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Aditya Birla Group's Presence in My Life, IIM Raipur

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SHREY SANKALP
SHREY SANKALP

To say that Aditya Birla Group has a diverse portfolio of brands would be a massive understatement. Thanks to a steady presence across industries, it is unlikely that Aditya Birla Group’s offerings have not touched an individual’s life.

Thinking back on my own life, there has been some influence or the other of an Aditya Birla Group product throughout.
One of the earliest and most obvious instances would perhaps be the simple act of my mother packing my lunch for school for 12 straight years, for all 12 of which she would wrap said lunch in Hindalco Freshwrapp. And it doesn’t stop there, Aditya Birla Group’s influence would continue to be prominent in my life, whether it was getting my very own phone for the first time and going out to procure an IDEA sim or heading to the nearest Pantaloons to purchase gifts and toys for a newly born cousin, getting a black pinstriped Louis Phillippe suit for my class 12thfarewell, or even picking the brain of a mild-mannered salesman at Van Heusen to get the perfect tie and pocket square to go with aforementioned suit.

This is just one story. There are an unfathomable number of similar stories that will painstakingly spell out how Aditya Birla Group has been a major part of peoples’ lives and made an unforgettable impact. Aditya Birla Group has been around for decades and decades, and the fact that it continues to touch lives from that day to this one is a feat unlike another. 

 How I Overcame Challenges to Achieve My Ambitions

During my youth, somewhere around the age of 12, I remember my parents being called to the principal’s office owing to my class teacher’s increasing concern over my chronic lack of attention in class. Something that was initially dismissed as a childhood folly would a few years years later turn out to be diagnosed as an early manifestation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, more commonly known as ADHD. ADHD makes it incredibly difficult to focus on a subject for too long, where there’s long periods of being “zoned out” followed by short periods of a tunnel like focus, and a general sense of uneasiness all the time. Since it was caught on relatively early in my case, it was possible to mitigate its effects almost completely, but the process of training yourself and undergoing major lifestyle changes was an arduous one. Making matters even more complicated was the fact that it was a “Board year” where I had my class 10thBoards lined up in a year. The road to being okay was a difficult one, but in the process the lifestyle changes that I made and the habits and practices I developed made me a vastly more disciplined individual. And even though whatever traces of ADHD persisted gradually disappeared over the years, the good habits and practices I learnt stayed with me. To this day the discipline inculcated in me by said habits comes in handy and helps in the accomplishment of my goals.

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Aditya Birla Group's Presence in My Life, IIM Raipur