As many as 155 teachers and professors of Delhi schools and colleges were honoured with the Dr S Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teachers Award - 2006 for their contribution to the field of education.
Among those who received the awards were MI Hussain, Principal of the Delhi Public School, Mathura Road; Jyoti Anand, Lecturer Gargi College; Prof Brahma Prakash of NCERT and Seema Gupta, a Teacher at the RKSS School, West Patel Nagar.
The awards were given away by Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken at a function organised to mark the 119th birth anniversary of late President S Radhakrishnan in New Delhi on Monday evening.
The awards given away every year by the All India Freelance Journalist & Writer's Association and National Child & Women Development Charitable Trust to educationists for their services in the field of education, art & culture, conservation of environment and creating health awareness.