ABGLP Woo Me Season 2 - SDA Bocconi Asia Center

Impact of Aditya Birla Group in my life | Abhi Goswami | SDA Bocconi Asia Center

Tanya Rai- SDA Bocconi Asia Center

Aditya Birla Group - Taking India to the World | Rohit R, SDA Bocconi Asia Center; Aditya Birla Group, the one household brand that I have encountered at every stage of my life. From the Vodafone sim I use to the Allen Solly T-shirt I’m wearing, ABG has got it all. The organisation has dug its roots deep into a plethora of industries, the fact that I’m standing in a building made using UltraTech cement under a Hindalco roofing sheet and ironing my Loise Philippe shirt says it all and by the way, these are just some of the many brands they have established. I mean just take a look at the industries that they have penetrated, staple fiber, metals, cement, branded apparel, chemicals, fertilizers, financial services, telecom, IT services, and the list shall go on.ABG has grown to such an extent that one might not even know that they are using an ABG product. You never know, anyone of us could be eating the fruits and vegetables that are grown using the fertilizers produced by ABG and its subsidiaries, that’s the kind of impact this company has brought in each of our lives and this is something that has been overlooked by most people. Humble Beginnings, Yes, but the rate at which ABG has grown is just phenomenal. With the vision of “Taking India to the World”, ABG has successfully expanded operations to 35 countries with more than 120,000 employees worldwide. The opportunities that the organization has to provide to young self-driven individuals is immense and now it is up to us to uphold the legacy that this organization has created. How I overcame challenges to achieve my ambitions in life; Being the only child in the family I was raised with a lot of love and affection, away from all the challenges the real world has to offer. I was literally spoon-fed until I was 18 years old, so when I completed my schooling, I was this confused, immature individual who had no clue about what he was going to do with his life. I had a lot of options popping in my head architecture, fashion designing…. But guess what, I was not able to make up my mind and ended up at the inevitable “Engineering”. My mother was persistent that I stay in a hostel away from home and yes, those 4 years might not have taught me a lot of engineering but sure did teach me a lot about life and the obstacles that present itself at every turning. I transformed into this mature and responsible individual who could take his chances and make his own decisions. During my final year, a lot of placement opportunities that offered technical and IT roles were at my disposal and my parents were also on my back forcing me to take it, but I was clear as to what I wanted to do, so I waited patiently for that one opportunity and made sure I converted it! Worked for a year as a business development executive for an IT product company which I enjoyed to the fullest and now here I am, pursuing my International Master in Business at SDA Bocconi Asia Center which is again the college of my choice! My experiences so far have taught me that only the ones who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

SDA BOCCONI ASIA CENTER My inspiration from the Aditya Birla Group!!! It was only yesterday when I remember wearing a shirt purchased from Allen Solly to college and something strange happened. Fact remained that I had this shirt with me for more than a year, but it was only a month back that I came to the know that Allen Solly as a matter of fact belonged to the Aditya Birla Group. So why strange? It’s because all this while I thought that I wore a brand that is famous, well known and also made by somebody abroad(a common conception of where the good stuff comes from) , but the minute this realization struck me, I was more proud than ever before, that such big names belonged to a conglomerate from my “DESI” roots. Digging deep into the history of Aditya Birla Group, During the “British Raj” and despite with the obsession of the British to make monopolies from trading companies, BIRLA emerged victorious in making their first family fortune which further enabled them in acting as Mahatma Gandhi’s financial backing during independence. Aditya Birla Group had a huge hand in putting India on the world map by giving them visibility in international waters. Statistically, with over 120,000 employees from over 42 countries, with 50 percent of their revenue coming from overseas operations spanning 34 countries and with a total number of 38 companies under this conglomerate, Along with running 56 schools providing quality education to 46,500 students, establishing 20 million hospitals tending to more than a million villagers, providing mid-day meal schemes to 74,000 children , The Aditya Birla Group has stood the test of time by proving that it is the company that the country deserves for the betterment of humanity. Ambition mainly for me denoted in completing the next phase of my life successfully. For instance, studying in class 10th my ambition at that time was to clear my boards with flying colors and to look forward to the next phase of my life which was to do well in class 12th. Every time I completed one phase of my life and moved to the next, I encountered challenges which though might be as trivial as a walk in the park today, but at that instance of time were dire and consequential. The one thing that got me through my challenges was to believe in the fact that “I can find a solution to this problem” preceded by the thought that “every problem in life has a solution to it”. These two lines of wisdom got me through the tough times because they helped me clear out all signs of negativities within me and gave me a drive to search for answers. It was through constant efforts that I developed a keen sense of understanding and acknowledgment of the words “progress with time” rather than striving for perfection which the word in itself is ambiguous in nature since perfection in mathematical terms is pi (always coming close to this number but never accurate). What followed was a result of bringing out my fully capacity without the stress of wearing out and working towards being quality oriented, but my key takeaway lessons by doing this was I felt happy by actually developing a keen sense of individualism, uniqueness and dignity, while presenting an output for any work I took under my wings solely by allowing myself to believe in my abilities.

A Journey Like No Other - Shruti Garg, SDA Bocconi Asia Center