Interesting Journey of Gamer Nayan Shelke from being Civil Engineer to Owner of YouTube Channel Assassins ARMY

Nayan Raju Shelke

Ever wondered a BTech Civil Engineer would become a successful & most-watched game player on YouTube? Meet Nayan Raju Shelke, a 23 year young YouTuber & gamer whose channel Assassins ARMY is rocking the floors of YouTube. The passionate guy has given up his degree for his love of gaming and today, he is one of the most-favorite game players of youths on the Internet. His channel ‘Assassins ARMY' is winning the hearts of millions with whopping 4.69 Million subscribers.

The Beginning

Nayan is a Maharashtra-based YouTuber & gamer. He has completed his BTech Civil Engineering Degree but his passion & love for gaming encouraged him to start his YouTube channel. Initially, Nayan used to upload videos of his gameplay in games like Clash of Clans; unfortunately, there were fewer views to his channel.

Later upon his friend's suggestion, Nayan started playing trending action games like PUBG and Free Fire. Soon, his interest in playing Free Fire raised and in 2018 he started a new, separate YouTube Channel ‘Assassins Gaming'. He used to upload Free Fire gameplay videos and also organized several Free Fire tournaments on this channel. Well, due to not much support in the early days, Nayan continued his search for unique content ideas to post on his channel.

In the year 2019, Nayan started another YouTube channel ‘Assassins ARMY' to entertain people unlike the other successful YouTube icons CarryMinati, Amit Bhadana, and Dynamo.

The success of YouTube Channel

Nayan with sheer dedication started posting gameplay videos with voiceover on his channel. Soon, one of his videos ‘Prank On My Friend' went viral and received huge support from the audience boosting his channel views. This helped him attract millions of subscribers giving a nice reach to his channel. Since then, there was no looking back for Nayan Shelke.

"I used to upload gameplay videos with my voice over and I didn't make any plan initially to reveal my face. But then to make my channel grow and to create unique content, I started Vlogging. This helped me gain new subscribers and make my channel grow at a good speed, boosted by fandom, and changed my life forever. I then started weekly Vlogs and live streaming on YouTube" Says Nayan

Family Support

Nayan's Father is Quality Control Manager at Coca-Cola Company. like any other parents, they also wanted their child to get higher studies and a reputed job in future. Seeing Nayan's interest in gaming, initially, they have supported him, but never gave him a proper gaming setup to start with. Nayan used to make videos on Redmi Note 5 phone and even live stream from it as well. When there is passion & creativity in doing something unique, material things don't matter the most and Nayan is a very good example of this.

Gaming Participations & Acknowledgements

With being famous on YouTube, Nayan soon became a part of Force One organization and is now working for some of the top brands like Monster India, Redbull, GetMega, Rog, GameTV, Sunon, ICICI bank, Codashop, ESPL, and many more prestigious organizations.

He was given a gaming setup, which he even filmed a video. He then continued to build a 6 lakh worth gaming room for his official work. He soon became an official partner for Garena Free Fire and Facebook. Well, Nayan is undoubtedly one of the top creators on both of these platforms. His videos and live streams receive millions of subscribers and real-time views which is an incredible milestone for Nayan.

Social Touch

Nayan has also a recognized huge fan base on Facebook. Apart from being an official content creator for Garena Free Fire, Nayan has been allowed to do an official shoot. In India Today Gaming League Tournament, he was the owner of Mumbai Masters (TSM), where his team lifted the trophy & title of "Champions of ESPL Season 1"

Renowned news channels like AajTak, India Today covered this news on their official TV Channels that made Nayan a star overnight. He achieved 4.69 Million subscribers on YouTube and 472k followers on Instagram. He is also a gaming partner on Facebook with over 64k followers.

Down-to-Earth Personality

No doubt Nayan is hardworking and punctual and dedicated to his passion for gaming, besides that, he is also a philanthropist and believes in using his fame to help the underprivileged. Nayan has done several charity live streams to support the needy, one of which was for a 13 months old girl from Nepal who was suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA- Type 1). Through his live stream, he raised 60k amount which was directly transferred to the little girl's treatment. Nayan also looks out for his fellow gaming community members and has even raised amounts for their treatments through charity streams.

Indeed Nayan Shelke is famous, creative in his career but he is also a very realistic, sensible human being in general.