The country is celebrating Teachers’ Day on September 5 as the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Krishnan. On this occasion, the Department of School Education and Literacy of the Ministry of Education organizes a national level ceremony every year to give National Award to the best teachers of the country. This year the department has selected 50 teachers from various states and union territories for their outstanding contribution in the field of education, who will be honored by President Draupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhavan at 4.15 pm.
Names from 28 states, 3 union territories
These award winners have been selected from 28 states, 3 union territories and 6 organizations. The list includes the names of 34 male and 16 female teachers, including 2 Divyang teachers and 1 teacher who works exclusively with children with special needs (CWSN). Apart from these 50 teachers, 16 teachers from the Higher Education Department and 16 teachers from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will also be honoured on the occasion.
Name and State
Avinash Sharma-Haryana
Charu Maini-Haryana
Sunil Kumar-Himachal Pradesh
Pankaj Kumar Goyal- Punjab
Rajinder Singh- Punjab
Baljinder Singh Brar- Rajasthan
Hukam Chand Choudhary- Rajasthan
Kusum Lata Garia-Uttarakhand
Chandralekha Damodar Mistry-Goa
Chandresh Kumar Bolashankar 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
Ashish Kumar Roy- West Bengal
Prashant Kumar Marik- West Bengal
Urfana Amin-Jammu and Kashmir
Ravi Kant Dwivedi-Uttar Pradesh
Shyam Prakash Maurya-Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Meenakshi Kumari-Bihar
Sikendra Kumar Suman-Bihar
Pallavi Sharma- Delhi
Mantaiah Chinni Bedke- Maharashtra
Sagar Chitranjan Bagde R- Maharashtra
Dr. Asha Rani- Jharkhand
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 Vanlalhrua Sail- Mizoram
Everlasting Pinegrove- Meghalaya
Dr. Nani Gopal Debnath- Tripura
Dipen Khanikar- Assam
Jinu George- Kerala
K. Sivaprasad- Kerala
Midi Srinivasa Rao- Andhra Pradesh
Suresh Kunati- Andhra Pradesh
Prabhakar Reddy Pesara- Telangana
Thaduri Sampath Kumar- Telangana
Gopinath R- Tamil Nadu
Muralidharan Ramiya Sethuraman- Tamil Nadu
K. Suma- Andaman & Nicobar Islands
