Mumbai, September 5: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday conferred the National Teachers' Award 2023 to 75 selected awardees in Delhi. President Murmu conferred the prestigious award to 75 awardees in the national capital on the occasion of Teachers' Day 2023. Today, September 5 is celebrated as Teachers' Day. Speaking at the event, President Droupadi Murmu said that when teachers appreciate or encourage or punish, students remember everything.

"If they are punished to improve them, students realise it with time. So, I believe that giving them love is more important than giving them education...Our Education Policy gives priority to connecting with Indian culture and pride," President Murmu said. The National Teachers' Award ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Teachers' Day 2023: President Droupadi Murmu Confers National Teachers' Award to 75 Awardees in Delhi (See Pics).

President Murmu Confers National Teachers' Award 2023

As per a government release, each award carries a certificate of merit, a cash award of Rs 50,000 and a silver medal. While the event saw a huge turnout from teachers nationwide, let us see who won the National Teachers' Award 2023 this year.

I Express My Respect to the Dedicated Teachers

National Awards to Teachers Department of School Education :

  1. Satyapal Singh (Rewari, Khol, Haryana)

  2. Vijay Kumar (Govt. Sen. Sec. School Mohtli, Indora, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh)

  3. Amritpal Singh (Govt. Sen. Sec. School Chhapar, Pakhowal, Ludhiana, Punjab)

  4. Arti Qanungo (Skv Laxmi Nagar, East Delhi)

  5. Daulat Singh Gusain Govt. Inter College Sendhikhal, Jaiharikhal, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand)

  6. Sanjay Kumar (Govt. Model High School, Sector 49D, Cluster 14, Chandigarh)

  7. Asha Rani Suman (Govt. Upper Primary School Kharkhada, Rajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan)

  8. Sheela Asopa (Ggsss, Shyam Sadan, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

  9. Shyamsundar Ramchand Khanchandani (Government Higher Secondary School, Silvassa, Daman And Diu)

  10. Avinash Murlidhar Parkhe (Disha School For The Special Children, Panaji, Tiswadi, North Goa)

  11. Deepak Jethalal Mota (Shree Hundraibag Primary School, Kachchh, Gujarat)

  12. Dr Ritaben Nikeshchandra Fulwala (Sheth Shree P.H. Bachkaniwala Vidhyamandir, Surat, Gujarat)

  13. Sarika Gharu (Govt. H. S. School, Sandiya District, Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh)

  14. Seema Agnihotri, (CM Rise Govt. Vinoba H.S. School, Ratlam Madhya Pradesh)

  15. Dr Brajesh Pandey (Swami Atmanand Govt. English School, Sarguja Chhattisgarh)

  16. Md Ejazul Hague (MS Diwankhana, Chatra, Jharkhand)

  17. Bhupinder Gogia (Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana, Punjab)

  18. Shashi Sekhar Kar Sharma (Kenduapada Nodal High School, Bhadrak, Odisha)

  19. Subhash Chandra Rout (Brundaban Govt. High School, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha)

  20. Dr Chandan Mishra (Raghunathpur, Nafar Academy, Howrah, West Bengal)

  21. Reyaz Ahmed Sheikh (Govt. Middle School, Poshnari, Chittergul, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir)

  22. Asiya Farooqui (Primary School, Asti Nagar, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh)

  23. Chndr Prakash Agrwal (Shiv Kumar Agarwal Janta Inter College, Moh, Uttar Pradesh)

  24. Anil Kumar Singh (Adarsh Girls Senior Secondary School, Ramgarh, Kaimur-Bhabua, Bihar)

  25. Dwijendra Kumar (NS Madhuban, Bangaon Bazaar, Bajpatti, Sitamarhi, Bihar)

  26. Kumari Guddi (High School Singhia Kishanganj, Bihar)

  27. Ravi Kant Mishra (JNV, Beekar, Datia, Madhya Pradesh)

  28. Manoranjan Pathak (Sainik School, Tilaiya Kanti, Chandwara, Kodarma, Jharkhand)

  29. Dr Yashpal Singh (Eklavya Model Residential School, Phanda, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)

  30. Mujib Rahiman K U (Kendriya Vidyala, Kanjikode, Palakkad, KeraIa)

  31. Chetna Khambete (Kendriya Vidyalay No.2, BSF, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)

  32. Narayan Parmeshwar Bhagwat (Shri Marikamba Govt. PUC High School Section, Sirsi, Karnataka)

  33. Sapna Shrishail Anigol (K.L.E. Society’s S.C.P. Jr College High School, Bagalkot, Karnataka)

  34. Netai Chandra Dey (Ramakrishna Mission School, Narottam Nagar, Deomali, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh

