Aditya Birla Group is one of India’s top conglomerates with its reach in almost all sectors of business. Be it banking, fashion, mining, telecom, chemicals, cement or financial services, ABG has been a leader in every sector. It is currently the third largest Indian private sector conglomerate in terms of revenue.
Being an introverted, shy and reserved personality, I was neither good at holding small talks nor with initiating talks. Getting into a B-school was a challenging job for me especially when my peers were so fluent and good with their communication skills. Moreover, belonging to a small town further reduced my confidence as I fumbled while speaking in English. Being low on confidence was a major deterrent to me. Lack of maturity and mixing professional and personal lives further complicated things for me. Working on my mind set, asking help from people, joining various public speaking platforms, travelling alone and taking initiative at my own helped me to be where I am today. From not being able to speak a single word in front of public to clearing almost all coveted b-school’s GD-PI processes was one huge chapter of my life. Amidst all these ups downs and failures, I realized the importance of health, though in a tough way. Being admitted in Fortis for a month due to my bad eating habits gave me time to think and contemplate my life. It was then I took major lessons on importance of health and education, it was then when I learnt to draw boundaries on my personal and professional life. Though failure has been a constant companion in my life but at the same time I have underwent a drastic transformation both mentally and physically.
In this video, Divya Anand, Product Manager at Uber, Ex Amazon & HT Media, SP Jain & University of California Berkeley Alum, published author, talks about different milestones in her career journey.
Aditya Birla Group stands for Integrity, Commitment, Passion, Seamless, Speed. As a whimsical consumer, the values a brand embodies are important to me. And of all these, passion, is the most important one.
Part A: Why Aditya Birla Group is big in your life
Conservative; Restrictive; Orthodox; these are some words that could be used to describe the familial background in which I was raised. Don’t get me wrong, my parents and my siblings did their best to uplift me to the most optimal position, providing me with facilities, resources and most of all support and love, few are fortunate enough to receive, but one thing there was a lack of, was intellectual stimulation and untethered access to information.
Unlike any other final year engineering student, I was confused on the future course in terms of building a successful career. I always had the idea of doing MBA from a reputed college such as NMIMS and so I enrolled myself for CAT coaching classes. I gave the entrance exam and got shortlisted for the CD/PI round at NMIMS. The coaching classes set some mock interviews before the actual one. My first mock interview went really bad, which made questioned myself at a deeper level. I could not sleep that night as the actual interview was just two weeks ahead.
Aditya Birla Group is one of India’s top conglomerates with its reach in almost all sectors of business. Be it banking, fashion, mining, telecom, chemicals, cement or financial services, ABG has been a leader in every sector. It is currently the third largest Indian private sector conglomerate in terms of revenue.
Being an introverted, shy and reserved personality, I was neither good at holding small talks nor with initiating talks. Getting into a B-school was a challenging job for me especially when my peers were so fluent and good with their communication skills. Moreover, belonging to a small town further reduced my confidence as I fumbled while speaking in English. Being low on confidence was a major deterrent to me. Lack of maturity and mixing professional and personal lives further complicated things for me. Working on my mind set, asking help from people, joining various public speaking platforms, travelling alone and taking initiative at my own helped me to be where I am today. From not being able to speak a single word in front of public to clearing almost all coveted b-school’s GD-PI processes was one huge chapter of my life. Amidst all these ups downs and failures, I realized the importance of health, though in a tough way. Being admitted in Fortis for a month due to my bad eating habits gave me time to think and contemplate my life. It was then I took major lessons on importance of health and education, it was then when I learnt to draw boundaries on my personal and professional life. Though failure has been a constant companion in my life but at the same time I have underwent a drastic transformation both mentally and physically.
In this video, Divya Anand, Product Manager at Uber, Ex Amazon & HT Media, SP Jain & University of California Berkeley Alum, published author, talks about different milestones in her career journey.
Aditya Birla Group stands for Integrity, Commitment, Passion, Seamless, Speed. As a whimsical consumer, the values a brand embodies are important to me. And of all these, passion, is the most important one.
Part A: Why Aditya Birla Group is big in your life
Conservative; Restrictive; Orthodox; these are some words that could be used to describe the familial background in which I was raised. Don’t get me wrong, my parents and my siblings did their best to uplift me to the most optimal position, providing me with facilities, resources and most of all support and love, few are fortunate enough to receive, but one thing there was a lack of, was intellectual stimulation and untethered access to information.
Unlike any other final year engineering student, I was confused on the future course in terms of building a successful career. I always had the idea of doing MBA from a reputed college such as NMIMS and so I enrolled myself for CAT coaching classes. I gave the entrance exam and got shortlisted for the CD/PI round at NMIMS. The coaching classes set some mock interviews before the actual one. My first mock interview went really bad, which made questioned myself at a deeper level. I could not sleep that night as the actual interview was just two weeks ahead.
