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Aditya Birla Group is big in my life, Akash Harlalka, NMIMS Mumbai

Small is the new big, details are the new simple, ABG is the new necessity. The emotion that a child feels when he receives his first chocolate, the emotion of buying your first car or that of connecting with your loved ones. ABG is everywhere around us. It is not a brand, it’s an emotion. In the wee hours on a Friday morning my mother is busy packing my breakfast from the ingredients which I purchased from More Supermarket. That very moment I receive a message on my Vodaphone number in response to my father’s retirement plan guidance. Nothing to worry about. After all, Aditya Birla Financial services were taking care of it. I quickly put on my Allen Solly Shirt and booked a cab to cross the Bandra-Worli sea link. On my way, I can see mammoth twenty-floor buildings built by ABG which helps realize thousands of corporate dreams. I enter one of these sophisticated and elite corporate offices with mixed feelings. Seeing the brisk walk of employees in full business formals and the flamboyant attitude of the star performers have already started to give me chills down my spine. Too much for the first day at your dream organization. After getting my first salary, I knew that buying a Louis Phillipe was a far-fetched dream. It is situations like these that motivate us to give our best because you miss 100% of the chances you don’t take.

Pushing Your Limits And Achieving Big - Raghav Bansal, NMIMS Mumbai

Overcoming The Challenges Nobody sets out with a plan to fail, but so often obstacles get in the way of our success. Over the years I have identified that there will be few obstacles which may hamper my growth and to overcome these obstacles and to achieve big, I follow a 3 step approach, given below :

India's pride : Aditya Birla Group - Pranav Joshi, NMIMS Mumbai

Aditya Birla Group, one of the successful conglomerates, was ideated, transformed, and blossomed on the Indian soil. Aditya Birla Group has transcended the borders of mother India and has made its mark on the global economy. Aditya Birla Group is known as India’s first multinational company. The Group has contributed immensely to economic and technological growth of India. The group’s pioneer Ghanshyam Das Birla, popularly known as GD Birla, was very active in India’s independence movement. He was very close to Mahatma Gandhi and Birla house was at the center stage of India’s freedom struggle. This bespeaks the Birla family’s love towards motherland. Aditya Birla Group’s strong ties with the nation and value system really inspires me.

Sweet are the uses of Adversity! - Harsh Parekh, NMIMS Mumbai

CHALLENGES – Hurdles that either teach you a lesson in case one fails, or makes one wiser with experience & learning when one successfully tames it. Challenges make one introspect, helping identify strengths & weaknesses, & provides with an opportunity to improve upon. This makes me a strong believer that challenges make you what you are, your personality & & makes you stronger for all that is there in the future. They make life what it is.

ABG touching lives - Rajat Gupta, NMIMS Mumbai

Why ABG is big in my life?

Aditya Birla Group - Making lives bigger- Animesh Kumar, NMIMS, Mumbai

Aditya Birla Group - Ideas are Bulletproof, Sirjee! - Arindam Bose, NMIMS Mumbai

From Aluminium to Cement- Sharmad Aras, NMIMS Mumbai

I still remember the time when my shyness had turned me into an introvert personality. Although fun loving and curious as a child, I couldn’t converse openly with anyone. It wasn’t until my graduation that I learnt that my introversion was hindering my active participation in college activities. It was a turning point in my life when I decided that I will work as much as possible outside my comfort zone. Hesitant at start I tried getting involved in many social groups which had been formed in my college. Over a period of time things started getting easier. I realized that my fear of active conversation was gradually fading but my speech and speech pattern was still at its infancy, I needed some professional advice and methodology for improving myself and also, I was so involved in getting better at 1 on 1 conversation that I had completely forgotten about my fear of public speaking. So, I joined the toastmasters club. It is here that I was able to get a professional platform to improve my speech. I have improved to a great extent and am no longer the same shy person I used to be.In academics, languages were my weakest part. I found myself struggling through my schooling years with the English subject when my peers were excelling in the same. Although I tried to getting better, it felt as if the harder I tried the worse I performed in school exams. I couldn’t explain to my teachers as well as my parents what was the reason as I myself couldn’t understand. Exams went by, me clearing just with average marks. My real struggle had begun during my preparation for B-school exams. It was here that I had completely changed my daily routine as per advice from various sources on how to improve my English. My day started with reading the newspaper along with 2-3 articles on recent issues and writing a short summary of each. Along with this I tried to read and finish one novel every month. In one year, I was able to crack the NMAT exam with highest marks in English to my surprise. I had proof that no matter what my weakness was, hard work with an objective in focus I would be able to overcome anything. Dedication has been my mantra ever since.