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>


==Personal life==
Kunal married Vimi Lalani in 1987. He lives in Delhi with his wife and three children - Sachi Lalani, Trisha Lalani & Ashraye Lalani. Vimi Lalani leads CSR activities for GroupMega and is a member of the FICCI Flow.

==Early Life==
He was born on 1st August 1960, in Bikaner, to T.M. Lalani and D.D. Lalani. He studied at the University of Delhi and joined his father’s business of automotive components – Indication Instruments Ltd., after. 
While working with the family business, he also spent time handling the marketing of the company. His knack for outstanding communication with people, led him to start his own advertising agency instead.
His entrepreneual journey began with Crayons and continues with setting up new, out of the box  business ventures, in tune with India’s needs.

==Career==
Kunal Lalani heads GroupMega, a diversified conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi. It has an extensive presence in India and the world. It has made successful forays into Advertising, Premium Mobility Services, Hospitality, Aviation, Banking, Auto & Marine Components, PVC Profiles and Luxury Automobiles.
Kunal single-handedly set up Crayons, with limited resources in 1986. 34 years down the line, Kunal is at the helm of the Crayons Network. The largest Independent Agency Network in India, Crayons Network has 10 offices across India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Trivandrum, Patna and Lucknow. It is the only Indian multinational advertising agency to have offices overseas - in Dubai, Bahrain, Riyadh and Shenzhen. It boasts of an enviable list of local, regional, national and international clients. Crayons Network is, now, India’s largest independent advertising and communications agency, with Kunal providing the strategic direction and controling the agency's management. 
Kunal is the pioneer of the Premium Radio-Taxi services in India. MegaCabs, India’s first radio-taxi company was started by him in 2002. He is also the President of AORT (Association of Radio Taxis).
Kunal’s foray into hospitality began with Kuki – a lounge and nightclub in Delhi in 2007. In 2012 he brought the Buddha Bar experience to India, with the first restaurant in Delhi. In 2015, he took over Fort Tiracol Heritage Hotel (A Sanya Resorts & Hospitality venture), a 17th century Portuguese fort in Panjim followed by The Delta by Marriot in Goa (Brittona Hotel and the Yacht Club in Goa Pvt. Ltd.), both of which have met with great success.<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/mega-cabs-plans-500-cr-biz-expansion/article23159662.ece#
|title=Mega Cabs plans ₹500-cr biz expansion|website=thehindubusinessline.com|access-date=2014-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citeweb|url=http://bollywoodhelpline.com/news-gossips/media-buzz/kunal-lalani-becomes-the-presdient-of-delhi-advertising-club/24857|title=Kunal Lalani Becomes The Presdient Of Delhi Advertising Club|website=bollywoodhelpline.com/|access-date=2014-10-24}}</ref>


*Kunal is a founding member & President of AAG (Advertising Agencies Guild) 2002
*Vice President of IAA (International Advertising Association) 2012-13
*Executive Committee Member of AAAI (Advertising Agencies Association India)2011-15, 2019-20
*President of DAC (Delhi Advertising Club) 2015 -16 <ref>{{Citeweb|url=http://bollywoodhelpline.com/news-gossips/media-buzz/kunal-lalani-becomes-the-presdient-of-delhi-advertising-club/24857|title=Kunal Lalani Becomes The Presdient Of Delhi Advertising Club|website=bollywoodhelpline.com/|access-date=2014-10-24}}</ref>
*President of AORT (Association of Radio Taxis) 2014 - Present
*Vice President of JITO (Jain International Trade Organization)
*Member of the DDCA




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