A marketer and freelance fitness instructor, Ajinkya thinks that if you always believe in yourself then none can stop you from achieving your dreams.

Ajinkya Vilas Kadale works as a marketing manager with Coolberg Beverages, Mumbai. Besides, he is also a freelance fitness instructor.

Ajinkya was born and raised in Navi Mumbai. He has done a BBA and an MBA in Marketing.

Talking about his childhood, Ajinkya says that he started playing Cricket at the age of five. He always dreamt of becoming a cricketer growing up.

Ajinkya shares that he studied in the science-math stream in high school. However, he was always interested in the creative side of things. Hence, instead of engineering, he chose to pursue a BBA. Later, he also did an MBA in Marketing to explore more about his interests.

Talking about COVID, Ajinkya says that it had been just six months since he started his first job but owing to the pandemic, he lost his job. However, not losing hope he completed his certification course in freelance fitness training. And he trained around one hundred forty clients for their physical health during the pandemic, he says. Later, he got an opportunity to work for Coolberg Beverages and has been working with it ever since.

Ajinkya shares that he was a gold medalist in national-level Cricket in his college. However, he suffered an injury in one of his shoulders during one of his Cricket practices, and owing to that he couldn’t play Cricket for a year and had to undergo physiotherapy sessions to heal his injury. He also thought that his modeling career had also ended. But after a year, he took to Cricket again and also improved his fitness. And then participated in a national-level university Cricket league in Hyderabad and got a gold medal there. It boosted his morale and since then he has never looked back.

Talking about his achievements, Ajinkya says that he was the leader of his college team that participated in a national-level marketing competition and they stood first among three hundred contenders. Besides, he is also a rising fitness icon from Navi Mumbai, he says.

His Success Mantra is never to give up on his dreams.

In his spare time, Ajinkya likes to do bike riding either with his friends or solo. Besides, he also likes to work out in the gym in his free time.

In future, Ajinkya sees himself as an entrepreneur running his own travel-theme-based chain of cafes.

To the youth, Ajinkya advises them to choose a field based on their interest and skills and then work hard.