The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, conferred National Awards on teachers from across the country at a function held in New Delhi on September 5, 2025 on Teachers’ Day.
Key Points of National Teachers’ Awards 2025:
- The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, has selected 45 teachers for this year’s National Teachers’ Awards.
- The 45 selected teachers are from 27 States, 7 UTs and 6 Organizations.
- Out of 45 selected teachers, 24 are males, 21 are female.
- The awardee teachers have been selected through a rigorous, transparent and online process in three stages, i.e., District, State and National level selection process, by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
Awardees from Bihar:
» Three teachers from Bihar have been awarded National Teachers’ Award 2025 for their innovative and dedicated contributions to education.
- The awardees were Kumari Nidhi of Primary School Suhagi, Kishanganj; Pramod Kumar of Sainik School, Nalanda and Dilip Kumar of Lalit Narayan Laxmi Narayan Project Girls High School.
Detailed List of 45 Teachers of National Teachers' Awards 2025:
| S. No. | Name | State / UT / Organization | School Name |
| 1 | KANDHAN KUMARESAN | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | Govt. Model Senior Secondary School Aberdeen |
| 2 | MADABATHULA THIRUMALA SRIDEVI | ANDHRA PRADESH | PANDIT NEHRU MPL HS 17WARD |
| 3 | NANG EKTHANI MOUNGLANG | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Govt. Sec. School Pachin |
| 4 | DEBAJIT GHOSH | ASSAM | Namsang TE Model School |
| 5 | SONIA VIKAS KAPOOR | ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY (DAE) | ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL NO.2 |
| 6 | KUMARI NIDHI | BIHAR | PRIMARY SCHOOL SUHAGI |
| 7 | DILIP KUMAR | BIHAR | LALIT NARAYAN LAXMI NARAYAN PROJECT GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL |
| 8 | REVATHY PARAMESWARAN | CBSE | P S SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL |
| 9 | PARVEEN KUMARI | CHANDIGARH | Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School |
| 10 | DR PRAGYA SINGH | CHHATTISGARH | GOVT MIDDLE SCHOOL HANODA DURG |
| 11 | MS. MADHURIMA ACHARYA | CISCE | Delhi Public School Newtown |
| 12 | BHAVINIBEN DINESHBHAI DESAI | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU | GUPS Bhensroad |
| 13 | AWADHESH KUMAR JHA | DELHI | SARVODAYA CO-ED VIDYALAYA SECTOR-8 ROHINI |
| 14 | VILAS RAMNATH SATARKAR | GOA | Dr.K.B. Hedgewar High School Cujira Bambolim Goa |
| 15 | HIRENKUMAR HASMUKHBHAI SHARMA | GUJARAT | PRIMARY SCHOOL VAVDI |
| 16 | HITESH KUMAR PRAVINCHANDRA BHUNDIYA | GUJARAT | Shri Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyalaya |
| 17 | SUNITA | HARYANA | PM SHRI GGSSS SONEPAT MURTHAL ADDA (3490) |
| 18 | SHASHI PAUL | HIMACHAL PRADESH | Govt. Model Centre Primary School Shamror |
| 19 | KULDEEP GUPTA | JAMMU & KASHMIR | GOVT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL JINDRAH |
| 20 | SHWETA SHARMA | JHARKHAND | Govt M.S. Vivekanand |
| 21 | MADHUSUDAN K S | KARNATAKA | GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL HINAKAL |
| 22 | TARUN KUMAR DASH | KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGHATHAN | PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KORAPUT |
| 23 | KISHORKUMAR M S | KERALA | GOVERNMENT VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KALLARA |
| 24 | IBRAHIM.S | LAKSHADWEEP | GOVT.JUNIOR BASIC SCHOOL MOOLA ANDROTH |
| 25 | BHERULAL OSARA | MADHYA PRADESH | Govt.EPES M.S.KHERIYA SUSNER |
| 26 | SHEELA PATEL | MADHYA PRADESH | PS DEVRAN TAPRIYA PATHARIYA DAMOH |
| 27 | DR SHAIKH MOHAMMAD WAQUIODDIN SHAIKH HAMIDODDIN | MAHARASHTRA | ZILLA PARISHAD HIGHSCHOOL ARDHAPUR |
| 28 | DR.SANDIPAN GURUNATH JAGDALE | MAHARASHTRA | Dayanand college of Arts Latur |
| 29 | KOIJAM MACHASANA | MANIPUR | Ghari Upper Primary School |
| 30 | DR. HEIPOR UNI BANG | MEGHALAYA | K.B MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL WAPUNG |
| 31 | PELENO PETENILHU | NAGALAND | JOHN GOVT. HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL VISWEMA |
| 32 | SANTOSH KUMAR CHAURASIA | NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI | PM SHRI SCHOOL JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SALORA DIST KORBA |
| 33 | BASANTA KUMAR RANA | ODISHA | GOVT NUPS KONDEL |
| 34 | V REX ALIAS RADHAKRISHNAN | PUDUCHERRY | Thillaiyadi Valliammai Government High School |
| 35 | NARINDER SINGH | PUNJAB | GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL JANDIALI |
| 36 | NEELAM YADAV | RAJASTHAN | GGSSS Tapukada |
| 37 | DR PRAMOD KUMAR | SAINIK SCHOOL (MoD) | Sainik School Nalanda |
| 38 | KARMA TEMPO ETHENPA | SIKKIM | PM SHRI MANGAN SSS |
| 39 | VIJAYALAKSHMI V | TAMILNADU | Bharathiyar Centinery government girls higher secondary school |
| 40 | MARAM PAVITHRA | TELANGANA | ZPHS Penpahad |
| 41 | BIDISHA MAJUMDER | TRIPURA | Hariananda English Medium H.S School |
| 42 | MADHURIMA TIWARI | UTTAR PRADESH | P M SHRI COMPOSITE VIDYALAYA RANI KARNAWATI |
| 43 | RAM LAL SINGH YADAV | UTTAR PRADESH | U P S BADAWAPUR |
| 44 | MANJUBALA | UTTARAKHAND | GPS Chyurani |
| 45 | TANUSREE DAS | WEST BENGAL | Kuchlachati Primary School |
About National Teachers’ Award:
» Ministry of Education, organizes a national level function on Teachers Day every year to confer the National Awards to the best teachers of the country.
- The purpose of the National Teachers’ Awards is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who through their commitment and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.
National Teachers’ Day:
» Every year, India celebrates 5th September, the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, as National Teachers’ Day.