  35. Ningthoujam Binoy Singh (Chingmei Upper Primary School, Keibul Lamjao, Moirang, Bishnupur, Manipur)

  36. Dr Purna Bahadur Chhetri (Govt. Senior Secondary School, Soreng, Sikkim)

  37. Lalthianghlima (Govt. Diakkawn High School, Kolasib, Bilkhawthlir, Kolasib, Mizoram)

  38. Madhav Singh (Alpha English Higher Secondary School, Lumsohdanei, Umling, Meghalaya

  39. Kumud Kalita (Pathshala Senior Secondary School, Muguria, Pathsala, Assam)

  40. Jose D Sujeev (Govt. Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)

  41. Mekala Bhaskar Rao (Mcps Kondayapalem Sw. Sc. Colony Kondayapalem, Spsr Nellore, Andhra Pradesh)

  42. Murahara Rao Uma Gandhi (Gvmcp School Sivajipalem, 21, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)

  43. Settem Anjaneyulu (S.R.R. Z.P. High School Masapeta, Rayachoti, Annamayya, Andhra Pradesh)

  44. Archana Nooguri (Mpps Rebbanapally Rebbanpally, Luxettipet, Mancherial, Telangana)

  45. Santhosh Kumar Bhedodkar (Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School Nipani, Bheempur, Adilabad, Telangana

  46. Ritika Anand (St. Marks Sec Public School, Paschim Vihar, Delhi

  47. Sudhanshu Shekhar Panda (K.L. International School, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)

  48. Dr T Godwin Vedanayagam Rajkumar Government Boys HR Sec. School, Alanganallur, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

  49. Malathi S S Malathi (Government Higher Secondary School Veerakeralampudur, Keelappvoor, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu)

  50. Mrinal Nandkishor Ganjale (Z P School Pimpalgaon Tarfe, Mahalunge, Ambegaon, Pune, Maharashtra)

National Awards to Teachers in Department of Higher Education :

  1. Dr S Brinda (PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)

  2. Ms Mehta Zankhana Dilipbhai (Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad Gujarat)

  3. Keshav Kashinath Sangle (VJTI, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

  4. Dr SR Mahadeva Prasanna ( IIT, Dharwad, Karnataka)

  5. Dr Dinesh Babu J (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka)

  6. Dr. Farheen Bano (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

  7. Suman Chakraborty (IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal)

  8. Sayam Sen Gupta (IISER, Mohanpur, Kolkata, West Bengal)

  9. Dr Chandragouda Raosaheb Patil (R.C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Maharashtra)

  10. Dr Raghavan B. Sunoj (IIT Mumbai, Maharashtra

  11. Indranath Sengupta (IIT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)

  12. Dr Ashish Baldi (Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab)

  13. Dr Satya Ranjan Acharya (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)

National Awards to Teachers in Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship:

  1. Ramesh Rakshit (Government Industrial Training Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal)

  2. Raman Kumar (Government ITI Hilsa, Nalanda, Bihar)

  3. Shiyad S (Government ITI, Malampuzha, Palakkad)

  4. Swati Yogesh Deshmukh (Government Industrial Training Institute, Lower Parel, Mumbai

  5. Timothy Jones Dhar (Government ITI, Shilong)

  6. Ajith A Nair (Government ITI, Kalamassery, H.M.T. Colony, Ernakulan

  7. S. Chithrakumar (Government Industrial Training Institute (Women), Natham Road, Kullanampatti, Dindigul

  8. Rabinarayan Sahu (ITI for PwDs, Khudpur, Khordha

  9. Sunita Singh, Industrial Training Institute, Bhubaneswar)

  10. Pooja R Singh (National Skill Training Institute, Bangalore)

  11. Divy (National Skill Training Institute for Women, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka)

  12. Dr Dibyendu Choudhary (School of Enterprise Management (SEM) National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Yousufguda, Hyderabad).

Notably, all the awardee teachers came from diverse educational backgrounds. A total of 50 teachers from schools, 13 from higher education, and 12 from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship were awarded the National Teachers' Award 2023. Teachers' Day 2023: President Droupadi Murmu Confers National Teachers' Award 2023 to 75 Selected Awardees in Delhi (See Pics).

President Droupadi Murmu also said that teachers build the future of the nation. She further stated that quality education is considered the fundamental right of every child, and the role of teachers is the most important in achieving these goals.

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