In the year 1925, an ambitious young entrepreneur bought 100 hectares of grassland in Pasuparai, Tamil Nadu. At the time, it was considered completely barren. In that day and age, plantations were controlled with an iron fist by the Britons. Neither the barren grassland nor the iron fist of the British Empire, managed to shake the young entrepreneur’s resolve.  He not only transformed Pasuparai into one of the highest-yielding tea plantations in the nation, but also became the first Indian to own a plantation company. This visionary’s name was Alfred Vedam Thomas. His vision is the AVT Group.

This indominable entrepreneurial drive enabled AVT to foray into multiple new businesses to meet the ever-evolving needs of...Read more