Teachers' Day 2023, President Murmu presented National Teachers' Award

President Droupadi Murmu presented awards at an event organized by the Department of School Education & Literacy under the Ministry of Education, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. This year, 75 teachers from all over the country were chosen to receive this prestigious award. The purpose of the award is to recognize and celebrate the exceptional contributions of teachers. It aims to honor those educators who, through their unwavering commitment and dedication, have not only enhanced the quality of education but also positively impacted the lives of their students.

Each recipient of the award receives a certificate of merit, a cash prize of ₹50,000, and a silver medal. Starting this year, the National Teachers’ Award has been extended to include teachers from the Department of Higher Education and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Among the 75 selected teachers, 50 are from the school system, 13 are from higher education institutions, and 12 come from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Here is the list of National Teachers’ Award winners:

Dept of School Education :

Name	School/Institution	Location
Satyapal Singh	Rewari, Khol	Haryana
Vijay Kumar	Govt. Sen. Sec. School Mohtli, Indora	Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Amritpal Singh	Govt. Sen. Sec. School Chhapar, Pakhowal	Ludhiana, Punjab
Arti Qanungo	Skv Laxmi Nagar, East Delhi
Daulat Singh Gusain	Govt. Inter College Sendhikhal, Jaiharikhal	Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Sanjay Kumar	Govt. Model High School, Sector 49D, Cluster 14, Chandigarh
Asha Rani Suman	Govt. Upper Primary School Kharkhada, Rajgarh	Alwar, Rajasthan
Sheela Asopa	Ggsss, Shyam Sadan, Jodhpur	Rajasthan
Shyamsundar Ramchand Khanchandani	Government Higher Secondary School	Silvassa, Daman And Diu
Avinash Murlidhar Parkhe	Disha School For The Special Children	Panaji, Tiswadi, North Goa
Deepak Jethalal Mota	Shree Hundraibag Primary School	Kachchh, Gujarat
Dr. Ritaben Nikeshchandra Fulwala	Sheth Shree P.H. Bachkaniwala Vidhyamandir	Surat, Gujarat
Sarika Gharu	Govt. H. S. School, Sandiya District	Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh
Seema Agnihotri	CM Rise Govt. Vinoba H.S. School	Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Brajesh Pandey	Swami Atmanand Govt. English School	Sarguja, Chhattisgarh
Md. Ejazul Hague	MS Diwankhana	Chatra, Jharkhand
Bhupinder Gogia	Sat Paul Mittal School	Ludhiana, Punjab
Shashi Sekhar Kar Sharma	Kenduapada Nodal High School	Bhadrak, Odisha
Subhash Chandra Rout	Brundaban Govt. High School	Jagatsinghpur, Odisha
Dr. Chandan Mishra	Raghunathpur, Nafar Academy	Howrah, West Bengal
Reyaz Ahmed Sheikh	Govt. Middle School, Poshnari, Chittergul	Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Asiya Farooqui	Primary School, Asti Nagar	Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
Chndr Prakash Agrwal	Shiv Kumar Agarwal Janta Inter College	Moh, Uttar Pradesh
Anil Kumar Singh	Adarsh Girls Senior Secondary School	Ramgarh, Kaimur-Bhabua, Bihar
Dwijendra Kumar	NS Madhuban, Bangaon Bazaar	Sitamarhi, Bihar
Kumari Guddi	High School Singhia Kishanganj	Bihar
Ravi Kant Mishra	JNV, Beekar, Datia	Madhya Pradesh
Manoranjan Pathak	Sainik School, Tilaiya Kanti, Chandwara, Kodarma	Jharkhand
Dr. Yashpal Singh	Eklavya Model Residential School, Phanda	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Mujib Rahiman K U	Kendriya Vidyala, Kanjikode	Palakkad, Kerala
Chetna Khambete	Kendriya Vidyalay No.2, BSF, Indore	Madhya Pradesh
Narayan Parmeshwar Bhagwat	Shri Marikamba Govt. PUC High School Section	Sirsi, Karnataka
Sapna Shrishail Anigol	K.L.E. Society’s S.C.P. Jr College High School	Bagalkot, Karnataka
Netai Chandra Dey	Ramakrishna Mission School, Narottam Nagar	Deomali, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh
Ningthoujam Binoy Singh	Chingmei Upper Primary School	Moirang, Bishnupur, Manipur
Dr. Purna Bahadur Chhetri	Govt. Senior Secondary School, Soreng	Sikkim
Lalthianghlima	Govt. Diakkawn High School	Kolasib, Bilkhawthlir, Kolasib, Mizoram
Madhav Singh	Alpha English Higher Secondary School	Umling, Meghalaya
Kumud Kalita	Pathshala Senior Secondary School, Muguria	Pathsala, Assam
Jose D Sujeev	Govt. Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Pattom	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Mekala Bhaskar Rao	Mcps Kondayapalem Sw. Sc. Colony Kondayapalem	Spsr Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Murahara Rao Uma Gandhi	Gvmcp School Sivajipalem, 21	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Settem Anjaneyulu	S.R.R. Z.P. High School Masapeta	Rayachoti, Annamayya, Andhra Pradesh
Archana Nooguri	Mpps Rebbanapally Rebbanpally	Luxettipet, Mancherial, Telangana
Santhosh Kumar Bhedodkar	Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School Nipani	Bheempur, Adilabad, Telangana
Ritika Anand	St. Marks Sec Public School, Paschim Vihar	Delhi
Sudhanshu Shekhar Panda	K.L. International School	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. T Godwin Vedanayagam Rajkumar	Government Boys HR Sec. School, Alanganallur	Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Malathi S. S. Malathi	Government Higher Secondary School Veerakeralampudur	Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu
Mrinal Nandkishor Ganjale	Z P School Pimpalgaon Tarfe, Mahalunge,	Ambegaon, Pune, Maharashtra

