Teachers’ Day 2023, President Murmu presented National Teachers’ Award: President Droupadi Murmu gave awards during an event hosted by the Ministry of Education’s Department of School Education & Literacy at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. This year, 75 teachers were chosen from throughout the country to win this prestigious award. The purpose of the award is to recognize and celebrate the exceptional contributions of teachers. It aims to honor those educators who, through their unwavering commitment and dedication, have not only enhanced the quality of education but also positively impacted the lives of their students.
Each recipient of the award receives a certificate of merit, a cash prize of ₹50,000, and a silver medal. Starting this year, the National Teachers’ Award has been extended to include teachers from the Department of Higher Education and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The 75 selected teachers came from the school system, higher education institutes, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Here is the list of National Teachers’ Award winners:
Dept of School Education :
| Name | School/Institution | Location |
| Satyapal Singh | Rewari, Khol | Haryana |
| Vijay Kumar | Govt. Sen. Sec. School Mohtli, Indora | Kangra, Himachal Pradesh |
| Amritpal Singh | Govt. Sen. Sec. School Chhapar, Pakhowal | Ludhiana, Punjab |
| Arti Qanungo | Skv Laxmi Nagar, East Delhi | |
| Daulat Singh Gusain | Govt. Inter College Sendhikhal, Jaiharikhal | Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
| Sanjay Kumar | Govt. Model High School, Sector 49D, Cluster 14, Chandigarh | |
| Asha Rani Suman | Govt. Upper Primary School Kharkhada, Rajgarh | Alwar, Rajasthan |
| Sheela Asopa | Ggsss, Shyam Sadan, Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
| Shyamsundar Ramchand Khanchandani | Government Higher Secondary School | Silvassa, Daman And Diu |
| Avinash Murlidhar Parkhe | Disha School For The Special Children | Panaji, Tiswadi, North Goa |
| Deepak Jethalal Mota | Shree Hundraibag Primary School | Kachchh, Gujarat |
| Dr. Ritaben Nikeshchandra Fulwala | Sheth Shree P.H. Bachkaniwala Vidhyamandir | Surat, Gujarat |
| Sarika Gharu | Govt. H. S. School, Sandiya District | Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh |
| Seema Agnihotri | CM Rise Govt. Vinoba H.S. School | Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr. Brajesh Pandey | Swami Atmanand Govt. English School | Sarguja, Chhattisgarh |
| Md. Ejazul Hague | MS Diwankhana | Chatra, Jharkhand |
| Bhupinder Gogia | Sat Paul Mittal School | Ludhiana, Punjab |
| Shashi Sekhar Kar Sharma | Kenduapada Nodal High School | Bhadrak, Odisha |
| Subhash Chandra Rout | Brundaban Govt. High School | Jagatsinghpur, Odisha |
| Dr. Chandan Mishra | Raghunathpur, Nafar Academy | Howrah, West Bengal |
| Reyaz Ahmed Sheikh | Govt. Middle School, Poshnari, Chittergul | Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Asiya Farooqui | Primary School, Asti Nagar | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Chndr Prakash Agrwal | Shiv Kumar Agarwal Janta Inter College | Moh, Uttar Pradesh |
| Anil Kumar Singh | Adarsh Girls Senior Secondary School | Ramgarh, Kaimur-Bhabua, Bihar |
| Dwijendra Kumar | NS Madhuban, Bangaon Bazaar | Sitamarhi, Bihar |
| Kumari Guddi | High School Singhia Kishanganj | Bihar |
| Ravi Kant Mishra | JNV, Beekar, Datia | Madhya Pradesh |
| Manoranjan Pathak | Sainik School, Tilaiya Kanti, Chandwara, Kodarma | Jharkhand |
| Dr. Yashpal Singh | Eklavya Model Residential School, Phanda | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Mujib Rahiman K U | Kendriya Vidyala, Kanjikode | Palakkad, Kerala |
| Chetna Khambete | Kendriya Vidyalay No.2, BSF, Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| Narayan Parmeshwar Bhagwat | Shri Marikamba Govt. PUC High School Section | Sirsi, Karnataka |
