Aditya Birla Group
Aditya Birla Group - A fortune 500 company is present in every corner of the society in some form, making our lives better, from food to telecommunication, fashion to infrastructure. Solidifying the economy, providing employment and contributing to society through CSR activities like mid-day meals, immunization camps, hospitals, scholarships to young talent, ABG has made a huge impact which cannot be transcended. The rising sun is itself a symbol of prosperity, continuous achievements, and expanding horizons which is evident by the growth and expansion of ABG over time since its foundation in 1857, becoming a giant Indian multinational conglomerate, present in sectors such as cement, chemicals, fashion, banking, and financial services, etc. has touched millions of lives in unique ways. When buying excellent quality garments from Louis Philippe, Allen Solly, Van Heusen, Peter England and looking elegant we know it is an ABG product, the first formal shirt I bought for a job interview was Peter England. Looking at huge multi-story buildings, bridges and growing Indian infrastructure presence of Ultratech cement can be felt, and yes it was the cement we used during the construction of our house. Moving on to sustainability in the way they work, Novelis is the world’s largest recycler of used beverage cans and Idea Cellular launched the ‘Green Idea’ initiative with Aditya Birla Group aiming at reduction in carbon dioxide emission. There is also a continuous endeavor to reduce carbon footprint, reduce water consumption and conversion of waste to raw material.
Persevering And Achieving Goals
The sole purpose of life is to learn and life teaches us some important lessons by putting us in very difficult situations and life has taught me one thing that is to "Never give up". Life has been a rollercoaster ride for me since I was a child, I had to persevere in order to get what I wanted. For the admission in class 6th, I had to give an admission test twice, as a child it was very disheartening to see your friends getting admission and you giving the test again. I took Science stream after 10th class as I wanted to do engineering just like my elder brother, I scored low in AIEEE and didn't get any good college, the taunts and sarcasm of family was demotivating but I dropped a year and prepared very hard and finally the hard work paid off and I ended up getting admission in one of the most prominent engineering colleges in India DTU(DCE). After getting placed in college I joined Vivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd as CI Engineer but again the person I joined under got competition sensitive and sent me to the warranty dept. but no work was given, I had to directly talk to my Chinese manager which resulted in me getting the work but ended up making all the seniors angry because they thought I broke the hierarchy and were furious to see a new joint GET not accepting his fate as junior, things got difficult but couldn't leave the job due to financial constraints and had to work hard constantly to gain the appraisal I deserved but worked through it and received the appreciation by achieving targets continuously for 4 months straight. Amid this job crisis, I started preparing for CAT as my higher ambition was to do an MBA but managing time for studies proved very hard, I used to do up down for job form my house which costs me 15 hours daily (waking up at 5:30 and reaching home at 8:30), I started waking up at 4 AM and studied for 1:30 hour before leaving and during travel in metro and bus. On the doomsday(CAT Exam) I messed up everything and ended up with very less percentile in CAT'18 but was fortunate enough to just cross the borderline of eligibility criteria of VGSOM by just 0.44 percentile, as this was my 2nd attempt of CAT I put everything in further rounds of WAT/PI and finally got the admission, which was my greatest accomplishment till date.
Life has taught me to be on track no matter what difficulties you are facing and if you are true to yourself you will end up achieving your goal and one more thing that is never to settle for less when you know your real worth.
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