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Vishal Group is a Nepalese multinational conglomerate with presence in the sectors of Financial Services, International Trade, Education, Manufacturing, Automobiles, Real Estate, Agriculture, Hospitality and Infrastructure. Vishal Group started operating in Nepal in the early 1900’s when the family migrated from India.

= History = The Business evolved from Textile Trading in the first half of the 19th Century - moving into import and international trading in the 70’s and 80’s –followed by Manufacturing Expansion in the 80’s and 90’s. In the mid 1990’s the Group had its first Strategic Workshop to evolve a growth strategy for the next 20 years. The strategic course decided then was to focus on more synergistic areas for Nepal such as service sector and international partnerships with global companies.

= Growth = "Post this, Vishal Group was one of the first Private Sector Companies to get into Banking with the formation of NIC Bank in 1997. Building on that Vishal Group tied up with LIC of India to establish a LIC Nepal in a JV.  Vishal Group also forayed into General Insurance, Telecom, and Education as part of its service sector growth strategy. On international distribution partnerships, Vishal Group decided to tie-up with global leaders across all major sectors and gradually, the Group tied up with leading companies such as P&G, Diageo, Volkswagen, Mars, GSK, Kelloggs’s, etc. to be the distribution partner for Nepal."

= Present Day = Today, Vishal Group operates over 60 active companies across nine major sectors, and employs over 12,000 people across Nepal. Vishal Group’s CSR arm, VG Foundation, is very active across the developmental space and is working to invest in necessary and effective areas of sustainability transition in Nepal via corporate, humanitarian and governance instruments. ''Vishal Group is led by Chairman Jagdish Prasad Agrawal, Vice-Chairmen Trilok Chand Agrawal and Tulsi Ram Agrawal, Managing Director Ashok Kumar Agrawal, and Executive Directors Anuj Agrawal, Vishal Agrawal, Nikunj Agrawal and Arpit Agrawal.

Vishal Group Headquarters are base in the Industrial City of Biratnagar in East Nepal. Its Corporate Offices are in ‘The Village’ – Trade Tower Nepal.''