Abstract In this paper, we introduce and study an explicit iterative method to approximate a common solution of split generalized vector equilibrium problem and fixed point problem for a finite family of nonexpansive mappings in real Hilbert spaces using the viscosity Cesaro mean approximation. We prove a strong convergence theorem for the sequences generated by the proposed iterative scheme. Further we give a numerical example to justify our main result. The results presented in this paper generalize, improve and unify the previously known results in this area.