President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu to Confer National Teachers Awards on 48 school teachers on Teachers Day 2026

Ministry of Education President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu to Confer National Teachers Awards on 48 school teachers on Teachers Day 2026 प्रव तथ: 21 AUG 2026 10:15PM by PIB Delhi The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu will confer National Teachers Awards on 48 school teachers at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 5, 2026. Short documentaries on each awardee depicting the exemplary work done by them will be showcased at the Event.

The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, organizes a national-level function on Teachers Day (September 5) every year to confer the National Teachers Awards on the best teachers of the country, selected through a rigorous, transparent and online selection process. The purpose of the National Teachers Award is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who, through their commitment and industry, have not only improved the quality of school education but have also enriched the lives of their students.

Online self-nominations from eligible teachers for the National Teachers Awards 2026 were invited from

15.06.2026 to 20.07.2026 through the Ministry of Education’s portal

http://nationalawardstoteachers.education.gov.in.

This year, a total of 48 school teachers have been selected through a three-stage selection process at the District, State and National levels by the Department of School Education & Literacy. The 48 selected school teachers are from 27 States, 7 Union Territories and 6 Organizations of the Central Government. Of the 48 selected school teachers, 26 are male and 22 are female.

The event will be telecast live on Doordarshan and the SWAYAM PRABHA channels of the Ministry of

Education and streamed live at https://webcast.gov.in/moe. The programme can also be watched live on various social media channels of the Ministry of Education.

The list of awardees is attached and is not arranged in any particular order of merit.

