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	\| name = VRL Logistics Limited		\| name = VRL Logistics Limited
	\| logo = ~~[[File:VRL-Group-logo.png\|260px]]~~		\| logo =
	\| type = Transportation and Logistics<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-10-16 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070331/https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx \|archive-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>		\| type = Transportation and Logistics<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-10-16 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070331/https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx \|archive-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
	\| founder =[[Vijay Sankeshwar]]<ref name="Largest">{{cite web \|url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx \|title=Currently the Largest Fleet Owner in India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122029/https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx \|archive-date=16 October 2017 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref>		\| founder =[[Vijay Sankeshwar]]<ref name="Largest">{{cite web \|url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx \|title=Currently the Largest Fleet Owner in India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122029/https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx \|archive-date=16 October 2017 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref>

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{{Infobox company
| name = VRL Logistics Limited
| logo = [[File:VRL-Group-logo.png|260px]]
| type = Transportation and Logistics<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070331/https://www.vrlgroup.in/mission_vision_of_vrl_group.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
| founder =[[Vijay Sankeshwar]]<ref name="Largest">{{cite web |url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx |title=Currently the Largest Fleet Owner in India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122029/https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_group_logistics_travels_history.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref>
| founded = {{start date and age| 1976}} in [[Gadag]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<ref name="Largest" />
| hq_location_city =Hubballi, Karnataka, India<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/contact_to_vrl_group.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070552/https://www.vrlgroup.in/contact_to_vrl_group.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
| area_served =[[India]]<ref name="vrlgroup.in">{{cite web |url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016121926/https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2017 }}</ref>
| owner =[[Vijay Sankeshwar]]<ref name="Largest" />
| traded_as = {{BSE|539118}}<br>{{NSE|VRLLOG}}
| key_people = {{nowrap|[[Vijay Sankeshwar]],<br>[[Chairman]] & [[Managing Director]]}}
| website = [http://www.vrlgroup.in/ VRL Group]
}}

'''VRL Logistics Limited''' (formerly ''Vijayanand Roadlines Ltd.''),<ref>{{cite web |title=VRL Logistics Limited: Private Company Information |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=25093798 |website=bloomberg.com |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> commonly known as the '''VRL Group''', is an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] [[Headquarters|headquartered]] in [[Hubli|Hubballi]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] with [[Business operations|operations]] in around [[States and union territories of India#States|23 states]] and [[States and union territories of India#Union territories|4 union territories]] in the [[India|country]]. Business operations of ''VRL Group'' include [[road transport]]ation, [[logistics]], [[publishing]] etc.

''VRL Group'' is one of the large logistics and [[Transport in India|transport]] companies in India (incl.4360 vehicles,<ref name="vrlgroup.in">{{cite web |url=https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016121926/https://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2017 }}</ref> comprising 419 [[Tour bus service|tourist buses]] and 3941 transport [[goods]] vehicles). [[Limca Book of Records]], mentioned it as the single largest [[Fleet vehicle|fleet]] owner of [[commercial vehicle]]s in the [[India|country's]] [[private sector]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/hublis-transport-tsar-rise-vijay-sankeshwars-vrl-logistics-into-a-nearly-rs-1000-crore-company/articleshow/21036757.cms?from=mdr |title=Hubli's Transport Tsar: Rise Vijay Sankeshwar's VRL Logistics into a nearly Rs 1,000 crore company |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307214312/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/hublis-transport-tsar-rise-vijay-sankeshwars-vrl-logistics-into-a-nearly-rs-1000-crore-company/articleshow/21036757.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=7 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dynamiclevels.com/en/vrl-logistics-company-history|title=VRL LOGISTICS History|website=dynamiclevels.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151339/https://www.dynamiclevels.com/en/vrl-logistics-company-history|archive-date=7 March 2018}}</ref>

''VRL's'' [[VRL Group#Media|Vijayavani]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vijayavani.net/|title=ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ · ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಧ್ವನಿ|website=ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223023/http://vijayavani.net/|archive-date=13 August 2017}}</ref> is [[credit]]ed with having the largest [[newspaper circulation]] in Karnataka.

==History==
''VRL Group'' was founded by [[Vijay Sankeshwar]] in 1976 at Gadag, Karnataka, India. His [[family]] [[Ownership|had]] a [[Publication|publication house]], which later became a part of ''VRL Group''.

