The Union Ministry of Education has announced the list of 50 teachers chosen for the National Teachers’ Awards 2024. These awards recognize the commitment and influence of teachers across India, emphasizing their role in improving educational quality and enriching students’ lives.
President Droupadi Murmu will present the awards to the selected teachers at a ceremony scheduled for September 5 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, coinciding with the birth anniversary of former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, which is celebrated as Teacher’s Day. The National Teachers’ Award includes a certificate of merit, a cash prize of Rs.50,000, and a silver medal. The official announcement can be accessed HERE.
The list of 50 teachers selected for the award is given below:
| S. No. | Name | State/UT/Org. |
| 1. | Avinasha Sharma | Haryana |
| 2. | Sunil Kumar | Himachal Pradesh |
| 3. | Pankaj Kumar Goyal | Punjab |
| 4. | Rajinder Singh | Punjab |
| 5. | Baljinder Singh Brar | Rajasthan |
| 6. | Hukum Chand Chaudary | Rajasthan |
| 7. | Kusum Lata Gariya | Uttarakhand |
| 8. | Chandralekha Damodar Mestri | Goa |
| 9. | Chandreshkumar Bholashankar Borisagar | Gujarat |
| 10. | Vinay Shashikant Patel | Gujarat |
| 11. | Madhav Prasad Patel | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12. | Sunita Godha | Madhya Pradesh |
| 13. | K Sharda | Chattisgarh |
| 14. | Narasimha Murthy H K, Karnataka | CISCE |
| 15. | Dwiti Chandra Sahu | Odisha |
| 16. | Santosh Kumar Kar | Odisha |
| 17. | Ashish Kumar Roy | West Bengal |
| 18 | Prasanta Kumar Marik | West Bengal |
| 19. | Urfana Amin | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 20. | Ravi Kant Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 21. | Shyam Prakash Maurya | Uttar Pradesh |
| 22. | Dr. Minakshi Kumari | Bihar |
| 23. | Sikendra Kumar Suman | Bihar |
| 24. | K Suma | Andaman & Nicobar Island |
| 25. | Sunita Gupta | Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya |
| 26. | Charu Sharma | Kendriya Vidyalaya |
| 27. | Ashok Sengupta | Kendriya Vidyalaya |
| 28. | H N Girish | Karnataka |
| 29. | Narayanaswamy R | Karnataka |
| 30. | Jyoti Panka | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 31. | Lephizo Apon | Nagaland |
| 32. | Nandita Chongtham | Manipur |
| 33. | Yankila Lama | Sikkim |
| 34. | Joseph Vanlalhruaia Sail | Mizoram |
| 35. | Everlasting Pyngrope | Meghalaya |
| 36. | Dr. Nani Gopal Debnath | Tripura |
| 37. | Dipen Khanikar | Assam |
| 38. | Dr. Asha Rani | Jharkhand |
| 39. | Jinu George | Kerala |
| 40. | K Sivaprasad | Kerala |
| 41. | Middie Srinivasa Rao | Andhra Pradesh |
| 42. | Suresh Kunati | Andhra Pradesh |
| 43. | Prabhakar Reddy Pesara | Telangana |
| 44. | Thanduri Sampath Kumar | Telangana |
| 45. | Pallavi Sharma, Delhi | CBSE |
| 46. | Charu Maini, Gurugram, Haryana | CBSE |
| 47. | Gopinath R | Tamil Nadu |
| 48. | Muralidharan Ramiya Sethuraman | Tamil Nadu |
| 49. | Mantaiah Chinni Bedke | Maharashtra |
| 50. | Sagar Chittaranjan Bagade | Maharashtra |
