Aditya Birla Group, an Inseparable part in my daily life - Ashwini Priya V M, NMIMS Mumbai

Apart from this, Corporate Social Responsibility that ABG undertakes is mind-blowing. I personally felt gratitude when ABG helped many families by building houses in Thazhankuda village, Tamil Nadu after a massive tsunami hit the coastal areas on December 26, 2004.

How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambitions in life so far

Throughout my school days, I have always dreamt to pursue medicine. I worked hard to achieve my goal and showed consistently good academic performance. Unfortunately, my Higher Secondary Examination did not go as expected. I realized this even before the announcement of results and I went into depression. Results were published and I missed my chance to pursue medicine. Taking up Engineering was a hard decision for me. According to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, “Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realize your hidden potential and power, let difficulties know that you too are difficult”. As per this saying, I took my engineering as a challenge and proved myself by achieving University Rank.

During my final semester, I got an internship at the Bank of New York Mellon Technology and got placed there. After my training, with just two months of experience in the team, I encountered a challenging situation wherein both the leads of my team went out on a long vacation and my batch mate and I were asked to replace them in taking up the team’s projects and responsibilities temporarily until they returned. A fresher with no prior on-field experience would definitely be flustered at such a drastic turn of events, as it primarily deals with collaborating directly with people of higher ranks and also involves a lot of project analysis. However, I left no stone unturned to execute the task by applying all my knowledge and accomplished it successfully.

Another challenging situation that I encountered was to convince my parents to let me pursue my MBA and to postpone my marriage. Postponing marriage is quite tough for a girl who comes from a conservative family. Fortunately, my parents accepted my request and I am pursuing my MBA.

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