The Department of Higher Education (DoHE), Ministry of Education (MoE) has selected 16 teachers in the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnic for National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2024.
- The selected teachers will be felicitated by the President Draupadi Murmu on the occasion of National Teachers’ Day 2024 on September 5 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi,Delhi.
- The awardees will receive a silver medal and a certificate worth Rs 50,000.
About National Awards to Teachers (NAT) :
i.NAT is given for the exemplary teachers/faculty members of higher education institutions and polytechnics in two categories:
ii.The category I includes the teachers of HEI with the following sub-categories:
- Sub-category I: Engineering & Technology, Architecture.
- Sub-category II: Pure Sciences including Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy
- Sub-category III: Arts and Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Legal Studies, Commerce, Management.
iii.The category II includes the teachers of Polytechnic Institutions.
iv.The teacher’s performance is evaluated based on a number of factors, including outreach activities, research and innovation, sponsored research, faculty development programs, consulting teaching, and teaching-learning effectiveness. Among them outreach and learning effectiveness efforts are given the most weightage.
v.The nominations for NAT, 2024 were invited online through the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal.
Note : In 2023, MoE was decided to establish two award categories for HEIs and Polytechnics under the NAT banner, which were previously exclusive to school teachers.
List of NAT 2024 Awardees:
| SI.No | Name of Awardee | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gandhimathi A | Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem, Tamil Nadu (TN) |
| 2 | Parmar Ranjit Kumar Khimjibhai | Government Polytechnic Khadiya, Bilkha Road, Junagadh, Gujarat |
| 3 | Nidhi Jain | Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)Delhi, New Delhi |
| 4 | Smiline Girija | Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMAT), Saveetha University, Chennai, TN |
| 5 | Birinchi Kumar Sarma | Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP) |
| 6 | Srinivas Hotha | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER) Pune, Maharashtra |
| 7 | S R Keshava | Department of Economics, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 8 | Shilpa Gauri Prasad Ganpule | Pune District Education Association’s Prof. Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce and Science College, Pune, Maharashtra |
| 9 | Chayapuram Jaya Sankar Babu | Pondicherry University, Puducherry |
| 10 | Nilabh Tiwari | Central Sanskrit University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP) |
| 11 | Vinay Sharma | Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
| 12 | Nandavaram Mrudul | Government Degree College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| 13 | Shimi S L | Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Punjab |
| 14 | Kapil Ahuja | Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Indore, MP |
| 15 | Anitha Suseelan | School of Architecture, Kengeri Campus, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 16 | Shahanaz Ayub | Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology(BIET), Jhansi, UP |
About Ministry of Education (MoE):
Union Minister – Dharmendra Pradhan (Constituency – Sambalpur, Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS) – Sukanta Majumdar (Constituency – Balurghat, West Bengal, WB); Jayant Chaudhary (Rajya Sabha, Uttar Pradesh, UP)
