National Teachers’ Award 2025: 45 educators to be honoured on Teachers’ Day
Vikas Kumar Pandit | August 26, 2025 | 11:14 PM IST | 2 mins read
The National Teachers’ Awards 2025 will be conferred by President Droupadi Murmu. Awardees include teachers from Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Atomic Energy Education Society, and CISCE schools.
The union education ministry has released the list of 45 teachers selected from across India for the National Teachers’ Award 2025. The awards will be conferred by the President Droupadi Murmu, on September 5, 2025, which is celebrated as Teachers’ Day, during a national-level ceremony.
The 45 awardees were selected through a three-stage online process at the district, state, and national levels. The group includes 24 men and 21 women, with two teachers each from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat.
The National Teachers’ Award recognises teachers who have made significant contributions to school education, improved learning outcomes, and enriched the lives of their students. Eligible teachers submitted online nominations for the 2025 awards from June 23 to July 20.
The selected teachers include representatives from central boards, state schools, and specialised institutions such as the Atomic Energy Education Society, Sainik Schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, and Navodaya Vidyalayas.
The list of awardees includes Pragya Singh from Chhattisgarh, Sonia Vikas Kapoor from the Atomic Energy Education Society, and Madhurima Acharya from the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).
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National Teachers’ Award 2025: List of awardees
The 45 teachers selected for the National Teachers’ Award 2025 represent 27 states, seven union territories, and six organisations. The following table lists all awardees along with their respective states, organisations, and schools.
|
Name |
State, UT, Organisation |
School Name |
|
Kandhan Kumaresan |
Andaman & Nicobar |
Govt. Model Senior Secondary School Aberdeen |
|
Madabathula Thirumala Sridevi |
Andhra Pradesh |
Pandit Nehru MPL HS 17Ward |
|
Nang Ekthani Mounglang |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Govt. Sec. School Pachin |
|
Debajit Ghosh |
Assam |
Namsang TE Model School |
|
Sonia Vikas Kapoor |
Atomic Energy Education Society (DAE) |
Atomic Energy Central School No.2 |
|
Kumari Nidhi |
Bihar |
Primary School Suhagi |
|
Dilip Kumar |
Bihar |
Lalit Narayan Laxmi Narayan Project Girls High School |
|
Revathy Parameswaran |
CBSE |
P S Senior Secondary School |
|
Parveen Kumari |
Chandigarh |
Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School |
|
Dr Pragya Singh |
Chhattisgarh |
Govt Middle School Hanoda Durg |
|
Madhurima Acharya |
CISCE |
Delhi Public School Newtown |
|
Bhaviniben Dineshbhai Desai |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
GUPS Bhensroad |
|
Awadhesh Kumar Jha |
Delhi |
Sarvodaya Co-Ed Vidyalaya Sector-8 Rohini |
|
Vilas Ramnath Satarkar |
Goa |
Dr. K.B. Hedgewar High School Cujira Bambolim Goa |
|
Hirenkumar Hasmukhbhai Sharma |
Gujarat |
Primary School Vavdi |
|
Hitesh Kumar Pravinchandra Bhundiya |
Gujarat |
Shri Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyalaya |
|
Sunita |
Haryana |
PM SHRI GGSSS Sonepat Murthal Adda (3490) |
|
Shashi Paul |
Himachal Pradesh |
Govt. Model Centre Primary School Shamror |
|
Kuldeep Gupta |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Govt Higher Secondary School Jindrah |
|
Shweta Sharma |
Jharkhand |
Govt M.S. Vivekanand |
|
Madhusudan K S |
Karnataka |
Government Higher Primary School Hinakal |
|
Tarun Kumar Dash |
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan |
PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya Koraput |
|
Kishorkumar M S |
Kerala |
Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kallara |
|
Ibrahim S |
Lakshadweep |
Govt. Junior Basic School Moola Androth |
|
Bherulal Osara |
Madhya Pradesh |
Govt. EPES M.S. Kheriya Susner |
|
Sheela Patel |
Madhya Pradesh |
PS Devran Tapriya Pathariya Damoh |
|
Dr Shaikh Mohammad Waquioddin Shaikh Hamidoddin |
Maharashtra |
Zilla Parishad Highschool Ardhapur |
|
Dr Sandipan Gurunath Jagdale |
Maharashtra |
Dayanand College of Arts Latur |
|
Koijam Machasana |
Manipur |
Ghari Upper Primary School |
|
Dr Heipor Uni Bang |
Meghalaya |
K.B Memorial Secondary School Wapung |
|
Peleno Petenilhu |
Nagaland |
John Govt. Higher Secondary School Viswema |
|
Santosh Kumar Chaurasia |
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti |
PM SHRI School Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Salora Dist Korba |
|
Basanta Kumar Rana |
Odisha |
Govt NUPS Kondel |
|
V Rex Alias Radhakrishnan |
Puducherry |
Thillaiyadi Valliammai Government High School |
|
Narinder Singh |
Punjab |
Government Primary School Jandiali |
|
Neelam Yadav |
Rajasthan |
GGSSS Tapukada |
|
Dr Pramod Kumar |
Sainik School (MoD) |
Sainik School Nalanda |
|
Karma Tempo Ethenpa |
Sikkim |
PM SHRI Mangan SSS |
|
Vijayalakshmi V |
Tamil Nadu |
Bharathiyar Centenary Government Girls Higher Secondary School |
|
Maram Pavithra |
Telangana |
ZPHS Penpahad |
|
Bidisha Majumder |
Tripura |
Hariananda English Medium H.S School |
|
Madhurima Tiwari |
Uttar Pradesh |
PM SHRI Composite Vidyalaya Rani Karnawati |
|
Ram Lal Singh Yadav |
Uttar Pradesh |
UPS Badawapur |
|
Manjubala |
Uttarakhand |
GPS Chyurani |
|
Tanusree Das |
West Bengal |
Kuchlachati Primary School |
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