New Delhi: The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, has announced the selection of 21 distinguished educators from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnics across India for the National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2025.
National Awards to Teachers Recognize Excellence in Higher Education
The National Awards to Teachers are conferred on faculty members who demonstrate exemplary contributions in teaching, research, outreach, and innovation.
Initially instituted for school teachers, the awards were expanded in 2023 to include two categories – HEIs and Polytechnics – under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasizes rewarding and recognizing outstanding educators to cultivate a culture of excellence.
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Selection Process for National Awards to Teachers 2025
The NAT 2025 awardees were chosen through a two-step process: preliminary evaluation by a Search-cum-Screening Committee, followed by final selection by a National Jury.
Applications were invited online via the awards portal, with self, institutional, and peer nominations allowed under the Jan Bhagidari initiative.
The evaluation was based on multiple parameters, with significant weightage assigned to teaching-learning effectiveness and outreach activities, alongside research, innovation, consultancy, and faculty development programs.
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Details of National Awards to Teachers 2025 Awardees
This year’s 21 awardees represent diverse disciplines and institutions including IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, State Universities, Polytechnics, and Deemed Universities across the country.
DETAILS OF NAT 2025 AWARDEES – DoHESr No. Name of the Institution State 1. Dr Shreedevi,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
Sharnbasva University,
Kalaburagi, Karnataka Karnataka 2. Dr Shobha M E,
Manipal Institute of Technology,Udupi District, Karnataka Karnataka 3. Dr Anjana Bhatia Hans Raj,
Mahila Maha Vidyalaya,
Jalandhar, Punjab Punjab 4. Dr Debayan Sarkar
IIT Indore, Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh 5. Dr Chandan Sahi,
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research,
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh 6. Prof Vijayalaxmi J,
School of Planning and Architecture,
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh 7. Prof Sanket Goel,
Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences,Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Telangana 8. Prof S Siva Sathya,
Pondicherry University (A Central University),
Puducherry Puducherry 9. Dr Nilakshi Subhash Jain,
Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College,Mumbai, Maharashtra Maharashtra 10. Prof Manoj B S,
Indian Institute of Space science & Technology (IIST),
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Kerala 11. Prof Shankar Sriram Sankaran,
SASTRA Deemed University,
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu 12. Prof Vineeth N B,
IIT Hyderabad, Telangana Telangana 13. Prof Vibha Sharma,
Department of English,
Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh 14. Prof Srivardhini Keshavamurthy Jha,
IIM Bangalore Bangalore 15. Prof Amit Kumar Dwivedi,
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,
Gandhinagar Gujarat 16. Dr Zoramdinthara,
Mizoram University Mizoram 17. Prof Ganesh Timmanna Pandit,
Central Sanskrit University,
New Delhi New Delhi 18. Dr Proshanto Kumar Saha,
Rajiv Gandhi University – A Central University,
Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh 19. Dr Menda Devananda Kumar,
Dr. Lakireddy Hanimireddy Government Degree College,
Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh 20. Prof Purushottam Balasaheb Pawar,
SVPM Institute of Technology and Engineering,
Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra Maharashtra 21. Urvish Pravinkumar Soni,
Government Polytechnic,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Gujarat
