Ranveer Allahbadia to Drew Hicks: here are the winners of National Creators Awards

The National Creators Award, held on March 8, Friday at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Among those awarded were Pankhti Pandey, who got the award in the "Green Champion" category, Keerthika Govindasamy in the "Best Storyteller" segment, singer Maithili Thakur got the "Cultural Ambassador of the Year" award, Gaurav Chaudhary bagged the honour in the "Best Creator in Tech" category and Kamiya Jani was felicitated as the "Favourite Travel Creator.”.

Those awarded also included Ranveer Allahbadia, who was named the "Disruptor of the Year", Jaya Kishor who was given the award for "Best Creative for Social Change", Lakshya Dabas who bagged the honour of the "Most Impactful Agri Creator". The "Best International Creator Award" was won by Kiri Paul from Tanzania, Drew Hicks from the United States and Cassandra Mae Spittmann from Germany.

The "New India Champion" award was given to Abhi and Niyu, the "Heritage Fashion Icon Award" to Jahnvi Singh, the "Best Creative Creator" (female) award went to Shraddha and RJ Raunaq received the "Best Creative Creator" (male) award.

The award for "Best Creator in Food" went to Kabita's Kitchen, Naman Deshmukh received the award in the "Best Creator in Education" category, Ankit Baiyanpuria was given the "Best Health and Fitness Creator" award, Nischay was given the "Gaming Creator" award, Aridaman was adjudged the "Best Micro Creator", Piyush Purohit won the "Best Nano Creator" award and Aman Gupta, famous for his involvement in television programme "Shark Tank India", was given the "Best Celebrity Creator" award.

More than 1.5 lakh nominations across 20 categories were received for the awards. Subsequently, about 10 lakh votes were cast for digital creators in various categories. Finally, 23 winners, including three international creators, were selected.

Modi urged the content creators to start a "create on India movement" and share stories on the country's culture, heritage and traditions with the world.