Part -A

Aditya Birla Group(Birla family) has been a famous household name in the Indian subcontinent for more than a decade now. In India, the ABG group is the third-largest private sector conglomerate after TATA Sons and RIL (Reliance Industries Limited). The headquarters of the group is in Worli, Mumbai. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman.

The ABG has diversified portfolio of different industries including metals, cement (Ultratech,largest in India), viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO, and IT services. ABG group has left a mark on the Indian industry spectrum.You might not even know the presence of the ABG in your life but they are an integral part of our day to day life. You are using the SIM, the company idea(Vodafone-idea venture) owned by the ABG. You are going for shopping from various clothing brands, Allen Solly,Forever 21,etc are owned by ABG. You are building a house of your dreams, the cement company Ultratech, owned by ABG. These are few of the examples were ABG is working towards making our life simpler, easier, convenient.

They have not only worked towards growing their business but have also equally contributed towards the society from the very beginning of its foundations. Twenty charitable hospitals have served more than a million villagers. ABG group is working in the field of Education,healthcare and sustainable development to name a few. Along with this, they are supporting various governmental schemes for the better development of our society. We can look forward to the group as the one which has strong roots. They are not only providing a boost to our economy through industrialization but also contributing back to the society as a whole.

Part B

Albert Camus once said: “life is the sum of all your choices”. These choices shape our future. During my engineering days, I made one such choice. I was in the third semester when I joined NPO “Rang De Zindagi”, it’s a student-driven organization. Our Organisation works for teaching fundamental mathematics to underprivileged children and brings them to a platform where they can comprehend things in a better way. Along with the team, we also conducted various fun activities and events on special occasions to increase the interest of children. Now, it has been registered, as NGO under Government of India.

When I joined the organization it was in its early days. I took the initiative with the seniors for developing the methodology for providing education in a systematic way. We discussed and came together with the curriculum we can follow for the students. But this was not our only issue, the other problem was the language barrier as the majority of the volunteers were from the English medium school and the mode of teaching needed to be in Hindi. So, we first gave a small training for Hindi terminology for the subject(Maths). Also, we implemented worksheet to track the progress of our students. So, that we can keep track our efforts are having positive outcomes. Our mission is to help each and every student to learn the basic of the subject. We dreamt of teaching them and still working towards providing basic education in 8 schools across Indore.

I was also the president of the organization during the tenure 2014-15.Currently, I am an active member of the core committee of the NGO.I learned a lot through it. The organization gave me the opportunity to work on real-time situations and come with a solution. Whenever there is a problem there is a solution, we just need to work in the right direction. A positive outcome will come around.

Chanchal

ABG and our life- Chanchal Gher - IIM SIRMAUR