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ABG – The Integral Part of my Journey - Puneet Garg, MDI Gurgaon

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puneet garg
puneet garg

The unmatchable legacy of Aditya Birla Group is exemplified by its integrity, quality, performance and perfection. Their new corporate logo is the testimonial of the Aditya Birla group’s legacy and moves on with modernity. It has impacted my lifestyle including but not limited to its 100% natural and eco-friendly fabric by having the world’s largest retail chain in Linen, Vodafone idea cellular services, long lasting tyres in car and diversified group insurance.

Whether it is about ordering online a scarf from Numero Uno on father’s anniversary in no time during the stressful assignments, suggesting a sustainable cement brand for construction or planning to grab an opportunity to collaborate with this group as a start-up, the Aditya Birla Group lies at the heart of knowing what they stand for. One of the many other ways this group stands out as one of the best employer in India during 2018. Its global presence in technology, fashion, finance and chemicals is unmatched by any other industrialist in India.

This group was one of the first Indian business organisation to set up international operations post-independence India in 1947. Its global presence is number one in aluminium rolling, viscose staple fibre and carbon black. The inspiring ideals and visions of its legendary leaders motivates me to reach excellence in all spheres of management.

Most importantly, being one of the India's finest business houses the Aditya Birla Group helps creating enormous wealth for nation and a considerable rank for Indian entrepreneurship in South East Asia countries. This group also earned the respect and admiration of the people including me through its outstanding record of enterprise.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam once said “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life”.

Having scored more than 99 percentile in CAT 2017, I was full of happiness and enthusiasm of getting into a top b-school for management studies, but all of my dreams shattered when I couldn’t go through the selection process of the top colleges I aspired to get into. That was the time where I doubted my capabilities and questioned myself if I could even survive the rigor of b-schools. I needed to self-introspect myself and to answer the dilemma “if I should join any other b-school or to prepare for one more year and work on my weaknesses and retake the CAT exam”. Going against the suggestions of my family and mentors, I decided to reappear for the selection process and kept faith in myself. Now came the challenging part of my journey where I had to transform myself from being shy and introvert to being a friendly and outgoing person. I started working in my family business to gain insights about the functioning of a business organisation and to develop a practical approach to business problems along with burning midnight oil for preparing for the CAT exam. Through my hard work, perseverance and utmost dedication I was able to score a better percentile in CAT and later got through the selection process of the flagship program of Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. Today when I look back a year from now I realize the importance of hard work, dedication, perseverance and most importantly keeping faith in yourself.

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ABG – The Integral Part of my Journey - Puneet Garg, MDI Gurgaon