The Ministry of Education has named 45 teachers from across India for the prestigious National Teachers’ Awards 2025. These awards will be presented on September 5, Teachers’ Day. This year’s recipients include 24 male and 21 female teachers. They were selected through a three-stage online process at the district, state, and national levels.
The teachers hail from 27 states, 7 union territories (UTs), and 6 national organizations. States with the highest number of awardees are:
- Uttar Pradesh: 2 awardees
- Bihar: 2 awardees
- Gujarat: 2 awardees
- Madhya Pradesh: 2 awardees
- Maharashtra: 2 awardees
Aim of the Awards
The National Teachers’ Awards recognize educators who have shown commitment and hard work. Their efforts have improved the quality of school education. The awards also celebrate teachers who have inspired students across the country.
The Ministry of Education holds a special ceremony every year on Teachers’ Day to honor these educators. For the 2025 awards, online nominations were open from June 23 to July 20, 2025.
Full List of National Teachers’ Awards 2025 Recipients
Here is the complete list of the 45 awardees:
| S. No. | Name | State / UT / Organization |
| 1 | KANDHAN KUMARESAN | Andaman & Nicobar |
| 2 | MADABATHULA THIRUMALA SRIDEVI | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | NANG EKTHANI MOUNGLANG | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 4 | DEBAJIT GHOSH | Assam |
| 5 | SONIA VIKAS KAPOOR | Atomic Energy Education Society (DAE) |
| 6 | KUMARI NIDHI | Bihar |
| 7 | DILIP KUMAR | Bihar |
| 8 | REVATHY PARAMESWARAN | CBSE |
| 9 | PARVEEN KUMARI | Chandigarh |
| 10 | DR PRAGYA SINGH | Chhattisgarh |
| 11 | MS. MADHURIMA ACHARYA | CISCE |
| 12 | BHAVINIBEN DINESHBHAI DESAI | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
| 13 | AWADHESH KUMAR JHA | Delhi |
| 14 | VILAS RAMNATH SATARKAR | Goa |
| 15 | HIRENKUMAR HASMUKHBHAI SHARMA | Gujarat |
| 16 | HITESH KUMAR PRAVINCHANDRA BHUNDIYA | Gujarat |
| 17 | SUNITA | Haryana |
| 18 | SHASHI PAUL | Himachal Pradesh |
| 19 | KULDEEP GUPTA | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 20 | SHWETA SHARMA | Jharkhand |
| 21 | MADHUSUDAN K S | Karnataka |
| 22 | TARUN KUMAR DASH | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan |
| 23 | KISHORKUMAR M S | Kerala |
| 24 | IBRAHIM.S | Lakshadweep |
| 25 | BHERULAL OSARA | Madhya Pradesh |
| 26 | SHEELA PATEL | Madhya Pradesh |
| 27 | DR SHAIKH MOHAMMAD WAQUIODDIN SHAIKH HAMIDODDIN | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Dr. Sandipan Gurunath JAGDALE | Maharashtra |
| 29 | KOIJAM MACHASANA | Manipur |
| 30 | DR. HEIPOR UNI BANG | Meghalaya |
| 31 | PELENO PETENILHU | Nagaland |
| 32 | SANTOSH KUMAR CHAURASIA | Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti |
| 33 | BASANTA KUMAR RANA | Odisha |
| 34 | V REX ALIAS RADHAKRISHNAN | Puducherry |
| 35 | NARINDER SINGH | Punjab |
| 36 | NEELAM YADAV | Rajasthan |
| 37 | DR PRAMOD KUMAR | Sainik School (MoD) |
| 38 | KARMA TEMPO ETHENPA | Sikkim |
| 39 | VIJAYALAKSHMI V | Tamilnadu |
| 40 | MARAM PAVITHRA | Telangana |
| 41 | BIDISHA MAJUMDER | Tripura |
| 42 | MADHURIMA TIWARI | Uttar Pradesh |
| 43 | RAM LAL SINGH YADAV | Uttar Pradesh |
| 44 | MANJUBALA | Uttarakhand |
| 45 | TANUSREE DAS | West Bengal |
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The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, has selected 45 teachers for this year’s National Teachers' Awards, to be conferred on 5th September 2025
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The awardee teachers have been selected through a rigorous, transparent and online process in three…
