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Meandering Through the Journey called Life,IIM Ranchi

Meandering Through the Journey called Life,IIM Ranchi

Why Aditya Birla Group is Big in My Life: I have always been a lover of nature. In this daily humdrum of life, whenever I get a chance to savour the beauty, I rush to extract it. And the best place for me to satiate it is my Grandfather's village. It is a small rural area with at the most 30 families living peacefully. I can remember an incident which I will never forget. In the year 2002, I visited my Grandfather’s home in that rustic village with my parents during summer vacation in school. I fell ill and had to stay there for a longer period. The Monsoon came and it was vociferous. Our home was an ageing mud hut. I can remember how my family members protected me when the mud hut got destroyed in incessant rain that year. We were like homeless in our own dwindled home. Then only my family members decided to build a structured house of rods and cements. I am always curious about knowing new names. I asked my father what is the name of the cement company. He told me it is "UltraTech". That time the name only sufficed my curiosity but now I know how big it is in my life. This is not the story of mine only. This is the story of millions of Generation Z people in our India. Back then I was only satisfied with the name " UltratTech". Now on the premise of writing this article, I only can reminisce that story which will be the part of my life in Three Score years and Ten. And now I know how grateful I am to Aditya Birla Group. Even before my entering into a B-school, I had unknowingly used ABG products. I had used Peter England business formals in my interviews. I had used trendy Allen Solly shirts to attend birthday party with friends. And biggest of them all, I want to share is I gifted a Louis Philippe formal attire to my father after receiving my first salary. Honestly speaking, I didn't know it belonged to ABG. Now, I know how big the brand is this ABG and realise how it was part of my growing up with time.Now I can realize how ABG group is shaping the new "Smart " India with its wide range products, be it banking sector, be it fashion, be it Chemical and Carbon black Industry. And this is fact that ABG is part of building this newer India.

Uttiya Koley
The Brand that Carries a Legacy of its Own!

The Brand that Carries a Legacy of its Own!

The name ‘Aditya Birla’ carries a legacy of its own. The company has existed from last 162 years and carries the same legacy. Being one of the oldest business conglomerates, the group has a diversified portfolio of products ranging from agribusiness to wind power, finance, chemicals etc. Personally, there are many brands I have used which fall under the Aditya Birla Group. The foremost example being Aditya Birla Group’s cellular network Idea. The brand has a lot of significance in the state of Gujarat, from where I belong. Another brand which comes to my mind is Pantaloons. It was acquired by Aditya Birla Group from the future group. I remember my parents shopping for me in pantaloons showroom, and since then Pantaloons have been my first priority for shopping. Thus, I have been closely associated with the brand. Since the independence, the group has evolved and diversified its portfolio in various ways. Aditya Birla Group also won AON Best Employer Award in 2018. This surely indicates that Aditya Birla Group is one of the best employers in the country. Pantaloons also won IMAGES ‘Most Admired Retailer of the Year’ award in Enterprise retail solution. Pantaloons was also recognized as the India’s most trusted fashion retailer in the brand equity survey by The Economic Timer in the year 2016-2017. This clearly shows the market presence and the brand value of Pantaloons and Aditya Birla Group as a whole. Thus, right from cellular network to fashion retail, Aditya Birla Group has impacted my life and choices in various ways.

Keval Varotaria
A handwritten letter girl in a text message world: Ayushi Verma, IIM Ranchi

A handwritten letter girl in a text message world: Ayushi Verma, IIM Ranchi

When I was a young girl, not knowing the intricacies of this world and how it functions, I had a lot of questions about our purpose here. I was in the third standard when I walked up to my father and asked him what the point even was if we were all going to die anyway. Way too soon for me to know about John Maynard Keynes’, “In the long run we are all dead.”

AYUSHI VERMA
Is it just technology, or do organizations become big only after an infusion of ideals and dreams?

Is it just technology, or do organizations become big only after an infusion of ideals and dreams?

“The quality of our future depends on the quality of our imagination today. I see the future of the Aditya Birla Group as one of growth, continued leadership in our industries and delivering excellence for many decades to come” – these are the words of Kumar Mangalam Birla. And I always feel humbled under the magnanimity of the imagination, Seth Shiv Narayan Birla had back then in 1857. Is it just technology, or do organizations become this big only after an infusion of ideals and dreams?

Prithvi Mohanty
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