I vividly remember the time when my mother used to pack food in aluminium foils for school, which were manufactured by Aditya Birla Group, which I wasn’t even aware of. In my life of 23 years, I have unknowingly used Aditya Birla Group brands multiple times. The first time I came to know about Aditya Birla Group was through the advertisements of Idea on television. The advertisements of Idea are still one of the most memorable. It was during my school farewell when I forced my parents to buy me Louis Philippe suit for my farewell, I realized the scale at which Aditya Birla Group is operating. My perception towards brands like Louis Philippe was that they were worn by business executives and having seen my father wearing shirts from Louis Philippe, I also wanted to wear that. Whether one realizes or not, every Indian has definitely used Aditya Birla Group products in some direct or indirect way. The Aditya Birla Group also indirectly impacts not only my life but thousands of others by taking measures to improve our society and country and making it a better place for all of us to live. Its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in healthcare, education, infrastructure and its endeavour in making model villages are indeed making our society better. The Group is also acting responsible towards its actions which will impact the future generations and has thus rightly taken Sustainability into account.
This is how Aditya Birla Group is big in my life.
No one in this world has a life without challenge and I am no different. Belonging to a middle class family, my sole aim was just to get a respectable job, good enough to support my family. But while growing up, I had high ambitions; I wanted to achieve a lot in life and not just to live life for the sake of living. I did my graduation from my hometown in Varanasi despite having admission offers from some of the highly reputed colleges due to certain family conditions. I was upset at not being able to go to college I wanted but I realized life is not fair and I had to make the best use of resources I have. The major personal challenge which I faced due to my personality was that I was too introvert a person and opening up with people whom I do not know was hard. But gradually learning and putting an effort, especially during MBA preparation, I started interacting and opening up and talking to people to bring a change in myself. I gave several presentations and joined the local toastmasters club and forced myself to interact more with people instead of spending the alone. It was hard to do things out of my comfort zone and change was slow but over time I have improved a lot. This helped me perform better at interviews and also helped me secure a seat at IMT Ghaziabad.
This is how I overcame my biggest challenge.
#ABGLP WOO ME - SEASON 2