Teachers' Day 2024: President Murmu to confer National Teachers' Award today, list of winners

September 5 is celebrated as National Teachers' Day in India, which is the birth anniversary of the second president of the country Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Updated on: Sep 5, 2024, 15:51:25 IST

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President of India Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Teachers’ Award 2024 to 82 selected awardees today, September 5, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

Teachers' Day 2024: President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Teachers’ Award 2024 today, September 5 (ANI)

September 5 is celebrated as National Teachers' Day in India. It is the birth anniversary of the country's second president, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a great philosopher, teacher, and scholar.

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In a press release issued on the eve of Teachers' Day, the Ministry of Education said the award celebrates the unique contribution of teachers in the country and honours those who, through their commitment and dedication, have “improved the quality of education” and “enriched the lives of their students.”

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Each award carries a certificate of merit, a cash award of ₹50,000 and a silver medal.

The awardees would also get an opportunity to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Education Ministry said.

Fifty teachers have been selected for this year's award by the Department of School Education and Literacy. They come from 28 states, three union territories and six organizations. Of them, 34 are male, 16 are female teachers, it added.

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Two teachers selected for the award are differently abled, and one is working with Children With Special Needs (CWSN), the ministry said.

Further, the ministry said the Department of Higher Education and the Ministry of Skill Development and Literacy have selected 16 teachers each for this prestigious award.

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In addition, 16 teachers from the Department of Higher Education and 16 teachers from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will also be awarded.

Here's the list of awardees from the Department of School Education and Literacy

Sl. No.	Name of the Awardee	State / UT of Org
1	AVINASHA SHARMA	HARYANA
2	SUNIL KUMAR	HIMACHAL PRADESH
3	PANKAJ KUMAR GOYAL	PUNJAB
4	RAJINDER SINGH	PUNJAB
5	BALJINDER SINGH BRAR	RAJASTHAN
6	HUKAM CHAND CHAUDHARY	RAJASTHAN
7	KUSUM LATA GARIYA	UTTARAKHAND
8	CHANDRALEKHA DAMODAR MESTRI	GOA
9	CHANDRESHKUMAR BHOLASHANKAR BORISAGAR	GUJARAT
10	VINAY SHASHIKANT PATEL	GUJARAT
11	MADHAV PRASAD PATEL	MADHYA PRADESH
12	SUNITA GODHA	MADHYA PRADESH
13	K SHARDA	CHHATTISGARH
14	NARASIMHA MURTHY H K	KARNATAKA
15	DWITI CHANDRA SAHU	ODISHA
16	SANTOSH KUMAR KAR	ODISHA
17	ASHIS KUMAR ROY	WEST BENGAL
18	PRASANTA KUMAR MARIK	WEST BENGAL
19	DR URFANA AMIN	JAMMU AND KASHMIR
20	RAVI KANT DWIVEDI	UTTAR PRADESH
21	SHYAM PRAKASH MAURYA	UTTAR PRADESH
22	DR. MINAKSHI KUMARI	BIHAR
23	SIKENDRA KUMAR SUMAN	BIHAR
24	K SUMA	A AND N ISLANDS
25	SUNITA GUPTA	MADHYA PRADESH
26	CHARU SHARMA	DELHI
27	ASHOK SENGUPTA	KARNATAKA
28	H N GIRISH	KARNATAKA
29	NARAYANASWAMY R	KARNATAKA
30	JYOTI PANKA	ARUNACHAL PRADESH
31	LEPHIZO APON	NAGALAND
32	NANDITA CHONGTHAM	MANIPUR
33	YANKILA LAMA	SIKKIM
34	JOSEPH VANLALHRUAIA SAILO	MIZORAM
35	EVERLASTING PYNGROPE	MEGHALAYA
36	DR. NANI GOPAL DEBNATH	TRIPURA
37	DIPEN KHANIKAR	ASSAM
38	DR. ASHA RANI	JHARKHAND
39	JINU GEORGE	KERALA
40	K SIVAPRASAD	KERALA
41	MIDDE SRINIVASA RAO	ANDHRA PRADESH
42	SURESH KUNATI	ANDHRA PRADESH
43	PRABHAKAR REDDY PESARA	TELANGANA
44	THADURI SAMPATH KUMAR	TELANGANA
45	PALLAVI SHARMA	DELHI
46	CHARU MAINI	HARYANA
47	GOPINATH R	TAMIL NADU
48	MURALIDHARAN RAMIYA SETHURAMAN	TAMIL NADU
49	MANTAIAH CHINNI BEDKE	MAHARASHTRA
50	SAGAR CHITTARANJAN BAGADE	MAHARASHTRA

Here's the list of awardees from the Department of Higher Education

Sl. No.	Name of the Awardee	State / UT of Org
1	Prof. Anitha Suseelan	Karnataka
2	Prof. Birinchi Kumar Sarma	Uttar Pradesh
3	Dr. C. Jaya Sankar Babu	Puducherry
4	Dr. A. Gandhimathi	Tamil Nadu
5	Prof. Kapil Ahuja	Madhya Pradesh
6	Prof. S.R. Keshava	Karnataka
7	Dr. Nandavaram Mrudula Babu	Telangana
8	Prof. Nidhi Jain	New Delhi
9	Prof. Nilabh Tiwari	New Delhi
10	Prof. Parmar Ranjitkumar Khimjibhai	Gujarat
11	Prof. Shahanaz Ayub	Uttar Pradesh
12	Prof. Shilpagauri Prasad	Maharashtra
13	Dr. Shimi S.L.	Chandigarh
14	Prof. A.S. Smiline Girija	Tamil Nadu
15	Prof. Srinivas Hotha	Maharashtra
16	Prof. Vinay Sharma	Uttarakhand

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