Dept of Higher Education

Name	Institution	Location
Dr. S. Brinda	PSG Polytechnic College	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Ms. Mehta Zankhana Dilipbhai	Government Polytechnic	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Keshav Kashinath Sangle	VJTI	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Dr. S.R. Mahadeva Prasanna	IIT	Dharwad, Karnataka
Dr. Dinesh Babu J	International Institute of Information Technology	Bangalore, Karnataka
Dr. Farheen Bano	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Suman Chakraborty	IIT	Kharagpur, West Bengal
Sayam Sen Gupta	IISER	Mohanpur, Kolkata
Dr. Chandragouda Raosaheb Patil	R.C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	Shirpur, Maharashtra
Dr. Raghavan B. Sunoj	IIT	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Indranath Sengupta	IIT	Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Dr. Ashish Baldi	Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University	Bathinda, Punjab
Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya	Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India	Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Name	Institution	Location
Ramesh Rakshit	Government Industrial Training Institute	Durgapur, West Bengal
Raman Kumar	Government ITI Hilsa	Nalanda, Bihar
Shiyad S	Government ITI	Malampuzha, Palakkad
Swati Yogesh Deshmukh	Government Industrial Training Institute	Lower Parel, Mumbai
Timothy Jones Dhar	Government ITI	Shillong
Ajith A Nair	Government ITI	Kalamassery, H.M.T. Colony, Ernakulam
S. Chithrakumar	Government Industrial Training Institute (Women)	Natham Road, Kullanampatti, Dindigul
Rabinarayan Sahu	ITI for PwDs	Khudpur, Khordha
Sunita Singh	Industrial Training Institute	Bhubaneswar
Pooja R Singh	National Skill Training Institute	Bangalore
Divy	National Skill Training Institute for Women	Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Dr. Dibyendu Choudhary	School of Enterprise Management (SEM) National Institute for MSME	Yousufguda, Hyderabad