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Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the first ever National Creators Award on 8th March at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

Winners of National Creators Award

About National Creators Award: Positive Change through Digital Impact and Innovation

The National Creators Award is an effort to recognize excellence and impact across domains, including storytelling, social change advocacy, environmental sustainability, education, gaming, among others. The award is envisioned as a launchpad for using creativity to drive positive change.

• Spotlight on Changemakers: Recognizing and boosting digital creators that are making an impact.
• Amplify Diverse Voices: Elevate the influence of digital media in social impact.
• Connect and Collaborate: Brings a community of creators, leaders & government on one platform to spur a social revolution, a national movement during ‘Amrit Kaal’
• Empower the Next Wave: Launchpad for using creativity to drive positive change
• Need of National Creators Award
  • The creator economy is growing leaps and bounds, bringing forth voices from across the country.
  • Digital creators are storytellers of a confident, assertive New India. They drive social impact, promote local culture, and boost tourism.
  • The National Creators Award recognizes such impactful voices across 20+ categories & awards them.

Categories of National Creators Award

Procedure of the National Creators Award

Eligibility Criteria

• Age Requirement: Participants must be 18 years of age or above at the time of nomination.
• Nationality and Residency: 19 categories are open exclusively to individuals of Indian nationality. 
  • One category is dedicated to international digital creators.
• Platforms: Content must be published on one or more of the following digital platforms: Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, ShareChat, Koo, Roposo, or Moj
• Language: Content submission can be in English or any other Indian language.
• Nomination Process
  • Self-Nomination: Creators are allowed to nominate themselves
  • Nomination Limits: Creators can self-nominate in a maximum of three categories. 
    • Those nominating others can propose nominations across all 20 categories.
• Evaluation and Selection Process
  • Criteria: Nominations will be evaluated based on creativity, impact, reach, innovation, sustainability, and alignment with the goals of the Award.
  • Selection: Winners for each category will be decided based on a combination of the Jury’s evaluation and public votes
• Award Categories and Prizes
  • Awards will be presented across 20 distinct categories. 
  • In 19 of these categories, a single winner will be selected for each. 
  • The International Creator Award category would have three winners.