ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Chasing Happiness through Entrepreneurship. | Punit Pania | TEDxManipalUniversityJaipur

Here’s Great Tip: Chasing Happiness through Entrepreneurship. | Punit Pania | TEDxManipalUniversityJaipur

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Punit talks about how the quantification of happiness is beyond money, and how money is no longer a standard of success. He talks about his standup career, and how he followed his dream, the pitfalls, the inhibitions, and the sweet successes after that

Punit Pania is the single man behind Chalta Hai Comedy – an NGO without foreign funding. He used to have a job, kinda. But he is now coming out of the closet as an artist. Having produced over 200 shows over the past year, Punit is making himself believe that comedy is the answer to a midlife crisis that is waiting to happen. Punit describes himself as a marketing professional by day, a compulsive writer by night and somewhat of a comedian on weekends. Having traveled across 20 states of our great country, Punit peddles suburban philosophy disguised as observational comedy. Fluent in 5 languages, Punit’s ethnic background is a matter of debate that may be settled during his audience interactions. He denies having low self-esteem issues and thinks he is pretty good at writing artist bios in the third person. Punit organizes and hosts all of Chalta Hai’s shows across Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Baroda and has also performed in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Vizag and Goa giving him

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