Aditya Birla Group-the name itself is so big that it has managed to touch millions of hearts by its
innovative, diversified and essential products. Its products are so adequately available in our day to
day lives that I feel our brains are deeply wired to the $44.3 billion dollar conglomerate- The Aditya
Birla Group.
The range of products starts from aluminium foil used in our kitchen to the fine grade
aluminium used in aircrafts. In simple words, Aditya Birla Group is an Indian Multinational corporate
giant established in 35 countries with 120000 skilled and dedicated employees worldwide.
With a vision to become a global conglomerate and adhering to five non-negotiable
values- integrity, commitment, speed, seamlessness, passion , the group has established itself in the
fields of metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, carbon black, branded apparel, chemicals, fertilisers,
financial services and the list goes long.
The group’s continuous achievements shining through various directions have become
an inspiration for millions of hearts worldwide. Hindalco, which is a flagship brand of the group, is the
largest rolled aluminium producer and also supplies more than half of India’s copper. Novelis supplies
world class aluminium to leading architects and auto makers which in a way making our lives better.
Around 65 billion cans are recycled to save vital minerals and to save the environment. Starting from
automobile and electronics to every second can in the world, Aditya Birla group is involved in making
our environment cleaner and better.
Ultratech cement has become the largest cement player in the country. From building
highways and homes to new infrastructure landscapes, it has become the essential part of our life as
it has managed to win trust and loyalty of the people associated with Ultratech Cement by its viability
and assured quality.
The group has been into carbon black production for years and it has now introduced
and gifted us Birla Carbon tyres which is better in safety and durability; another way that the group is
making our lives better.
Apart from this, the group has gifted us with many brands such as goofily, Allen Solly,
Van Heusen, Louis Philippe, Grasim, Pantaloons etc. which has introduced us with many amazing
fashion styles. More-Aditya Birla Retail Group is the fourth largest super market chain in the country
bringing products at minute’s reach.
Last but not the least, the group’s belief in trusteeship has made lives of so many
people in the weaker section of the society. Working in 5000 villages, running 5000 medical camps
and 20 hospitals, immunising 70 million children against polio, operating 56 schools and providing
mid-day meals every day for 63000 children in 268 schools are just tip of the iceberg explaining the
active and serious commitment of Aditya Birla Group in the CSR to make the society a better place.
So it’s not much to say that Aditya Birla Group has become an integral part of our lives.
Ambition is defined as a strong desire to obtain success, power or happiness as something you want
to do or achieve. An ambition acts as a red tape in a person’s life which drives him towards success in
career or personal life. Every person has a dream at any point of his/her life and when it is associated
with ambition, it drives him/her towards the ultimate success of his/her life. It’s not much to say that
many consider life meaningless without ambition.
In the moments of solitary meditation, we often ask ourselves: what is the
purpose of our life? What we want to do in our life? I have faced many such dilemmas in my life. It
took me time to identify my biggest ambition that is to rich the heights of my career. I have faced
many challenges along the way which nearly broke me at times. I am writing here one such challenge:
After I completed my 3rd year in Cognizant, I was given an opportunity to lead
a team of five people. As a developer, my roles and responsibilities involved presenting the clients the
ongoing progress and development activities and challenges involved along with working and
delegating with my team. On my first presentation, I was very nervous and fumbled through the entire
presentation and though the presentation was good, because of my lack of confidence it was not liked
by client and it caused an embarrassment for my team and company. To overcome it, I started
speaking to myself so that I can be fluent and also in front of mirror. Then I started to give
presentations to my friends and colleagues and took their feedback. I started to work on those
feedbacks and improve myself. After continuous and diligent efforts, I started to overcome my fear
and feel more confident and also handle the client meetings smoothly. But I still had the ambition to
be effective and persuasive in my presentations so that the clients can appreciate my ideas even more.
So I kept giving presentations to my friends and also participating in various competitions and after a
long effort, finally I could master the skill and the day came when I presented mine and my team’s
idea to improvise the existing platform by introducing a more advanced and sufficient technology to
client and it was liked by client so well that we got a new project of 8 million dollar lined up next to
our current project. This raised a sense of achievement in me that finally my hard work paid off.
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