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JIWANDEEP SINGH GHAI, s/o Mr Kuldip Singh Ghai was born on June 10, 1968 in Ludhiana. He is the founder of the popular website, SantaBanta.com. He did his B.Com. from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1984-87 and his MBA from Punjab University, Patiala in 1987-89.He began SantaBanta.com as an attempt to launch a "jokes and humour" website in the year 1999. His passion, dedication and perseverance has made SantaBanta.Com one of the top entertainment portals in the world.
Mr JD Ghai is a multi faceted personality. He is the Chairman and CEO of SantaBanta.com Ltd as well as of several other companies. He has always been a keen sportsman and has won many laurels in sports, including being a Gold Medallist- C.B.S.E Inter School Kho-Kho, Bronze Medallist- C.B.S.E Inter School Badminton, and a Silver Medallist- Punjab University Inter College Football. He has also captained the School Badminton team.
Among the awards and honours that he has won are Best Junior Jaycee in 1985 & 1986, Best Project Director in 1985, Best public Speaker at numerous occasions. He has also been offered the Udyog Rattan by Institute of Economic Studies.
Besides all the above, Mr JD Ghai is involved in a number of projects of Social and Community service. He is presently involved in a number of Clubs and Institutions that are engaged in improving the lot of the individual and the society.
He is a member of Punjab Cricket Club, Mohali; The Sutlej Club, Ludhiana; The Kasauli Club, Kasauli and Chandigarh Golf Club, Chandigarh and a Charter Member of TiE, Chandigarh.
He is currently Chairman - Membership Engagement of TiE, Chandigarh Chapter.
Mr JD Ghai is a well travelled man having visited many countries in North America, Europe, Caribbean, Arab and the Far East as well as several Asian countries. He loves reading, writing, cooking and follows a regular exercise regime. He is happily married and is blessed with two lovely sons.
Not resting on his laurels, he is working on launching SantaBanta 3.0 version of his site.
Apart from that, to keep up with the ever-changing technology, he has also launched a a number of Apps for the mobile phones besides the mobile site of SantaBanta.Com which is making waves in the mobile service industry.
As a result of his efforts, Santa and Banta and now also Pappu, Jeeto and Preeto are the household names.Having a daily viewership of more than 7 lakh visitors, SantaBanta.com has emerged as of the the top 1300 sites in the world with more than 150 million monthly pageviews.
SantaBanta.com is more than 6 times bigger than the number 2 site of Bollywood. It has recently forayed into Punjwood, the Punjabi film industry and it offers a 360 degree entertainment to the netizens!