==Headquarters and offices==
''VRL'' is [[Headquarters|headquartered]] in [[Hubli|Hubballi]], [[Karnataka]] and has 931 [[Office|branches]], 40 hubs and transport [[yard]]s [[Preposition and postposition|across]] the [[India|country]]. The headquarters has [[Industrial wastewater treatment|effluent treatment plant]] ([[Capacity of a set|capacity]]:175 [[1000 (number)|thousand]] [[Litre|liters]]), [[rainwater harvesting]] plant, [[Filling station|petrol bunk]] (allotted by [[Indian Oil Corporation]]), and a [[Automobile repair shop|garage service]] [[Building#Complex|complex]], where ''VRL’s'' [[truck]]s passes through in the fleet, once in every two [[week]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hublidharwad2020.blogspot.in/2007/11/vrl-group-hubli.html/|title=VRL GROUP HUBLI|website=HubliDharwad2020.Blogspot.in|access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>

== Services ==
[[File:VRL-Courier-Services-Office.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''VRL'' [[Courier#India|Courier Services]] near [[Adikavi Pampa|Pampa Mahakavi]] [[road]], [[Chamrajpet]], [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{cite web |title= V.R.L. Couriers Pvt. Ltd. Chamrajpet, Bangalore |url= https://www.sulekha.com/v-r-l-couriers-pvt-ltd-chamrajpet-bangalore-contact-address |publisher= sulekha.com |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180609072442/https://www.sulekha.com/v-r-l-couriers-pvt-ltd-chamrajpet-bangalore-contact-address |archive-date= 9 June 2018 }}</ref>]]

=== Cargo and Courier ===

A [[subsidiary]] of ''VRL Group'', '''''VRL General [[Cargo]]''''' started its business service as transportation between Hubballi and Gadag, and later has spread across [[Bengaluru]] and [[Belgaum|Belagavi]]. It has extended into courier services and express cargo, which are now operative in 23 states, handling over 216 [[1,000,000|million]] cargos/year,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/sanjaykumarguptaa/docs/project-on-logistics-management-in-vrl-logistics-/23|title=Project on Logistics management in VRL Logistics|website=ISSUU.com|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225185651/https://issuu.com/sanjaykumarguptaa/docs/project-on-logistics-management-in-vrl-logistics-/23|archive-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> being one of the large networks in the [[India|country]]. Its courier services are operative for [[Parcel (package)|parcels]] [[Range (statistics)|ranging]] from small to large [[size]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Courier Tracking in India |url= https://www.ecourierz.com/couriers/vrl |publisher= ecourierz.com |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211802/https://www.ecourierz.com/couriers/vrl |archive-date= 26 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= VRL Courier Services online booking on eCourierz.com |url= https://couriertrack.in/tracking_vrl.php |publisher= couriertrack.in |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211732/https://couriertrack.in/tracking_vrl.php |archive-date= 26 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Courier Service Business |url= http://www.vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |publisher= vrlgroup.in |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171021192255/http://vrlgroup.in/vrl_largest_logistics_transportation_solutions_in_india.aspx |archive-date= 21 October 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:VRL-Karavanda-Jam.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Cranberry|Karavanda]] [[Fruit preserves#Jam|jam]], a [[food]] [[Diet (nutrition)|diet]], marketed by ''VRL Group'' via its courier services.<ref>{{cite web |title= Vijavavani epaper |url= http://epapervijayavani.in/archive/viewpage.php?edn=Hubli&isid=VVAANINEW_HUB_20171215#Page/1 |publisher= epapervijayavani.in |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213717/http://epapervijayavani.in/archive/viewpage.php?edn=Hubli&isid=VVAANINEW_HUB_20171215#Page/1 |archive-date= 27 February 2018 }}</ref>]]

=== Travel ===

''VRL's'' public [[Tourism|tour business]] is operated by its division '''''Vijayanand Travels'''''. With having more than 80 branches, and operated by 1000+ [[Shipping agency|agents]], it is the largest in tour business services in Karnataka and [[Maharashtra]]. It owns 1550 [[bus]]es (incl. 742 [[Volvo Buses|Volvo buses]] of [[Volvo Buses#Complete buses|9400 XL]] and [[Volvo Buses#Complete buses|9400PX]] [[Multi-axle bus|multi-axle models]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/vrl-logistics-buys-51-volvo-buses-116011501374_1.html|title=VRL Logistics buys 51 Volvo buses|last=IANS|date=15 January 2016|access-date=17 August 2017|via=Business Standard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818005436/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/vrl-logistics-buys-51-volvo-buses-116011501374_1.html|archive-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> covering [[States and union territories of India#States|six states]], moving across 350 [[Bus#Tourism|routes]] in the [[India|country]].

