Part A:
Aditya Birla Group is an integral part of every Indian’s life. We all use some or the other product of the group. Personally, I am a big fan of the finance vertical of the group, namely Aditya Birla Capital.
While I was working before joining the college, I was just another millennial who wanted to quickly multiply his hard-earned salary. After a lot of deliberation, I decided to go forward with Mutual Funds. I did not have much knowledge about the field back then. So, I did what any other person with an Internet connection would do: I googled “Best Mutual Funds in India”. At the top of the list was Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund. I knew I did not need to look further. I chose the Direct-Growth Plan and earned great returns of over 20% while I was working. That greatly helped me.
As a person who had earned his first salary after graduation, I was really worried about accumulating losses from Mutual Fund investments (as they are subject to market risks). I was looking for a company that I could trust and when my google search returned the name of Aditya Birla Group, I knew that my search ended there. Aditya Birla Group and the word “Trust” are synonyms. This is the reason why millions of people believe in them and have had faith in them for decades.
I still continue to invest in the same Mutual Fund but at a smaller level, now that I am a student. Also, I am sure that I am going to continue with them. The group has had a big positive impact in my life and I am sure there would be millions more like me.
Part B:
I come from a typical Indian middle-class family. I lost my parents when I was a kid. So yes, life has been tough. As in most other middle-class families, my family too focused a lot on my education. They knew the importance of it. I have always striven to achieve success. Be it education, be it sports or some other activities.
I was among the toppers in my school and also in the school basketball and football teams. Then I did my engineering in Information Technology. The college was not a very well known one but it did help me get into Infosys. Again, there I was among the top performers and was rated “Outstanding”. But, after some time, I could feel stagnancy there and wanted to achieve something big; something that would make me stand out. It is then that I decided to go for an MBA.
When I made that decision, I knew I would not settle for something less than an IIM. The brand definitely matters. The brand has been built through years of excellence.
I started preparing for CAT. Due to my job timings, I could not go to a coaching institute and had to work on my own. I finally wrote all the exams and got an admission in SIBM, Pune which is one of the finest institutes of the country. But my ambition always was to get into an IIM. Later, when I got the admission call from IIM Raipur, I was ecstatic. Within the blink of an eye, I accepted the offer and here I am today writing this article.
Obstacles will always be there. It is how you beat them and move forward that defines you.
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