A JOURNEY WORTH REMEMBERING- AJAY KUMAR RAI, TAPMI
ADITYA BIRLA GROUP(ABG) an Indian conglomerate that started in 1857 with the production of jute.
Now it’s a global player in VSF, largest chemical player in India and leading in various other sectors.
But more than it’s success what inspires me the most is the journey. From having a vision to be premium global conglomerate and as ABG chairman says values means everything even if it causes slow growth rate. This makes me realize even though your goal is to achieve big and faster but ethics is non -negotiable and how much ethics is important in a business if you want to dominate for a long period of time. It is an epitome for those who thinks ethics is not beneficial in the real world.
The 2000 incident when the VSF industry were in difficult time which was facing environmental issues because the manufacture of VSF is a polluting process but a more real threat was from polyester which is cheaper and readily available as a blending fiber in clothing.From then to fight by investing in RD BIRLA RESEARCH INSTITUTE at nagada to find an eco friendly solution tells how much self believe matters when everything around you are not going your way.
Being a shopaholic, pantaloons made my life easier from wondering to different places and end up with confusion to buy different brand under one roof.
When I first stepped into IIT JEE preparation I did not realize the difficulty and level of competition at nation level and was not serious about the preparation for the exam but when the result came and I did not qualify for even the mains exam broke my heart and hit hard on my ignorance. Then I took it as challenge to clear this examination. While preparation it did improve so many qualities in me like time management, self- confidence, innovative ideas to prepare for the hardest part and when the result came I was among the top one percentile student in India, it made me realize that if you believe in your dreams it will come true provided one should work hard.