Abijit Ganguly Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Stand-up Comedian, Freelance Writer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet & inches- 5’ 9”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Open Mic: Stein Auditorium (2014) YouTube: Indian Mid Twenties Issue, Parents & Marriage (2014)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	Iconic Achievers Award in 2019 for 'Most Promising Stand-Up Comedian of the Year'
Personal Life
Date of birth	5 September
Age (as of 2020)	Not Known
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Birthplace	Bengaluru, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bengaluru, India
School	The Mother's International School
College/University	• Delhi Vishwavidyalaya • Delhi School of Economics
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Business Economics (2005 - 2008) [1]LinkedIn • Master's degree in International Business (2010 - 2012) [2]LinkedIn
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian [3]Instagram
Controversy	In April 2017, Abijit Ganguly accused Kapil Sharma of plagiarism saying that he had used one of his jokes in his 100th episode of 'The Kapil Sharma Show.' Later, Kapil Sharma's fans abused Abijit Ganguly on social media platforms, and in response, Abijit mocked Kapil Sharma's fans for thrashing him for the plagiarism episode. [4]Mid-Day
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	15 February 2016 (Monday)
Family
Wife	Nidhi Shah (Artist)
Parents	Father- Rama Prasad Ganguly Mother- Shefali Ganguly
Siblings	Brother- Aidityo Ganguly
Favourite Things
Cricketer	Sourav Ganguly

Some Lesser Known Facts About Abijit Ganguly

• Does Abijit Ganguly drink alcohol?: Yes
  

• Abijit Ganguly is an Indian stand-up comedian, freelance writer, and YouTuber who is well known for his observational humour. The stand-up sets performed by him are based on observational humor with occasional self-deprecation and political satire.

• Abijit Ganguly was born in Bengaluru and raised in Delhi. He completed his formal education at Delhi University. In 2012, he pursued his master’s degree in International Business from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

• Abijit tried his hand at comedy for the first time in 2010 at an open mic that was organized by the comedy collective Cheese Monkey Mafia in Delhi. After his first performance, people liked his content, and he started getting more shows at pubs, bars, and corporate events. After completing his master’s degree in 2012, Abhijit worked as a business analyst with Deloitte India till 2014. Stand-up comedy was a part-time thing for him; however, after 2014, he started pursuing comedy as a full-time profession.
  

  News coverage of the Cheese Monkey Mafia event

• Abijit performed at different branches of the Canvas Comedy Club, and at That Comedy Club Banglore. He has also done tours of different cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Shillong, Nagpur, etc. Abijit has also performed in Dubai, Nepal, Australia, and Tanzania.
  

  Abijit Ganguly performing at That Comedy Club Banglore

• Abijit was introduced to stand-up comedy when he was pursuing his master’s degree in Delhi where he attended an event at the Indian Habitat Centre. He said-
  

  I used to attend a lot of theatre at the India Habitat Centre, one day I accidentally saw the performance of Abish Mathew and I was blown away. I enjoyed the show so much that I mailed the organiser of the show asking if I could try my luck at it. Surprisingly, he wrote back inviting me for an open mic, and that is how the journey began,”

• Pursuing comedy as a full-time profession was a dream when Abijit entered the field of stand-up comedy. He worked at a corporate firm for a while; however, he left the job after his income from his comedy gigs became equal to that of the salary that he received from his corporate job.

• Abijit started performing more stand-up gigs in different cities and along with this, he started uploading snippets of his shows on YouTube. He uploaded his first video on his YouTube channel on 27 November 2014. The title of the video was ‘Indian Mid Twenties Issue, Parents & Marriage.’

• Abijit has done more than 500 shows, and he had a long journey from performing at open mics in cafes to touring around the world to perform his individual sets. In an interview with The Hindu, Abijit talked about how he kept on improving. He said,

Getting famous is just the first step. Once you have established yourself there is the constant urge to keep getting better . If I should look back at a video I uploaded three years ago and do not feel I need to improve on it, then I am not honing my skills. And the day you stop getting better at your art is the day you have lost it,”

• In 2016, Abijit Ganguly was invited as a TEDx speaker in IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology) where he talked about how taking the road less traveled is totally okay. During the TED talk, Abijit talked about his experiences in the stand-up comedy industry and what inspires him to write new sets.

• In 2019, Abijit received the Iconic Achievers Award for ‘Most Promising Stand-up Comedian of the Year.’
  

  Iconic Achievers Award 2019 presented to Abijit Ganguly

• Abijit has done various sketches for his YouTube channel as well. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Abijit started hosting online sessions of stand-ups via Zoom video calls. He also started a series on his YouTube channel where he invites his friends through a Zoom video call and asks them random questions. The name of the series is ‘The Kaafi Random Quiz.’