‘Live today to enjoy your life’

"Live life to the fullest today. Don’t worry about tomorrow.

But, involve yourself complet-ely in whatever you do and life is victory any
day," said Ajay Heda. This guy practices, what he preaches. "I was a
pampered child at home. Still, I am perfect and believe in winning every-thing.
I was the best in every-thing from school to college to business et al,"
said Heda, who runs a successful IT shop-Heda Computers & Services, in
Belgaum, Karnataka.

Born in September 1970, in Belgaum, Heda lost his father to cancer, at a very
early age. His uncle, who provided them education, adopted Heda and his two
brothers. "We were basically from Rajasthan, sett-led in Belgaum two
generations ago for business. My grandfa-ther used to do cashewnut business and
during my father’s time, they got into saree business. Belgaum is famous for
Shahapuri sarees across the country," narrated Heda.

Heda proved his caliber at an early age. While at his primary school, Divine
Providence, he scored 499 marks out of 500 in LKG. "I am sure that they
gave me one mark less just because it cannot be 500 and I have been a very
bright student throughout my education period," he claimed. Heda moved to
St Xavier’s High School before joining PUC in GSS College. "I was good at
everything. I studied well, played well, freaked out and enjoyed my life. In
sports, I was very good in football and represented my State in the game,"
said Heda. He was a heartthrob and the most lov-able character in his circle.

Finishing PUC, he decided to do electrical engineering and electronics
communication was his favored subject, there-fore he joined KLE Societies
College of Engineering. "I was an active socialist and participa-ted in
many protests during college days," he quipped. Heda authored many short
stories and was often judged as the best stage performer in college programs.

Once out of college, he took up a job with Techno Compu-ters and moved to
Bangalore. After working there for only nine months, Heda decided to start his
own business in 1994. He established Advanced Elec-tronics and assembled
compu-ters before renaming the company as ‘Heda Computers & Services’
and became the Zenith premier partner. "Today, I am running a very
successful company in Belgaum and I am happy with what I am," he remarked.

Heda is a very humorous person who jokes through out the day. "I am a
non-stop non-sense among my friends and they love me for that. Wherever I am,
the fun is unlimited," claimed Heda. He socializes well and he has regular
outing with kitty groups. "My wife also loves it and we believe in enjoying
life," he said. Ajay Heda married Sulochana in 1995 and he has a son Hardik
who is studying in Class I. Like his father, Hardik is also an extraordinary
child, at the age of three-and-a-half, he got famous and got publicity in all
the local publications for being an IT whizkid. "He sends e-mail, works on
Word, PowerPoint and other things on the compu-ter," said the proud father.

Being a fun loving person, Heda loves to travel a lot. In India, Goa is his
favorite tourist spot.

S Gopikrishna