National Teachers Awards - 2026 Department of School Education and Literacy Sl.No. Name State / UT of Org School Name & Address 1 SHRI J A AND N ISLANDS PM SHRI GMSSS PRAKASH RAO MAYABUNDER, POKADERA 2 SHRI RAJESH ANDHRA PRADESH MPPS CHINAMALLUPETA, KOULURI CHINAMALLUPETA3 MS. YAKU ARUNACHAL GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TAME PRADESH SCHOOL G-SECTOR NAHARLAGUN, PAPUMAPRE DISTRICT. ARUNACHAL PRADESH, WARD NO. 16 IMC 4 SHRI RAJESH ASSAM ADARSHA TRIBAL HIGHER BORDOLOI SECONDARY SCHOOL, JORHAT, KALBARI 5 MS. BIHAR URDU PRIMARY SCHOOL KHUSHBOO BIDAYDIH, BIDAYDIH KUMARI 6 MS. PUSHPA BIHAR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRASAD KUCHAIKOTE KANYA, KUCHAIKOTE 7 MS. RADHA C.I.S.C.E. NEW HORIZON PUBLIC RAJESH SCHOOL, INDIRANAGAR 8 MS. SANGEETA CBSE ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT SR YADAV SEC SCHOOL, WARD NO 8 IDGAH HILLS 9 SHRI RAVI CHANDIGARH GOVT. MODEL HIGH JAISWAL SCHOOL MALOYA COLONY CHANDIGARH, MALOYA COLONY 10 MS. SUNITA CHHATTISGARH GOVT M S KHICHARI, YADAV KHICHARI 11 MS. PATEL DADRA AND NAGAR GHS DALWADA, DALWADA PURNIMA HAVELI AND DAMAN MOHANLAL AND DIU 12 MS. SUMAN DELHI GSKV POOTH KALAN, GOEL POOTH KALAN13 MD. ZAFAR ALAM Eklavya Model EMRS KARANJIA, Residential Schools BINURIA (TATO) under Ministry of Tribal Affairs 14 SHRI MAHADEV GOA GUJARATI SAMAJ- HANAMANT SHINDE SPECIAL SCHOOL, AQUEM 15 SHRI NITINKUMAR GUJRAT RANGPUR PRIMARY MAHENDRAKUMAR SCHOOL, RANGPUR PATHAK 16 SHRI ANIL KAUSHIK HARYANA GMSSSS SANGHI ROHTAK, SANGHI 17 MS. MANJARI V HIMACHAL GOVERNMENT MAHAJAN PRADESH SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, BHALETH, BHALETH 18 MOHD AYAZ RAINA JAMMU AND HSS DALHORI, DALHORI KASHMIR 19 MS. MUNMUN JHARKHAND MS BARMASIA, BHATTACHERJEE BARMASIA 20 MS. RATHNAKUMARI S KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL SAMATAGARU, HONNEBAILU 21 MS. AMUTHA J Kendriya PM SHRI KENDRIYA Vidyalaya VIDYALAYA NO 2 Sangathan MADURAI, MADURAI 22 DR. MANISHA Kendriya PM SHRI KV NFR KHETRAPAL Vidyalaya RANGIYA, RANGIA Sangathan 23 SHRI SUNIL KUMAR KP KERALAM GHSS IRIKKUR, IRIKKUR24 SHRI MOHD MUSTAFA Ladakh GOVT. MIDDLE SCHOOL KUMAL ZGANGJING, SANKOO, KANOOR 25 DR. ARCHANA MADHYA PRADESH GOVT. MAHATMA GANDHI SHUKLA SANDIPANI HR. SEC SCHOOL BHEL BHOPAL, BHEL BHOPAL 26 SHRI SHAILENDRA MADHYA PRADESH GOVERNMENT MIDDLE PRATAP SINGH SCHOOL KANJWAR, VILLAGE KANJWAR POST PONDI JODOURI BLOCK MAJHAULI DISTRICT SIDHI MADHYA PRADESH 27 DR. KAVITA MAHARASHTRA SANE GURUJI NIVASI NARSINGRAO VIDYALAYA KAIJ, SANE GITTE GURUJI NIWASI MADHYAMIK VIDYALAYA KAIJ DHARUR ROAD KAIJ 28 MS. KUNDA MAHARASHTRA NMC SCHOOL NO.18, JAYAWANT ANANDWALII, NASHIK, BACHHAV MAHARASHTRA, ANANDWALLI 29 SHRI MANIPUR LAIKON UPPPER WANGLEMBAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, GOBIN SINGH KONGBA MAKHA NANDEIBAM LEIKAI 30 MS. MIZORAM GOVERNMENT ELECTRIC LALNUNMAWII VENG HIGH SCHOOL, ELECTRIC VENG 31 SHRI R RONALD NAGALAND GHSS SECHU ZUBZA, SECHU MERU32 SHRI VAIBHAV Navodaya Vidyalaya PM SHRI SCHOOL JAWAHAR VASANTRAO Samiti NAVODAYA VIDAYALAYA KULKARNI LATUR, 12 NO. PATI NEAR MANJARA SUGAR FACTORY BARSHI ROAD 33 SHRI PADARAJ ODISHA GOVERNMENT UMAKANTA NAYAK HIGH SCHOOL ALIPINGAL, ALIPINGAL 34 SHRI GANESAN S VIDUTHALAI VEERAR R PUDUCHERRY SEENUVASAN GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, METTUPALAYAM 35 SHRI DINESH PUNJAB GOVT VICTORIA GIRLS KUMAR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PATIALA, PATIALA 36 DR DIVYENDU RAJASTHAN MAHATMA GANDHI SEN GOVERNMENT SCHOOL PACHPAHAR, PACHPAHAR 37 DR VARTIKA RAJASTHAN GGUPS TUMLI KA BAS GULAT CHAKSU JAIPUR, POST JAGAT SHIROMANI PURA 38 SHRI Sainik Schools Under Sainik Schools Under M/o SHIVPRASAD M/o Defence Defence ARVIND TINGARE SAINIK SCHOOL SAINIK SCHOOL SATARA, SATARA, SATARA SATARA 39 MS. SUSHMA SIKKIM PM SHRI GOVERNMENT TAMANG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DIKLING, DIKLING40 SHRI THANGA TAMIL NADU PANCHAYAT UNION RAJ M PRIMARY SCHOOL PULIYAMPATTI, PULIYAMPATTI 41 MS. BHAVANI TELANGANA MPPS GIRLS GANDHARI, BOMPELLY GANDHARI 42 SHRI RANJAN TRIPURA PM SHRI SABROOM GIRLS DEBNATH HS SCHOOL, SABROOM 43 DR. RENU UTTAR GOVT. BALIKA INTER COLLEGE TRIPATHI PRADESH VIJAY NAGAR GHAZIABAD, WARD NO. 14 (MUNICIPAL AREA) 44 DR. IFTKHAR UTTAR GOVERNMENT INTER COLLEGE KHAN PRADESH BALLIA, JAGDISHPUR BALLIA 45 MS. SHALINI UTTAR COMPOSITE SCHOOL RASOOLABAD, KUSHWAHA PRADESH KOILAHA 46 SHRI GABAR UTTARAKHAND GOVT. UPS MUSYAKHAND, MAIRA SINGH 47 SHRI PALASH WEST BENGAL SRI RAMKRISHNA SARADA CHOWDHURY VIDYAPITH PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARD NO 30 48 SHRI SANTANU WEST BENGAL GOVT. MODEL SCHOOL, NAYAGRAM PATRA BLOCK, BARANIGUI 47 SHRI PALASH WEST BENGAL SRI RAMKRISHNA SARADA CHOWDHURY VIDYAPITH PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARD NO 3048 SHRI SANTANU WEST BENGAL GOVT. MODEL SCHOOL, NAYAGRAM PATRA BLOCK, BARANIGUI ***** RRTN (रलीज़ आईडी: 2302212) आगंतुक पटल : 3548 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Assamese , Telugu