New Delhi: 5th September marks an important day in the educational calendars across India as it is celebrated as the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, or Teachers Day. Teaching is considered one of the most noble professions in society, but it plays a detrimental factor in the development of any society.
So, to celebrate the contributions of this profession, a unique award has been installed in place by the Ministry of Education. The awards are installed by the educational ministry and will be given by President Draupadi Murmu. The Ministry of Education has released the below statement, stating the importance of the Awards-
The purpose of the National Teachers’ Award is to celebrate the unique contribution of teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who, through their commitment and dedication, have not only imrpoved the quality of education but also enriched the lives of their students…
The teachers who have been selected are chosen through a three-stage selection process. Furthermore, the awardees come from different geographical territories and social backgrounds, comprising 28 states and 3 UTs.
National Teachers Awardee List 2024
- Avinash 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)
- 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)
- Prasanta Kumar Marik (West Bengal)
- 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 Islands)
- Sunita Gupta (Madhya Pradesh)
- Charu Sharma (Delhi)
- Ashok Sengupta (Karnataka)
- H. N. Girish (Karnataka)
- Narayanswamy R (Karnataka)
- Jyoti Panka (Arunachal Pradesh)
- Lephizo Apon (Nagaland)
- Nandita Chongtham (Manipur)
- Yankila Lama (Sikkim)
- Joseph Vanlalhruaia Sail (Mizoram)
- Everlasting Pyngrope (Meghalaya)
- Dr. Nani Gopal Debnath (Tripura)
- Dipen Khanikar (Assam)
- Dr. Asha Rani (Jharkhand)
- Jinu George (Kerala)
- K. Sivaprasad (Kerala)
- Middie Srinivas 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 R (Maharashtra)