SETH SHRIVALLABH PITTIE
SHRI RAMDEV PITTIE
The legacy of Shri Vallabh Pittie
The SVP Group's story began in 1895, when a young teenager from Nagaur, Rajasthan decided to follow the path destiny had laid out for him. The journey of a thousand miles began with a single footstep as Shri Vallabh Pittie walked from Nagaur all the way to Ajmer, from where he boarded a train to Hyderabad. After working there for a while, he soon made his way to Bombay, which became his new home.
In the year 1898, he entered the bullion trade and formed his first company for trading and brokering in metals. Significantly, he also became one of the founder members of the Bombay Bullion Exchange, now called the Bombay Bullion Association, of which the company is still a member.
Business was just one aspect of life for Shri Vallabh Pittie. He was also a keen contributor to society and always led the way by personal example. His devotion and dedication to society was such that during a major famine in Rajasthan, he left all his business activities and traveled to Nagaur, going door-to-door with camel tanks to serve water to residents - an act that they still remember fondly.
He went on to institute many charitable organizations to contribute to the welfare of his fellow citizens from Nagaur, building temples and donating huge parcels of land for the grazing of cows. The journey that Shri Vallabh Pittie began all those years ago has culminated into a thriving enterprise and his legacy is alive and sustained in the principles that guide the SVP Group today.