Aditya Birla Group - "Big in Your Life"
Aditya Birla Group has always been part of everyone in the country; it has a rich history worth of 160 years; it was a long journey with the country. With its presence in various sectors, its voice has been heard, and everyone has spoken its name in our country for generations. The name ‘Birla' has imprinted in everyone’s DNA. Spanning over 34 countries, Aditya Birla Group has a family of over 120,000 in its workforce belonging to various countries. It has touched everyone's lives, be it by helping in building their dream homes with housing loan from ABG financial services. It helped our country in building the cities and infrastructure of the institutions that develop the nation. With its diverse products like telecom services, the retail fashion industry, and its financial services, it has made a mark in the economic development of the nation. ABG has impacted my life in a significant way, knowingly or unknowingly. I am a proud user of its Vodafone-Idea 4G services, which never let me down, and I always shopped at Pantaloons and have its fashion brands, Allen Solly, Louis Philippe, in my wardrobe, which helped me in expressing my personality in and out. Since its inception, ABG has contributed economic and social development of the country, by working in more than 5000 villages, providing basic health care facilities by running medical camps and hospitals. It operates more than 50 schools providing a skillful education and financial support to the financially challenged students. By its welfare driven activities, it empowers the rural women by helping in financing in self-reliance programs for the people living below the poverty line and belongs to marginalized and vulnerable sections of society. It has played a crucial role in the development of our country, and I am proud to be part of its rich culture.
How you overcame challenges to achieve your ambitions in life so far?
Challenges are never meant to stop us from achieving our goal, but the lessons learned by overcoming the challenges help in discovering our truer selves, finding our strengths, and overcome our weaknesses. The biggest challenge I have faced was when I joined my engineering college. I have studied in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya which is a residential school from 6th class till 12th class, I have never seen the outside world, the people from my school was my family, the idea of finding my place and finding a voice of my own was terrifying. Then I remembered the words from father that not to be afraid of anything and to overcome that fear by being brave. These words inspired me a lot and motivated me to get myself up when I fall. I found the courage and found a new family in the college and experienced an excellent chapter in my life. Being brave doesn’t mean that we don’t get afraid; it means that we shouldn’t let that fear to let us down from overcoming the challenge.
Many challenges come to us in all stages of our life, but it is our job to pull ourselves up and be positive and face every obstacle with courage and never giving up. I am eagerly waiting for the challenges that I face in my MBA chapter here in IIM Visakhapatnam and make it a memorable one by shaping my career and be a better version of myself.