The story of The PS Bedi Family began in 1930 as a traditional Bedi family business in British India.
Several years later, in 1960, PS Bedi ventured into the real estate. In 1975, P.S. Bedi & Co. formed as a consulting firm for Customs, Central Excise, and Import Trade Control Matters, which continues even today as a large organization with a staff strength of over 300 and a network of offices across the country.
Ours is a story of Commitment, Hard Work, Team Efforts, Achievement and Integrity.
1985: Group restructures and decides to concentrate on its core competencies. Sheds Chartered Accountancy and manufacturing business and ventures into Customs Brokerage.
1986: Further strengthening of the core business-logistics, the group forays into the field of international freight forwarding, spreading its association within a few years to over 50 countries.
1987: More branches are established and the group attains an all India presence with offices at Mumbai, Chennai, Kandla, Calcutta, and Ludhiana.
1989: With a large multinational client base, the group ventures into Project Support Services with the inception of Shotam Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
1992: P.S.Bedi becomes a member of FIATA.
1993: P.S.Bedi was selected by Modiluft, a world class airline set up by the renowned Modi Group of companies in association with Lufthansa, as their General Sales Agent for Northern India.
1995: Shotam Consultants Pvt. Ltd. ventures into Engineering Support Services with overseas engineering supervision contracts for projects in Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Japan.
1995: Shotam Tours & Travels is launched. The company provides travel related services with main concentration on domestic and overseas passenger sales.
1997: P.S.Bedi becomes IATA Cargo Agent and forms associations with strategic partners for attaining ODC and Heavy Load Transportation capabilities including barge operations. In the logistic field, expansion takes place into Warehousing and Distribution.
1997: Shotam International is established and the P.S. Bedi Group enters the field of exports.
1999: The new group company, Shotam Instruments Pvt. Ltd. is appointed as sole distributor by Nikon Corporation, Japan for sale of their survey equipment in India.
2000: The group enters the field of IT enabled remote processing transcription services with the setting up of Shotam Centre for Medical Transcription
2004: P.S.Bedi Group embarks upon change management. The business focus in the logistics shifts to Freight Forwarding. The group also launches PSB Logistics Pvt.Ltd. for consolidating logistics business under one brand.
2005: P.S.Bedi CHA brokerage arm merged with P.S.Bedi & Co. Pvt.Ltd. The group open offices at Ludhiana and Jaipur. The group embarks upon defence logistics and exhibition logistics business.
2006: Renewed thrust on freight forwarding, defence logistics, project logistics and exhibition business thru strengthening of organization at the national and branch levels.
The Companies of the Group continue to grow in their businesses, concentrating on their core competencies.