Impact of Aditya Birla Group in my life!
A US 44.3 billion dollar corporation with more than 120000 employees all over the world, making its mark in the league of Fortune 500 organizations, Aditya Birla Group has become one of the largest conglomerate in the world. I understood the importance of this fact at a very later stage of my life. Hailing from a small town of Odisha, as a child I always wondered what the logo with a sign of a sun on the buses indicates. I could see people rushing to those buses for work in morning and coming back in the evening. Later I came to know that it was the logo of Aditya Birla Group and the place the buses were going to was Utkal Alumina International Limited. Being in Rayagada, for me the world of Aditya Birla limited to Utkal Alumina Refinery and production of Alumina. In the later stages when I grew up, moved from place to place for studies and for work, I realized that Aditya Birla group is involved in most of the aspects of my day to day life. From the fashion store I choose to the telecom service provider I use, ABG has a contribution to make. But the biggest impact that ABG has put in my life is through the practices it follows to sustain its business. Being an MBA student, I have always aspired to join an organization which values each and every individual’s opinion. The sense of pride, unity and belonging it states even from its logo, makes this company unique. The strategies it follows to increase diversity in workplace, to encourage women for entrepreneurship, to implement REPRISM has given me a new perspective of working of a business. The way it actively contributes for the communities in which it operates and bring smiles on thousands of faces truly shows the reason why ABG is the one of the most successful companies. Now when I visit my town I feel grateful to ABG for opening Aditya Birla Public School in Rayagada district and helping in the education of children of the employees and from the localities.
Facing the challenges in ABG way!
It is very aptly stated by Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla that “Failure is not fatal, Failure is inevitable. If you don’t fail, it perhaps you aren’t taking enough risks”. To get experience of the corporate world, a fresher who pursued BTech, entered into a Multinational Corporation situated at Kochi. Got a training and was allotted a project there. Kochi being thousand miles away from my home, I faced many challenges such as language barrier, home sickness, etc. Though these were the challenges that can be easily overcome with, I was facing issues as I was trying to make an effort without any prior experience. Because of this I was getting less opportunity to engage with the team and contribute effectively. This was a setback for me. I began questioning my ability. But the thought of making an effort for correcting this didn’t go from my head. I left my hostel, joined my Malayali colleagues in an apartment and tried to learn their language gradually. Though I could not learn the language as a whole, I could gather enough confidence in me that I can overcome this language barrier challenge. Later point of time, when I joined Bangalore, I found it easy to interact with any member of my team, So on and so forth that when we were asked to design a scrum board to monitor the activities, I emerged as a lead and took opinions from the team members, gathered consensus and designed a successful scrum board. We were even given recognition for our effort. Through this experience from my journey I can say that challenges are the stepping stones to success. Have a smile on your face and keep moving forward !!