=== Aviation logistics ===

'''''VRL Logistics Ltd.''''' in 2008, started working in Indian [[Airway (aviation)|Air]] [[Air charter|Chartering]] Industry, operating under the Indian [[Air operator's certificate|Air Operator]] permit (for passenger charter). In the first phase of its business, it owned a [[Beechcraft Premier I]], an [[aircraft]], manufactured by [[Hawker Beechcraft|Hawker Beechcraft Inc]], [[United States]], while in 2013 it purchased another. It offers [[Jet aircraft]] [[Air charter|charters]] to [[Economic sector|sectors]] like [[Business sector|corporate]], [[leisure]] and [[tourism]], special missions, [[event management]], [[Advertising agency|advertisement agencies]] and for [[Air travel|flights]] ([[Very important person|VIP]] [[Categorization|category]]).

=== Media ===

''VRL Group's'' [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] entity, '''''[[Vijayavani]]''''' was started on 1 April 2011, which is now the largest [[Newspaper circulation|circulated]] [[List of newspapers in India|newspaper]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/Print/ABC-verdict--Vijayavani-is-the-leading-Kannada-daily_57826.html |title=ABC verdict- Vijayavani is the leading Kannada daily |date=16 October 2014 |access-date=16 October 2014 |author=exchange4media.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607213639/http://www.exchange4media.com/print/abc-verdict--vijayavani-is-the-leading-kannada-daily_57826.html |archive-date=7 June 2015 }}</ref> in Karnataka. ''VRL Group's'' [[Subsidiary|subsidiary company]] '''''VRL Media Ltd.''''', [[Printing press|prints]] ''Vijayavani'' and is published in 9 cities of the [[Karnataka|state]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.vijayavaniadvt.com/|title=VRL Media Ltd – Vijayavani Advertisement (ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ)|website=Vijayavaniadvt.com|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812104617/http://www.vijayavaniadvt.com/|archive-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> ''Vijayavani’s'' [[Editing|lead editor]] of its [[editorial]] division is Chennegowder and Subhash hoogar. Karnataka's second largest circulated newspaper{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} ''[[Vijaya Karnataka]]'', was started by [[Vijay Sankeshwar]] (of ''VRL Group'') in October 2000, and was sold to the [[The Times Group|Times group]] on 16 June 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/times-group-buys-vijaya-times-two-kannada-dailies-106061601093_1.html |title=Times group buys Vijaya Times, two Kannada dailies |date=16 June 2006 |access-date=16 June 2006 |author=business-standard.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915095740/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/times-group-buys-vijaya-times-two-kannada-dailies-106061601093_1.html |archive-date=15 September 2016 }}</ref>

In April 2017, ''VRL Media Ltd.'' started Digvijaya News 24x7, a Kannada [[television]] [[News broadcasting|news channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/TV/VRL-Media-launches-Kannada-news-channel-Dighvijay_68442.html |title=VRL Media launches Kannada news channel, Dighvijay |date=17 April 2017 |author=exchange4media.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418035712/http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/vrl-media-launches-kannada-news-channel-dighvijay_68442.html |archive-date=18 April 2017 |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* Vijayavani E-paper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epapervijayavani.in/|title=Vijayavani ePaper: Kannada Newspaper – Online Kannada ePaper – Daily Newspaper|website=ePaperVijayavani.in|access-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817060521/http://epapervijayavani.in/|archive-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
* Vijayavani Advertisting<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Courier#India|Courier in India]]
* [[Indian Postal Service]]
* [[Blue Dart Express]], ''a courier service in India''
* [[DTDC]], ''a courier service in India''
* [[Ekart]], ''a courier service in India''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.vrlgroup.in Official website of VRL Group]
* [http://www.financialexpress.com/news/vijayanand-roadlines-plans-ipo-for-aviationforay/125623/ VRL for an IPO]

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