President Draupadi Murmu will felicitate the National Teachers’ Day Award 2024 to 82 selected teachers today, September 5 at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi for honouring their commitment and dedication to the education sector. In India, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5, commemorating the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. On this occasion, the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will honour 50 teachers with the National Teachers’ Award.The National Teachers’ Awards are conferred to acknowledge the contributions of teachers in uplifting the quality of education and promoting excellent learning experiences for students. The prestigious awards come with a certificate of merit, a cash prize of ₹50,000, and a silver medal. Additionally, the awardees will have the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Teachers to be Honored in Today’s Ceremony
This year, 50 teachers from 28 states, 3 Union Territories, and 6 organisations have been selected for the prestigious awards through a rigorous, transparent three-stage selection process that included district, state, and national levels. The awardees, comprising 34 male and 16 female teachers, include 2 differently-abled individuals and 1 teacher working with children with special needs (CWSN). In addition to school teachers, 16 teachers from the Department of Higher Education and 16 from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will be conferred with this prestigious award. In 2023, two award categories were added to the list for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnics under the National Awards to Teachers (NAT), which was earlier limited to school teachers. The 16 teachers are selected from Polytechnics, State Universities, and Central Higher Education Institutions. Take a look at the list of awardees from the Department of School Education & Literacy The list includes the names of the teachers from each state who will be conferred with the National Teachers’ Day award in 2024. Here is the list of awardees from the Department of School Education & Literacy, including their names and states:
Name of the Awardees
State
Avinasha Sharma
Haryana
Sunil Kumar
Himachal Pradesh
Pankaj Kumar Goyal
Punjab
Rajinder Singh
Punjab
Baljinder Singh Brar
Rajasthan
Hukam Chand Chaudhary
Rajasthan
Kusum Lata Gariya
Uttarakhand
Chandralekha Damodar Mestri
Goa
Chandreshkumar Bholashankar Borisagar
Gujarat
Vinay Shashikant Patel
Gujarat
Madhav Prasad Patel
Madhya Pradesh
Sunita Godha
Madhya Pradesh
K Sharda
Chhattisgarh
Narasimha Murthy H K
Karnataka
Dwiti Chandra Sahu
Odisha
Santosh Kumar Kar
Odisha
Ashis Kumar Roy
West Bengal
Prasanta Kumar Marik
West Bengal
Dr Urfana Amin
Jammu and Kashmir
Ravi Kant Dwivedi
Uttar Pradesh
Shyam Prakash Maurya
Uttar Pradesh
Dr Minakshi Kumari
Bihar
Sikendra Kumar Suman
Bihar
K Suma
Andaman and Nicobar
Sunita Gupta
Madhya Pradesh
Charu Sharma
Delhi
Ashok Sengupta
Karnataka
H N Girish
Karnataka
Narayanaswamy R
Karnataka
Jyoti Panka
Arunachal Pradesh
Lephizo Apon
Nagaland
Nandita Chongtham
Manipur
Yankila Lama
Sikkim
Joseph Vanlalhruaia Sailo
Mizoram
Everlasting Pyngrope
Meghalaya
Dr Nani Gopal Debnath
Tripura
Dipen Khanikar
Assam
Dr Asha Rani
Jharkhand
Jinu George
Kerala
K Sivaprasad
Kerala
Midde Srinivasa Rao
Andhra Pradesh
Suresh Kunati
Andhra Pradesh
Prabhakar Reddy Pesara
Telangana
Thaduri Sampath Kumar
Telangana
Pallavi Sharma
Delhi
Charu Maini
Haryana
Gopinath R
Tamil Nadu
Muralidharan Ramiya Sethuraman
Tamil Nadu
Mantaiah Chinni Bedke
Maharashtra
Sagar Chittaranjan Bagade
Maharashtra
List of awardees from the Department of Higher Education Here is the list of awardees from the Department of Higher Education, including their names and states:
