standup comedian

Dr Palaniappan Manickam, known as Dr Pal, effectively conveys important medical information using humour or 'medcom' (medical comedy). What began as a means to ease patients’ discomfort has now led him to amass over two million followers on various social media platforms and embark on a global stand-up tour.

Vikram Poddar doesn’t think his switch to comedy strange at all, considering “the amount of comedy that happens in investment banking”. Though performing before bigwigs can be exciting, there’s nothing like a public show, says the comedian.

Raju Srivastava rose to fame with The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2005 and the journey was anything but easy. In more recent news, he has been hospitalised having suffered a heart attack.

ENT surgeon and standup comedian Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi has several medical innovations to his name, which are low-cost and easy to use to make healthcare accessible in rural areas.

The doors of comedy opened to her when she attended a show in India by Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of the Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame.

A musician, filmmaker, and comedian - Kenneth Sebastian has tried his hand at several things he is passionate about.