Vijay Kumar Agarwal
Vijay Kumar Agarwal founded the Creative Group in 1974, starting with a small establishment that manufactured and exported ready-made garments. His vast experience in all aspects of manufacturing and exporting textile garments has been instrumental in leading the Creative Group to its position today as one of India’s largest manufacturers of garments, outdoor products and home textiles.
Envisioning the potential to grow the business in a post-quota era, Mr Agarwal began to invest in total backward integration and to foray into new businesses. Since 1995, Creative Group has been setting up facilities for manufacturing woven fabric, knitted fabric, processing yarn, embroidery, printing and yarn dyeing.
An engineer by training and an alumnus of the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) in Mumbai, Mr Agarwal has been an Executive Committee member of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) for the last 20 years, and even headed it in 2006-2007.
He was also closely associated with M/s Clothing Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), Mumbai, and as its chairman helped over 25 garment exporters set up their plants in CEPZ. Mr Agarwal has also worked closely with the Commerce and Textile Ministries of the Government of India, and used his expertise and knowledge to promote the industry.
A keen philanthropist, he is a member of several social and charitable institutions and also supports various educational institutions across India.
