PART A: Why Aditya Birla Group is big in my life?
To the outside world, ABG is known as a premium business conglomerate in India. But for my family, it is our best friend which made many of our dreams come true. Starting with my father, his long ambition of building his own house for himself was made possible because of UltraTech Cement 10 years ago. We cherish our house so much and it is a place where our family meets. My dad boasts that he built a sturdy triple storied building which is in great condition always thanks to the quality of UltraTech cement. Before we had our own house, we had to change houses a lot which made us relocate our neighbourhood each time. I would thank ABG for giving us a permanent home and stable place to have long-lasting neighbourhood thus laying the foundation for other goals in our lives.
For me, ABG created a new start for social networking when I was in ninth grade through Idea sim which was my first one in my life. My friends have used Idea sim as well and Idea gave great offers for Idea to Idea calls and messages. As the tagline aptly says, “An Idea can change your life”, ABG has brought a great change in my life which connected me to the outside world. It helped me to be in touch with my parents, relatives and my best friends all the time. I can say that ABG follows the highest standards of professionalism, being recognized for doing so and delivers value to all its stakeholders.
Part B: How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambition in life so far?
One of the significant challenges I have faced so far in my life is to clear the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam(IIT-JEE). I would consider it as challenging because of the huge competition for the exam all over India. Around 5 lakh students have taken the exam. At the beginning of my preparation, I have always scored fewer marks in the tests conducted on a weekly basis. The low scores have never demotivated me and pointed out that I can improve in the future if I put hard work in learning basics. I have started preparing my own schedule on a weekly basis to slowly learn all the concepts. Although the scores have improved, the chances of getting into IITs was still slim. I have trusted my preparation and gave the IITJEE with a calm mind and positive thinking that I have done everything I could and will give my best attempt. On May 25, 2011, the results of IITJEE exam conducted on April 10, 2011, were released. I was overjoyed that I have overcome my hurdle of clearing IITJEE. I have learned that through overcoming the challenge that hard work, proper planning, positive attitude and perseverance will help me overcome any challenge.
Another challenge was to clear CAT exam to get admission in B-school. When I failed to clear CAT 2016 with good percentile, I looked at it as an opportunity to learn the difficulty of the exam. I focused on targeting my weak areas to improve and get a better result next time. I always look at any situation, especially even difficult situations, as an opportunity to learn, grow and change for the better. I would never blame anyone or system instead I would focus on improving myself. I was able to maintain the same dedication in my effort to learn the concepts to clear CAT exam despite many difficulties and failures in mock exams. I was able to clear CAT-2017 next year with great percentile which earned me a chance to enter DMS, IIT Delhi. That’s it for my story and will meet again with probably with the story of my MBA life.
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