Published on Mar 9, 2024
By IANS
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NEW DELHI — YouTuber, Live-streamer, and gamer Nishchay Malhan, popularly known as Triggered Insaan, on Friday said that it's a big deal that gaming is also getting recognition, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him at the first National Creators Award.
Malhan, who was given the 'Gaming Creator' award at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, thanked PM Modi for recognising the Gaming Category.
"Thank you PM sir for this award. I'm really nervous. I didn't think I would have to speak here, and even I still don't know what to say. I got an award in gaming, and thanks to that gaming is also getting recognition," Malhan said.
Triggered Insaan created this channel in November 2017 and has garnered over 2.5 billion views. He livestreams various games such as GTA 5, Minecraft, Resident Evil, FIFAe, and others on his gaming channel, Live Insaan.
Meanwhile, Keerthika Govindhasamy, also known as Keerthi History, who received the Best Storyteller Award, when touched PM Modi's feet, he reciprocated and said that touching feet in the field of art is different, but personally he gets disturbed, particularly when a daughter touches his feet.
The National Creators Award is an effort to recognise excellence and impact across domains, including storytelling, social change advocacy, environmental sustainability, education, and gaming, among others. The award is envisioned as a launchpad for using creativity to drive positive change.
Social media entrepreneur Ranveer Allahbadia has won the 'Disruptor of the Year' award for 'The Ranveer Show' podcast in the first-ever National Creators Award on Friday.
The National Creators Award were presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.
Allahbadia is also a YouTuber, motivational speaker, leadership coach, and podcast host.
He has founded BeerBiceps Pvt Ltd, a firm that provides self-improvement content in a variety of formats and currently has six YouTube channels with over seven million online followers or subscribers.
The YouTuber, who graduated in engineering in 2015, teamed up with a junior from his college, Viraj Sheth, to create Monk Entertainment.
Monk Entertainment began as a talent management company and quickly began to work as a branding and content marketing agency.
As per his LinkedIn profile, BeerBiceps originally created only fitness content, but Allahbadia quickly pivoted into general lifestyle content. The successful switch into developing men's style and grooming content eventually led to the creation of other kinds of content.
In 2018, BeerBiceps diversified into creating regional content online. Presently, their Hindi YouTube channel, 'Ranveer Allahbadia' has over 2 million subscribers while their English YouTube channel has over 3 million subscribers. In July 2019, the BeerBiceps team launched their podcast, The Ranveer Show.
BeerBiceps was also featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2022.