Where Do Pune’s College Grads Go After FC Road?

Pune has the best ratio of single, educated, interesting people per square kilometer in India. COEP, Symbiosis, Fergusson, MIT Pune, and a dozen other colleges produce graduates who stay because the city is livable, the rent is reasonable (compared to Mumbai), and there’s enough of a social scene to keep things interesting. Koregaon Park on a Saturday night is proof enough.

The format from New York: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the room watches and reacts. Afterward, the whole crowd mingles. Pune has the audience, the comedy infrastructure, and the appetite for live entertainment. This is the show that fills the gap between the apps and the aunty network.

FC Road, JM Road, and the entire Deccan area have been the social heart of student Pune for decades. But as the city expands toward Hinjewadi and Kharadi (where the IT parks are), the social energy gets diluted. People live in Baner, work in Hinjewadi, go out in KP, and somehow never overlap with the same person twice. This show concentrates the scattered crowd.

Pune’s identity as a "pensioners’ city" is ancient history. It’s now one of India’s youngest cities by median age, with a massive influx of workers from across the country. The dating scene suffers from the same problem as Bangalore: everyone’s here, everyone’s single, and nobody knows how to meet outside of work and the apps.

Waitlist is open. Pune, you’re next. Get on the list or apply to be a contestant.