She is dedicated, hardworking, fun loving and a super mom. She
is working as a Corporate Communications Officer at Ambuja Cement. Let’s Talk Life with
Swarika Bilwalkar Pawar, where she talks about her corporate experience and her
love for singing and Marathi poetry
- Kindly tell us something about yourself ?
As A child, I started learning classical music; I
learnt it for good 13 years and could complete 5 levels of Hindustani Shashtriya
Sangeet. Being into performing arts from the initial days of life made me meet
different people at different point of times and that encouraged me to do more
n more. I even participated in few workshops for dramatics. at
school and college level won many prizes for acting. to name a few, 'Best
Actresses - Mono Acting - ABVP', 'Best Actresses - 'Mrugajal' &
Advait', etc.
- What are you currently doing professionally?
I am working with Ambuja Cements
Ltd., in Corporate Communications, handling corporate branding, designing,
visualization & internal communications.
- What made you choose this career?
My interest in exploring new things in life,
ability to visualize things, urge for aesthetics lead me choose a career
related to media, but being family oriented person, I chose corporate.
- What is an exact role of a Corporate Communication officer?
Corporate Communications looks after the
information, details , data that goes to the media/ stakeholders/
employees etc, in the form of newsletters, blogs, websites, social media,
intranet, advertisements(corporate), Financial results, press releases,
brochures, handouts, booklets, etc.
- Apart from your job, what do you do in your past time?
Apart from work I enjoy singing,
marathi poetry, and love to do masti with my Lil master.
- People usually get confused between a Corp Comm professional and a PR professional, what is the exact difference?
PR professional is a
person who works for PR agencies, which handles PR accounts of many
corporates, Corp Comm person is a point of contact for him to get the
content of the company and publish into the media.
- Can people from any Bachelors degree opt to become a Corp Comm Manager?
I would not say
any bachelor degree can be sufficient, but a person who has good command over
any of the mode of communications, knowledge of media, and industry can do a
great career in Corp Comm
- Advantages of choosing your career?
o I get to use my talent
o No monotony
o New Challenges
- Challenges that you faced during your journey? How did you overcome this?
I have not done any specific
course in designing or commercial arts, for a visualizer there are the pre- requisites
but over the period of time, I proved my abilities and got the job of my
choice.
- How many years does it take for one to be a professional Corporate Communications Manager?
Its a very open ended
question, a successful Corp Comm manager can be as young as 5/6 years of the
industry experience. It depends how good are you in making your
contacts, knowledge of industry and the culture of your organization.
- What was your 'Nothing is Impossible moment'?
I do believe in the attitude that if you have
a correct attitude and a dedicated action plan towards something, you can
easily convert the impossible to it being possible.
- Lastly what advice would you give to the aspiring Corp Comm Managers who want to make their mark in the field?
Focus on your interest areas,
find out your expertise, and do a dedicated effort to the detailing of the job
given to you. This will make you more responsible which is very important for a
Corp Comm professional.
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superb..n truly inspiring
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