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Official TranscriptMinistry of Education President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu to Confer National Awards to Teachers on 21 teachers/faculties of HEIs and Polytechnics on Teachers Day 2026 Posted On: 24 AUG 2026 3:49PM by PIB Delhi The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu will confer National Awards to Teachers (NAT) on 21 teachers/faculties of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and polytechnics at Vigyan Bhawan,...
Ministry of Education President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu to Confer National Awards to Teachers on 21 teachers/faculties of HEIs and Polytechnics on Teachers Day 2026
Posted On: 24 AUG 2026 3:49PM by PIB Delhi The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu will confer National Awards to Teachers (NAT) on 21 teachers/faculties of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and polytechnics at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 5, 2026.
This year, 12 teachers/faculties from central HEIs, five from state universities including three government and two private colleges, and four from polytechnics including two government and two private polytechnics, have been selected for the Awards.
Nominations for NAT, 2026 were invited in the online mode through Rashtriya Puraskar Portal - @www.a wards.gov.in and included provisions for self, institutional and peer nomination as part of Jan Bhagidari.
Nominations were invited from May 26 to July 20, 2026.
The Award is conferred on exemplary teachers/faculty members and the selection is based on their performance, as adjudged against several parameters including teaching-learning effectiveness, outreach activities, research and innovation, and sponsored research/faculty development programmes/consultancy teaching.
The selection procedure involves a two-step process:
(i) Evaluation by Preliminary Search-cum Screening Committee for initial shortlisting of nominees and
(ii) Selection of awardees from the shortlisted nominees by a Committee of Jury.
It was in 2023 that it was decided to institute two categories of awards for HEIs and polytechnics under the umbrella of the National Awards to Teachers. Till then, the awards were conferred on school teachers only. The ambit of the Awards was expanded to align with the vision of the National Education Policy 2020 which envisaged that incentives such as rewards and recognitions must be conferred to cultivate a culture of excellence in the education ecosystem.
The list of awardees is attached.
National Awards to Teachers - 2026 - Department of Higher EducationSl. Name Institution Discipline Gender No
1. Prof. Avlokita Agrawal IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand Sustainable Female Architecture and Built Environment
2. Prof. Kirti Chandra IIT Hyderabad, Telangana Chemical Engineering Male Sahu
3. Prof. Vinay Chamola, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan Electricals & Male Electronics Engineering
4. Dr. Srikant Gollapudi IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha Metallurgy & Male Materials Science
5. Dr. Mithun IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat Chemical Engineering Male Radhakrishna
6. Prof. Sourav Datta IISER Bhopal, Madhya Plant Sciences Male Pradesh
7. Prof. Vikram Vishal IIT Bombay, Maharashtra Earth Sciences Male
8. Prof. Sarvaiya National Forensic Sciences Forensic Pharmacy Male Jayrajsinh Indrajitsinh, University, Gandhinagar, and Food Forensics Gujarat
9. Prof. Sankar Prasad IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Chemical Sciences Male Rath
10. Dr Manis Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Biochemistry Female Garhwal University ha Nigam Srinagar, Uttarakhand
11. Dr Amar Mohanrao Jawaharlal Nehru Medical Medicines- Paediatrics Male Taksande College (JNMC), Wardha, Maharashtra12. Dr Arun Babu All India Institute of Medicines- Paediatrics Male Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh
13. Dr Pukhrambam Department of Dance and Manipuri Dance Female Lilabati Devi Music, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur
14. Prof. Dr Ashutosh Institute of Management Management Male Mohan Studies, Banaras Hindu University
(BHU), Varanasi
15. Prof. Ankuran Dutta Gauhati University, Mass Communication Male Guwahati, Assam
16. Ms Shivani V. Karnataka Sanskrit Sanskrit Female University, Bangalore
17. Prof. Rajeev Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Physical Education, Male Choudhary University, Raipur, Yoga Education Chhattisgarh
18. Dr. Vishwanatha H. S. M.E.I. Polytechnic, Civil Engineering Male Bangalore, Karnataka
19. Dr Sasikala S. PSG Polytechnic College, Electrical & Female Electronics Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Engineering
20. Dr Kannan Rathinam Sakthi Polytechnic College Physics Male (Govt Aided), Erode, Tamil Nadu
21. Dr Sandipann Pralhad Government Polytechnic, Electronics Male Narote Engineering& Solapur, Maharashtra Telecommunication ***** RRTN(Release ID: 2302693) Visitor Counter : 2538
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