ABFRL emerged after the consolidation of the branded apparel businesses of Aditya Birla Group comprising ABNL's Madura Fashion division and ABNL's subsidiaries — Pantaloons Fashion and Retail (PFRL) and Madura Fashion & Lifestyle (MFL) in May 2015. Post the consolidation, PFRL was renamed Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. ABFRL brings together the learnings and businesses of two renowned Indian fashion icons, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle and Pantaloons creating a synergistic core that will act as the nucleus of the future fashion businesses of the Aditya Birla Group.
Part B
The biggest challenge was completing chartered accountancy. I consistently maintained good academic scores in 10th and 12th standard. During this time, I developed a liking for accounts and saw a place for myself in finance. My parents, being CAs inspired me to pursue chartered accountancy. After 12th, I attempted and cleared CPT which is the entrance exam for this course in 2012 and IPCC which is the intermediate stage in 2013. I joined the statutory audit and assurance department of Deloitte for articleship. There, I worked on various listed companies the Shriram group, ITC group. In order to diversify and gain industry experience, I joined Ameriprise Financial for industrial training for a year. This is a large USA based fortune 500 financial services company dealing in investments there. I worked on preparing mutual fund financial statements and MIS department there. The most difficult part was balancing the work and studies. The usual schedule had a class at 6am and office started at 10am. The day got over by 9 or 10 post which the revision of the concepts started. This went on for the whole of the articleship duration. Applying the concepts learnt in class practically while working really made the effort worth it. Plus the colleagues at office really helped in ensuring I get to learn well. I really appreciated the effort the managers made to ensure that an adequate amount of pressure of work is put upon me. I cleared CA exams in November 2016, thus, completing a hard fought journey.
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