About Agarwals Based in Canada​
 

Agarwals Based in Canada (ABC) is a community organization started in 1997 and incorporated in Dec 2001 as a Not-For- Profit entity with the goals of promoting social, cultural, spiritual and economic growth of Agarwals in Canada so as to build a prosperous and successful community. Currently, there are about 800 families in GTA.

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'Agarwal' is a generic term that refers to people, originally from India, whose beliefs and lifestyle generally conform to “vaish values. Vaish culture is based on the following values: Non-violence, Honesty, Compassion, Justice and Family values. As a consequence, Vaish culture is defined primarily by a Saatvic lifestyle that embraces simplicity, discipline, truthfulness and vegetarianism. Members of the Agarwal community are known for their business acumen and have for many years been influential and prosperous in India. 

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More than 5,000 years ago Maharaja Agrasen started our generation, known as Agarwals. Since then, it is heartening to note that Agarwals have excelled in business, professions, politics and arts and culture. Members of Agarwal community can be found in all walks of life, however, predominantly they are business people (small to large scale), science and business professionals such as doctors, engineers, scientists, information technology experts, accountants, professors, teachers, management graduates, marketing graduates, etc.

Among the most notable and well known Agarwals are Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Father of Nation and leader of Indian freedom movement. In modern day and time, there is hardly any one in business world who is not familiar with the name of Lakshmi Mittal, the steel king and owner of the largest steel producing company, Arcelor Mittal steel, Subhash Chandra Goel of Zee TV, Sunil Mittal of Bharti Telecom, Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and Sajjan Jindal (Jindal Iron Steel Company Ltd).

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The key objectives of Agarwals Based in Canada (ABC) include:

• Participating in mainstream causes: Terry Fox Run, United Way, Food Bank

• Promoting Art and cultural heritage by organizing social events

• Providing networking and relationship building opportunities to newcomers to Canada

• Growing culturally and economically

• Encouraging and supporting youth

The aim of human life is not solely to make money and enjoy a good standard of living for/ by oneself; through collaboration and interdependence we can leverage our resources to advance in life, be good and do good to our community, our country and to the humanity while remaining truly proud of our culture and heritage.