New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the first-ever Nationwide Creators Award at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The award goals to honour the excellent and influential digital creators throughout varied fields, comparable to storytelling, social change, environmental sustainability, training, and gaming. The award additionally seeks to encourage extra folks to make use of their creativity for constructive change. Amongst these awarded had been Pankhti Pandey, who obtained the award in ‘Inexperienced Champion’ class, Keerthika Govindasamy obtained it for finest story teller, singer Maithili Thakur obtained the ‘Cultural Ambassador of the Yr award’, Gaurav Chaudhary for the Greatest Creator in Tech Class and Kamiya Jani for the Favorite Journey Creator.
PM Modi additionally addressed the gathering and shared a shaggy dog story about Amdavadis (residents of Gujarat’s capital Ahmedabad). He mentioned, “As soon as a practice reached the Ahmedabad station and a passenger on the higher berth requested the man on the decrease berth concerning the station’s title. He replied, ‘Should you pay me 25 paise (one-fourth of a rupee), I’ll inform you the station’s title.’ The passenger on the higher berth mentioned, ‘Don’t hassle, I do know that is Ahmedabad.”
#WATCH | Delhi: On the first ever Nationwide Creators Award, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents the Favorite Inexperienced Champion award to Pankti Pandey at Bharat Mandapam. pic.twitter.com/egMaLyR4wd
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The Nationwide Creators Award obtained an awesome response from the general public. Greater than 1.5 lakh nominations had been submitted in 20 totally different classes within the first spherical. Then, about 10 lakh votes had been forged for the nominees within the second spherical. Lastly, 23 winners had been chosen, together with three from overseas.
The award covers twenty classes, such because the Greatest Storyteller Award, the Disruptor of the Yr, the Celeb Creator of the Yr, the Inexperienced Champion Award, the Greatest Creator for Social Change, the Most Impactful Agri Creator, the Cultural Ambassador of the Yr, and the Worldwide Creator Award.
Different classes are the Greatest Journey Creator Award, the Swachhta Ambassador Award, the New India Champion Award, the Tech Creator Award, the Heritage Vogue Icon Award, the Most Inventive Creator (Male and Feminine), the Greatest Creator in Meals Class, the Greatest Creator in Schooling Class, the Greatest Creator in Gaming Class, the Greatest Micro Creator, the Greatest Nano Creator, and the Greatest Well being and Health Creator.