| August 1998 | Officially performs stand-up for the first time at Go Bananas Comedy Club in Montgomery, OH |
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| August 1999 | Wins the amateur field of the Funniest Person in Cincinnati Contest @ Go Bananas Comedy Club |
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| March 2000 | Opens for Dave Chappelle at University of Cincinnati (sold-out 900 people) |
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| 2000 - 2003 | Stops live performing to write material and develop on-stage persona:) |
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| May 2003 | Opens for Kevin James at the Taft Theatre in
Cincinnati, OH (sold-out 2400 people) |
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| April 2004 | Writes first blog |
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| May 2004 | Performs at the M Bar in Hollywood, CA |
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| February 2005 | Opens for Russell Peters for the first time at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH |
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| July 2005 | Wins the professional field of the Funniest Person in Cincinnati Contest @ Go Bananas Comedy Club |
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| July 2005 | Opens for Kevin Nealon at the Funny Bone in Newport, KY |
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| July 2005 | Lands on front cover of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the city’s most widely-read newspaper |
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| July 2005 | Wins voting contest and is named “P&G’s Funniest
Employee” by Q102, Cincinnati’s #2 FM radio station |
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| August 2005 | Records first podcast, which appears in iTunes |
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| September 2005 | Does first TV interview (Fox 19 morning news) |
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| August - September 2005 | Appears on four different radio stations around Cincinnati as a result of being the Funniest Person in Cincinnati |
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| September 2005 | Performs at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City |
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| September 2005 | Opens for Dave Chappelle at the Funny Bone in Newport, KY |
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| October 2005 | Opens for Russell Peters at the Moore Theatre in
Seattle, WA (sold-out 1900 people) |
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| October 2005 | Performs first feature week at Wiley’s Comedy Club in Dayton, OH |
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| November 2005 | Performs first feature week at Go Bananas Comedy Club in Cincinnati, OH |
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| November 2005 | Opens for Dave Chappelle at his home club of Wiley’s in Dayton, OH |
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| January 2006 | Opens for Russell Peters on home turf at the Funny Bone in Cincinnati |
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| May 2006 | Moves to Los Angeles, CA |
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| June 2006 | Appears on The Gary Burbank Show on Cincinnati 700 WLW |
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| June - July 2006 | Takes 2nd hiatus of career for acclimation to LA |
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| August 2006 | Gets on stage for 1st time after the move |
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| September 2006 | Goes full-time |
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| September 2006 | Performs at The World-Famous Comedy Store in LA for the first time |
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| October 2006 | Performs at The World Famous Laugh Factory in LA for the first time |
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| October 2006 | Launches The Funny Indian Newsletter as a monthly occurrence |
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| November 2006 | Opens Russell Peters’ LA shows to crowds of 1200 and 1800 |
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| November 2006 | Performs for 10,000 people in North Carolina |
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| November 2006 | Performs an hour-long set for first time |
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| November 2006 | Returns to P&G for first show since leaving this esteemed company |
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| December 2006 | Unveils new image as “Your High-Brow, Fun-Size Comedian” |
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| February 2007 | Features at the Improv with Kevin Nealon, at his request |
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| February 2007 | Lands college representation |
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| February 2007 | Passes audition for The Groundlings |
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| February 2007 | Crosses 5,000 MySpace Friends |
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| March 2007 | Lands commercial representation and goes on first audition |
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| April 2007 | “Passes” showcase to feature in Midwest Funny Bones |
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| May 2007 | Designs and unveils T-shirts |
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| May 2007 | Does 75 minutes of clean material to an audience ranging in age from 10- to 80-years old |
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| June 2007 | Performs at the Hermosa Comedy & Magic Club for the first time |
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| June 2007 | Performs at the Hollywood Improv for the first time |
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| July 2007 | Launches IndianComedians.com, the world’s first Indian booking agency |
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| July 2007 | Runs first-of-its-kind user-generated content program with Tremor, P&G’s word-of-mouth agency, for teens to submit & vote on jokes to be performed in LA comedy club |
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| July 2007 | Shoots first TV commercials |
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| July 2007 | Launches The Funny Indian Fan Club on Facebook |
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| August 2007 | Is Interviewed on XM’s National Lampoon Radio channel |
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| August 2007 | Has video accepted as submission on Current TV’s website |
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| September 2007 | Tapes 30-min set as part of Indian Invasion Comedy DVD |
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| October 2007 | Co-headlines Make Chai, Not War, a Hindu-Muslim comedy showcase, in DC, to an audience of 550 |
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| November 2007 | Hosts 2007 Bollywood Music & Fashion Awards for an audience of 4500 |
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| December 2007 | Returns to home club of Go Bananas Comedy Club in Cincinnati to feature |
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| December 2007 | Hosts AVS, a weekly Bollywood TV news show |
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| January 2008 | Lands IMDB page |
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| January 2008 | Is featured in LA Times |
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| February 2008 | Lands the #35 spot on the Top 50 Coolest Desis of 2007 |
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| February 2008 | Appears on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Channel Howard 101 - Jackie The Jokeman Martling’s hour-long show |
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| February 2008 | Hosts AVS for the 2nd time |
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| February 2008 | Passes 1,000 friends on Facebook within a year |
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| March 2008 | Records first collaboration with Melanie Kannokada |
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| March 2008 | Showcases at the APCA National Conference |
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| April 2008 | Gains first mainstream TV credit by taping for Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes? |
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| April 2008 | Passes 2nd showcase at Laugh Factory |
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| May 2008 | Begins taping own talk show for Pan Desi |
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| May 2008 | Kicks off motivational speaking career by talking to NFL rookies about personal branding |
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| June 2008 | Opens for Jo Koy |
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| June 2008 | Does first international shows - in Geneva, Switzerland, for P&G |
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