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ABG - A Big Gamechanger! | Kanika Sharma, IIFT

ABG - A Big Gamechanger! | Kanika Sharma, IIFT

I still remember a particular rainy day when I stood outside a Vodafone office (now Vodafone-Idea), happy and excited to have my first taste of corporate life as an intern. Although not a single entity at that point but Vodafone and Idea were still in collaboration for the 3G network and there I was, a small cog in a giant wheel called The Aditya Birla Group. Who would have thought that it would become India’s largest telecom operator with 400 million subscribers!

Kanika Sharma
Aditya Birla Group - Big On Smiles | Viren Sharma, NMIMS Mumbai

Aditya Birla Group - Big On Smiles | Viren Sharma, NMIMS Mumbai

It all started with a family who began trading cotton in India rose a conglomerate which now employs more than 120,000 people worldwide – the Aditya Birla Group. The group has brought laurels to India by being one of the only few brands to be included in the prestigious Fortune 500 list. With its different verticals the Aditya Birla group of touching the lives of many Indians directly and indirectly. What is more admirable about Aditya Birla is that even by its exponential growth and combined revenues US$44.3 it has still managed to keep up to its philosophy of trusteeship, of plying back part of profits in terms of giving back to society. This philosophy has been carried forward by all the owners, be it G.D. Birla who contributed immensely to India’s freedom struggle along with Gandhi Ji or the current generation Rajshree Birla who even has won a Padma Bhushan for her contribution to the society.

Viren Sharma