Prateek783

Aditya Birla Group (ABG) is no doubt is unheard of hitherto, we have been all been listening about Tata’s, Birla’s, Ambani’s anecdotes since our childhood. There is a reason why Aditya Birla Group is in Fortune 500 companies and that too from a long time now. The division of the ABG I will write about is the cement division/subsidiary with the name of Ultratech Cement. Now the question is why Ultratech only out of such an eclectic product line of such a reputed group? Well, almost every individual in India aspire to build a house with their own savings in their life. Ultratech is making it happen since 1983, the year Kapil Dev lifted the first world cup trophy for India. Ultratech has had an unbeatable track record ever since and this is the reason why this always happens to be the first preference for an individual or a contractor when it comes to cement. Apart from this Ultratech has been a contributor in big and strategically significant projects in India, Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Coastal Gujarat Power, Vallarpadam Rail bridge Project just to name a few from the colossal ocean of projects. I will talk about the Bengaluru Metro Rail Project here, which has eased the life of many daily commuters in the IT hub. Metro in Bengaluru was a dire need owing to the congestion of roads due insufficient number of flyovers and unprecedented increase in the vehicles on the road. The traffic jam in which everyone had to wait was exasperating to say the least after a long hectic day at workplace, college or school. The metro albeit in construction phase in some parts of the city, but the silver lining is, it is operational in other parts and came as a blessing to the myriad commuters out there struggling with drudgeries of life everyday. I have used Bangalore metro in my internship sojourn this year, it was a pleasant experience. Now what made that experience so pleasant is the fact that an architecture is sturdy only when it stands on strong pillars, which is where Ultratech is being doing wonders over the decades. That too, not only in India, but globally. The finest quality Ultratech cement made sure of giving me a smooth ride with superior infrastructure made from Ultratech cement. I felt so blissful, more so because initially in Bengaluru I was fighting my way and hustling to my office amidst the slowest possible traffic on the face of the earth. It was so because back then I was not clear with the metro routes but one day I read the metro map and then the next day, it took me less than half the time to cover the same distance. That is what India’s largest producer and exporter of cement did behind the stage in making the Bengaluru Metro a success. Challenges and roadblocks are inevitable part in this uncertain and perilous yet beautiful journey called Life. But, the ones who don’t fall prey to these challenges and take them head on head are the ones that make it big in their life. In my personal capacity, I have had faced many such challenges in the past few years, but I overcame them to reach where I stand today. In 2017, my family was not going through a purple patch, we were financially crippled, and my father was on bed rest after he met with a major road accident a year ago. His treatment drained all our savings and post his discharge he was on a bed rest for a year and half. At the same time, I was preparing for my MBA entrance exams and I was looking after my father too since my elder siblings were in a different city due to their work. I had to take care of his dressing every day, all the medicines to be given on time, his physiotherapy and everything. I had to devote time for my preparation as well since I started my preparations in Mid-August that year and exams were in November, so I didn’t have the luxury of wasting time. I used to prepare at night till 4 in the morning, attend my coaching classes on weekend. I used to take the train for Delhi from my home town Aligarh every morning on Saturday to attend the coaching classes and return in the evening on every Sunday. And repeat this routine every week. Then came exams, I scored 93 percentile in CAT, 95.36 in IIFT, 97.3509 in SNAP, 90.7 in NMAT. Post which I gave interviews for 7 colleges, converted 6 out of them barring IMI Delhi. Eventually joined TAPMI, Manipal. Then came another hurdle of financing my MBA through an education loan that too uncollateralized loan. It took me 42 days in a Private Bank to get my loan disbursed before being rejected by 3-4 Public Sector Banks in the past one month. I had to ask my college administration to extend the deadline for fees submission thrice by 10 days on each occasion. After all this I finally entered the much spoken and somewhat revered world of B-school. It has been a great experience so far in the past one year. I got to learn a lot from the experienced peers here, from the faculties of course, from the case discussions etc. It enhanced my perspective in a way of looking at things from several angles. So, in a nutshell, it has been an enriching experience by far. Hope it continues like this.