Aditya Birla Group under the leadership of Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla has grown to great heights. From employing 1,20,000 colleagues to being present in 34 countries, Aditya Birla Group is a 44.3-billion-dollar corporation. Aditya Birla Group is the number one fashion retail in India providing 100% natural and eco-friendly fabric. From Pantaloons to Ralph Lauren, it is home to India’s top fashion brands. Clothing is one of the three basic necessities of a human and Aditya Birla Group has been a major player in this segment. Their Textile business also caters to this segment with various other benefits in other rayon user functionality segments. The cement segment is handled by UltraTech cement, catering two the second basic necessity of a human. Aditya Birla Group has been present and will continue to be present with us in various segments, helping us by providing the best of quality products that are environment friendly and create a difference in the world. Their efforts in corporate social responsibility front has been immense with their various projects in Education, HealthCare and infrastructure programs. A company is only strong as their employees and Aditya Birla Group has been a leader in empowering its employees, improving gender and cultural diversity, and creating leaders by their “INSPIRE” program. From roads to improve connectivity in the country to clothing and textile driving trends in the country, from empowering its employees to be leaders and inspirations to helping the people of the country through their various CSR programs, From providing steel and cement to build homes to reducing the carbon footprint, Aditya Birla Group is a major player in the country and have had a positive effect on our lives.
The biggest Challenge in my life has been my High School Time. While in Higher Secondary School, I was awarded with the Best Student Award, held the Position of Vice-Head Boy of the School and my school once ranked as the fifth best school in the country and best in the West zone, I was considered as a person with a bright future. I proved it by scoring 99.06 percentile in my boards and then came in my High School. Unexpected circumstances started and somehow I found myself fighting depression. A phase of life where I was not able to understand what was happening and how am I to cope with everything. The expectations of everyone and even myself for myself were huge. They started to make me anxious every moment. I was not able to enjoy the moments of life. My relationships all started scattering, with my parents, my friends. I secluded myself from everyone. My health was taking a downturn. Everything was a mishap. I started crying each and every day. I did not laugh for months. It took a mental toll on me. My academic scores dropped, I started procrastinating my work, started blaming others for everything, started running from responsibilities. It was during this time that I was diagnosed with fatty liver and had to be bedridden for a week in my home. During this time, I started watching Naruto- an Anime. I was able to relate myself to it, crying every time, blaming others every time and then something happened in the anime. He became responsible. The line “I was so tired of crying that I decided to do something about it”. It became my mantra. I started getting everything in line. Again got back in the game. Now it becomes that each small win for me, is big, I cherish them, being myself. Each and every loss is a learning. This is how I overcame my challenge.