Sanjay Manaktala is an Indian stand up comedian. Sanjay was born in New York and moved out to Los Angeles when his father got transferred with Air India. After college in the US, Sanjay started working in IT and Consulting and started doing comedy on the side as a hobby. After shifting to India in 2010 due to same reason, Sanjay shifted his focus to stand up comedy and started working withAccenture as a part time consultant. In 2011, Sanjay formed a performing group The Polished Bottoms with other stand up comedians Sundeep Rao and Praveen Kumar.