Seven winners get a chance to live out their dreams with Godrej LOUD 2015

Seven winners get a chance to live out their dreams with Godrej LOUD 2015​

Winners get sponsorship and mentoring support from Godrej and a pre placement summer offer

Mumbai, September 2, 2015: The Godrej campus in Vikhroli saw 14 passionate young dreamers fight for a chance to live out their dreams. Seven dreamers won the fourth edition of Godrej LOUD (Live Out Ur Dream), a platform to help young and talented India realise their personal dreams, which had been shelved due to career or sponsorship constraints. Team 'Avengers' from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, won the Campus Dream competition, introduced for the first time as part of LOUD.

The finalists showcased their dreams to a panel of senior Godrej leaders comprising Nisaba Godrej, Executive Director, Godrej Consumer Products; Vivek Gambhir, Managing Director, Godrej Consumer Products; Balram Singh Yadav, Managing Director, Godrej Agrovet and Sunil Kataria, Business Head, India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products.

In addition to the sponsorship of up to INR 1.5 lakhs to help fulfill their dreams, the winners have also bagged a pre-placement offer for Gurukul 2016, Godrej's summer internship programme.

Ms. Nisaba Godrej, Executive Director, Godrej Consumer Products Limited said, "Godrej LOUD is our way of finding passionate young leaders. We believe that if someone is really passionate about something, even if it has nothing to do with what we do, it is likely they will bring that drive with them to Godrej."

Mr. Sumit Mitra, Head, Group Human Resources & Corporate Services said, "The last four years have been a testimony of the growing popularity of LOUD. This year, we received over 2,300 applications, a 40% increase from last year. We also introduced a Campus Dream competition for the first time and we received over 400 entries for it."

This year, Godrej LOUD (Live Out Ur Dream) saw a tremendous response with over 2,300 applications from across India's top business schools. Team Godrej LOUD visited 12 campuses (NITIE Mumbai; XIM Bhubaneswar; XLRI Jamshedpur; IIM Lucknow; SP Jain, Mumbai; SIBM Pune; IIM Kozhikode; MDI Gurgaon; IIFT Delhi; FMS Delhi; IRMA and IIM Ahmedabad) to find passionate first-year students.

LOUD Winners 2015:

Sr. No.

Winners

Institute

Dream

1.

H S Krrithiya

IIFT, Delhi

My dream is to collaborate with the locals of a slum in Gujarat and use community art as a medium to spread happiness, improve public living spaces and enhance living standards

2.

Navonil Datta

SIBM, Pune

I have been training in Hindustani classical music. My dream is to learn Western contemporary performance at the Berklee College of Music.

3.

Yogesh Singla

FMS, Delhi

I want to publish a poetry book in Hindi

4.

Akshay Dongarwar

IIFT, Delhi

I want to make India LPG accident free through disruptive research

5.

Nansi Mahajan

SIBM, Pune

My dream is to design aids for daily living for people with impaired limb functions

6.

Disha Bhuraria

SIMC, Pune

My dream is to travel to each state capital in India and create doodles of my unique experiences there. I then want to showcase this an art exhibition.

7.

Team 'Avengers'

NITIE, Mumbai

We want to set up an electronic, coin operated, laundry system at NITIE

Read more about LOUD onhttp://www.godrejcareers.com/loud/

About Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies (GILAC)

Established in 1897, the Godrej Group has its roots in India's Swadeshi movement. Our founder, Ardeshir Godrej, lawyer-turned-serial entrepreneur failed with a few businesses, before he struck gold with the locks business that you know today. One of India's most trusted brands, with revenues of USD 4.1 billion, Godrej enjoys the patronage of over 600 million Indians across our consumer goods, real estate, appliances, agri and many other businesses. You think of Godrej as such an integral part of India that you may be surprised to know that over 25 per cent of our business is done overseas.

We promise Godrejites a culture of tough love; take serious bets on them and differentiate basis performance. We also understand that our team members play multi-faceted roles and so, we strongly encourage them to explore their whole selves. Our canvas is growing. In fact, our Vision for 2020 is to be 10 times the size we were in 2010. We truly believe that while our amazing past distinguishes us, we are only as good as what we do next. Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies (GILAC) is part of the Godrej Group. It comprises 5 major companies with interests in real estate, FMCG, agriculture, chemicals and gourmet retail.

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