Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai. Since its inception in 1857, it has forayed into interests like viscose staple fibre, metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services. Earning a revenue of approximately $44.3 billion, it has become the third largest Indian private sector conglomerate. It is also one of the largest private life insurance companies, asset management companies and general insurance brokers in the country. The company has undertaken various internal and external sustainability efforts to be a sustainability leader in its sector. Now operating in more than 35 countries, ABG plays a big role in our lives as it is associated with many brands we use in our daily routine. Some of them are- Allen Solly, Forever 21, People, Peter England and Van Heusen.
ABG has come a long way to establish itself as a leader and make a massive presence in every consumer’s life. Throughout its journey, it has always believed in innovation and adding some purpose and value to its products of different sectors. Some of its efforts in constantly fulfilling the market demands are manufacturing lighter, stronger vehicles, making fabrics from wood pulp, closed-loop manufacturing for sustainability and energy from hazardous waste.
As for the impact that ABG has in my life, I think from the clothes that I wear to the house I live in, ABG is everywhere. It is impossible to name just one product of the group that I use extensively. Thats the legacy of Aditya Birla Group.
Part B:
After getting into an internship program in the final year of B.Tech, I was thrilled by the idea of going to experience work life while in college. The internship included training in Python, DBMS and one optional among JAVA, ASP.NET and Networking. Python was the first language to learn and I was struggling with it, as were many in my batch. But I worked and practised it day and night to improve Python. Then we had Python exam which I knew that I might not be able to excel in it but I would score well. But to my disappointment, I failed the exam. I was sad and disheartened. I thought my hard work was sufficient but apparently, it wasn’t. I was given a chance to appear for a retest but after all the other exams. I worked nonstop for a month on all the other subjects likes DBMS and JAVA. I was simultaneously working on the project that was supposed to be finished before leaving the internship. I was completely sure that I will ace this test. I was sure my hard work will pay off for the better this time. My coding section went amazing, I expected full marks in it and was hoping I will ace my objective section as well. But to my utter disappointment, I failed this section. I was sad but I knew what my mistakes were and then I topped in Python in the final attempt. I gave away weekends trips, sleep and rest to work hard and excel in the test. It’s not easy sometimes, but persistence and hard work makes very thing possible J :)