| Sapna Shrishail Anigol | K.L.E. Society’s S.C.P. Jr College High School | Bagalkot, Karnataka |
| Netai Chandra Dey | Ramakrishna Mission School, Narottam Nagar | Deomali, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ningthoujam Binoy Singh | Chingmei Upper Primary School | Moirang, Bishnupur, Manipur |
| Dr. Purna Bahadur Chhetri | Govt. Senior Secondary School, Soreng | Sikkim |
| Lalthianghlima | Govt. Diakkawn High School | Kolasib, Bilkhawthlir, Kolasib, Mizoram |
| Madhav Singh | Alpha English Higher Secondary School | Umling, Meghalaya |
| Kumud Kalita | Pathshala Senior Secondary School, Muguria | Pathsala, Assam |
| Jose D Sujeev | Govt. Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Pattom | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Mekala Bhaskar Rao | Mcps Kondayapalem Sw. Sc. Colony Kondayapalem | Spsr Nellore, Andhra Pradesh |
| Murahara Rao Uma Gandhi | Gvmcp School Sivajipalem, 21 | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Settem Anjaneyulu | S.R.R. Z.P. High School Masapeta | Rayachoti, Annamayya, Andhra Pradesh |
| Archana Nooguri | Mpps Rebbanapally Rebbanpally | Luxettipet, Mancherial, Telangana |
| Santhosh Kumar Bhedodkar | Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School Nipani | Bheempur, Adilabad, Telangana |
| Ritika Anand | St. Marks Sec Public School, Paschim Vihar | Delhi |
| Sudhanshu Shekhar Panda | K.L. International School | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. T Godwin Vedanayagam Rajkumar | Government Boys HR Sec. School, Alanganallur | Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
| Malathi S. S. Malathi | Government Higher Secondary School Veerakeralampudur | Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu |
| Mrinal Nandkishor Ganjale | Z P School Pimpalgaon Tarfe, Mahalunge, | Ambegaon, Pune, Maharashtra |
Dept of Higher Education
| Name | Institution | Location |
| Dr. S. Brinda | PSG Polytechnic College | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Mehta Zankhana Dilipbhai | Government Polytechnic | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Keshav Kashinath Sangle | VJTI | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Dr. S.R. Mahadeva Prasanna | IIT | Dharwad, Karnataka |
| Dr. Dinesh Babu J | International Institute of Information Technology | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Dr. Farheen Bano | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Suman Chakraborty | IIT | Kharagpur, West Bengal |
| Sayam Sen Gupta | IISER | Mohanpur, Kolkata |
| Dr. Chandragouda Raosaheb Patil | R.C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | Shirpur, Maharashtra |
| Dr. Raghavan B. Sunoj | IIT | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Indranath Sengupta | IIT | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| Dr. Ashish Baldi | Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University | Bathinda, Punjab |
| Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya | Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
| Name | Institution | Location |
| Ramesh Rakshit | Government Industrial Training Institute | Durgapur, West Bengal |
| Raman Kumar | Government ITI Hilsa | Nalanda, Bihar |
| Shiyad S | Government ITI | Malampuzha, Palakkad |
| Swati Yogesh Deshmukh | Government Industrial Training Institute | Lower Parel, Mumbai |
| Timothy Jones Dhar | Government ITI | Shillong |
| Ajith A Nair | Government ITI | Kalamassery, H.M.T. Colony, Ernakulam |
| S. Chithrakumar | Government Industrial Training Institute (Women) | Natham Road, Kullanampatti, Dindigul |
| Rabinarayan Sahu | ITI for PwDs | Khudpur, Khordha |
| Sunita Singh | Industrial Training Institute | Bhubaneswar |
| Pooja R Singh | National Skill Training Institute | Bangalore |
| Divy | National Skill Training Institute for Women | Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Dr. Dibyendu Choudhary | School of Enterprise Management (SEM) National Institute for MSME | Yousufguda, Hyderabad |
