A.V. Thomas

I doubt if there will be another person like Shri A.V.Thomas in all of this family .Some one who really cared for his family and built up a great empire. It was a honour to have worked in the company that he founded and where all his relatives found a place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._V._Thomas A. V. Thomas was a successful Planter,Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Radhapuram constituency in 1957 election.[1]

He was also former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Srivaikuntam constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1951 election.[2]

In 1925, Alfred Vedam Thomas Nadar demolished a myth. He proved that it was not just the British who could manage plantations by starting a 300 acre tea plantation at Pasuparai, Tamil Nadu.From the original tea plantation, AVT has made steady progress over the years moving on into rubber, coffee, vanilla, pepper and cardamom.

Today AVT is a Rs. 1000 crore company with a strong local and overseas presence in branded packaged goods, bulk commodities, beverages and the spices market.