After completing the creative training program from the Advertising Agencies Association of India, Abhigyan started assisting to Anand Mahendroo. In 1997, Jha worked as an assistant producer under
Ismail Merchant on the international film
GAACHH, starring
Soumitra Chatterjee,
Sharmila Tagore and
Aparna Sen. In 2009, Abhigyan Jha launched
Jay Hind!, a
standup comedy show exclusively for the
Internet platform. It was the world's first full format TV show exclusively made for the
Internet. He is credited for pioneering the
standup comedy genre in India on TV with
Varun Grover,
Aditi Mittal,
Sorabh Pant,
Gursimran Khamba and
Sapan Verma. Abhigyan was nominated for
ITA Award for Best Director - Comedy at the
Indian Television Academy Awards 2011 for
Jay Hind!. Later, the show was aired on
Colors TV under a new name,
The Late Night Show in 2012. In April 2014, Abhigyan Jha accused
Vikas Bahl, the director of
Queen for copying the film,
Queen from his film,
Phir Zindagi. However, Jha accepted the fact that while the scripts of the two films are different, but some major scenes from the film have been copied straight from
Phir Zindagi. Abhigyan and
Mrinal Jha co-founded
MAJ Productions, creating TV shows (
Pishachini,
Terr Bina Jiya Jaaye Na) and web series (
Qubool Hai 2.0). For Jai Hind!, He collaborated with writers like Varun Grover, Aditi Mittal, Sorabh Pant, Gursimran Khamba, and Sapan Verma, pioneering the stand-up comedy genre in Indian television. The series earned Jha a nomination for the ITA Award for Best Director – Comedy in 2011. == Published works ==