Nadir Nibras

Nadir filming in Bali, IndonesiaNadir Nibras (Bengali: নাদির নিবরাস) is a Bangladeshi multi-award-winning travel filmmaker, content creator, and public figure. He is best known for his travel filmmaking brand Nadir On The Go, through which he has amassed over 11 million followers across social media platforms. His productions — created in both English and Bangla — cover travel, history, culture, food, and the stories of people from destinations around the world. He has received multiple awards recognizing his contribution to travel-based digital media, including the Channel i Digital Media Award for Best YouTube Content Creator (2021, 2022) and the Marvel of Tomorrow Influencers Award in the Travel category (2021) , (Official) TikTok Bangladesh Creator Awards for Creator of the Year (2024) , The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards for Best Content Creator (2021, 2022, 2024) .

Education Nadir was born in Dinajpur in northern Bangladesh. His father worked as a public-sector dental surgeon, which required the family to relocate frequently during Nadir's childhood. The family eventually settled in Dhaka, where he completed his O and A Levels at an English-medium school. In 2011, he moved to the United States for higher education, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Oklahoma State University and pursuing further studies in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. While pursuing his bachelor’s degree, Nadir participated in multiple international study abroad programs through Oklahoma State University. His experiences included a six-month semester abroad in Iceland, where he studied while immersing himself in Icelandic culture and society .

Nadir was also extensively involved in student activism during his time at Oklahoma State University. He helped lead efforts to improve the university’s sexual violence prevention education policies and advocated for fair labor practices by encouraging the university to ensure that its officially licensed apparel was not sourced from sweatshops overseas .

While pursuing his graduate studies, Nadir worked in a computational research laboratory focusing on data science. He was the first author of a peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, which examined motor recovery following stroke and contributed to research on rehabilitation outcomes.

He grew up mostly in Bangladesh and spent about ten years in the United States, living in Hawaii, California, and Oklahoma. Since 2020, he has been a full-time digital nomad — living out of two backpacks and traveling the world continuously while documenting his travels for his audience.

Career

Beginnings (2016–2019) Nadir began making travel videos in 2016, initially as a hobby to document his travels for friends and family. For the first four years, his YouTube channel had fewer than 100 subscribers. Despite the slow growth, he continued producing content driven by a passion for filmmaking and storytelling. During this period, he undertook multiple extended backpacking trips across Europe, Latin America and Asia, building the travel experience that would later define his content.

Breakthrough (2020–present)

During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Nadir focused on improving his filmmaking and his productions subsequently went viral, with one notable early video about visa-free countries available to Bangladeshi passport holders gaining widespread attention and rapidly expanding his audience. After achieving his breakthrough, he transitioned to traveling and filming full-time.

Since then, the Nadir On The Go brand has grown into a multi-platform, bilingual operation with a dedicated team. While Nadir remains responsible for scripting, directing filming at destinations, and primarily editing videos, the wider team supports largely with post-production work. The brand has produced thousands of videos for both international English-speaking and Bangla-speaking audiences. News channels in Bangladesh , Albania , Romania , and beyond have featured him and in 2025 he did an extended video about his journey on the Malaysian award-winning show Studio Sembang with Amelia Henderson.

Personal life Growing up, Nadir traveled extensively within Bangladesh and across neighboring countries with his parents and older sister. He has cited his parents as one of his biggest inspirations for traveling. His mother was frequently featured in his earlier content across his social media platform and passed away in 2024.

Brand and Platforms Nadir On The Go operates across 10 channels and platforms in two languages (English and Bangla):

YouTube – Nadir On The Go (English) - 600K+ Subscribers YouTube – Nadir On The Go (Bangla) - 2.3M+ Subscribers Facebook – Nadir On The Go (English) - 1M+ Followers Facebook – Nadir On The Go (Bangla) - 5M+ Followers Instagram (English) - 1.1M+ Followers Instagram (Bangla) - 400K+ Followers TikTok (English) - 90K+ Followers TikTok (Bangla) - 400K+ Followers

Content Style Nadir's videos feature a cinematic storytelling approach, blending travel narratives with historical context, cultural exploration, food, and landscapes. He focuses on authentic travel experiences rather than scripted entertainment, often covering both mainstream tourist destinations and lesser-known locations. His English-language content targets a global audience, while his Bangla-language productions target Bangla-speaking viewers interested in international travel.

Awards and achievements Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2024 - Best Content Creator (Food & Recipe/Travel) The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2022 - Best Content Creator (Travel Vlog) Live TV interview (Bangla) on Channel i, Aug 2025 News Feature (Romanian) on Observator News Romania, Mar 2024 Live TV Interview (Albanian) on Euronews Albania, Mar 2023 TV News Feature (Somoy TV) at Fan Meetup, Feb 2023 TV Interview (Bangla) with NTV News, Dec 2022 Cover Feature & Interview (English) on Ice Today Magazine, Dec 2022 Live TV Interview (Albanian) on Euronews Albania, Nov 2022 Full winners' list for Blender's Choice - The Daily Star Awards 2021, Sep 2022 Interview (Bangla) on the Daily Ittefaq, Jun 2022 Channel i Digital Media Award Winners 2022, Mar 2022 Interview (English) with Ice Today - "Always On The Go", Dec 2022 Marvel of Tomorrow Influencers Award 2021: Celebrating creativity, enterprise and the art of influence, Dec 2021 The rise of travel vloggers in Bangladesh (English Article), May 2021