Aditya Birla Group | Companion for Life - G Krishna Chaitanya Sai, IIM Visakhapatnam

ABG helped the many lives all over the country with its social development programs. It provided education to rural children and provided scholarships to the students in pursuing higher studies. It has provided basic health care facilities by setting up medical camps and hospitals. It played a big role in women empowerment by helping financially to be self-reliant and strong. IT played a huge role in the country’s development and made everyone lives better.

How did you overcame challenges to achieve your ambitions in your life so far?

The most difficult challenge I have faced in my life was at the time of preparation of IIT JEE. The system or approach in the intermediate colleges towards cracking the JEE exam was not something that can be appreciated. They build the pressure of performing into an extent where the students start falling apart due to the stressful environment. Things got worse when expectations from the family members have joined this cause. It’s a huge challenge to adapt to the pressure of performing and not also to lose our interests because we hardly get time to do things that we love. One mistake from me and everyone starts questioning my commitment towards my goal. There was even a time when my teachers gave up on me just because I was not following their blueprint to success. I still believed in myself, and my path towards my goal was the right one.

In the process of achieving my goals, my determination to succeed is so strong that a couple of failures along the way didn’t make me lose my approach and belief in my plan. It was after a long struggle and continuous hearing from people who thought I’ll fail just because I choose not to follow something that’s been happening in a certain way. My achievement in the challenge, as mentioned earlier, is not about clearing JEE but clearing on my terms in a stress-free manner in a place that is designed to put you under pressure from day one. The lessons learnt from these challenges helped me in shaping my path, and I am looking forward to any obstacles that might come in this new chapter in IIM Visakhapatnam.