Vivek Mahbubani (阿V), an alumnus of the School of Creative Media (SM), is a Hong Kong-bred bilingual stand-up comedian performing in both Cantonese and English. Having been crowned the Funniest Person (in Chinese) in Hong Kong in 2007 followed by his victory in the English category at the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition in 2008, Vivek has had the opportunity to take his sense of humor all over the world. Having been ranked as the top comedian in Hong Kong, in 2014 the World Famous Laugh Factory in USA ranked Vivek as one of the top 10 comedians in their Annual Funniest Person in the World Competition. In 2015, he was handpicked as one of the comedians to represent Asia’s best in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s inaugural “Comedy Zone Asia” shows.

He was named among the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong in 2018 and received the Second SCM Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022.

One of Vivek’s passions is reading and his favorite book is Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Oddly, his favorite color is hot pink.