Zeyan Shafiq

Zeyan Shafiq (born Zeyan Jeelani; 21 July 2002) is an Indian software and app developer from Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. He founded KashBook in 2017 after the Jammu and Kashmir government banned social media services in the Kashmir Valley and started Stalwart Esports in 2020 to promote India in competitive esports.

KashBook

Along with his 19-year-old friend Uzair Jan, Shafiq developed KashBook in 2013, but decided to relaunch the website after a social media ban was imposed in Kashmir Valley by the PDP government on 26 April 2017. They developed a website and mobile app so that people in Kashmir could communicate without connecting to a VPN. KashBook had more than 10,500 users as of May 2017.

Stalwart Esports In January 2020, Shafiq started Stalwart Esports, a pan-India esports organisation to promote India's position and participation in competitive eSports. Shafiq extended support to Indian esport organizations assisting them in transitioning Battlegrounds Mobile India (formerly known as PUBG Mobile) operations to the rest of the world.