India, Aug. 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu will confer National Awards to Teachers (NAT) on 21 teachers/faculties of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and polytechnics at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 5, 2026.
It was in 2023 that it was decided to institute two categories of awards for HEIs and polytechnics under the umbrella of the National Awards to Teachers. Till then, the awards were conferred on school teachers only. The ambit of the Awards was expanded to align with the vision of the National Education Policy 2020 which envisaged that incentives such as rewards and recognitions must be conferred to cultivate a culture of excellence in the education ecosystem.
Sl. No
Name
Institution
Discipline
Gender
1.
Prof. Avlokita Agrawal
IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Sustainable Architecture and Built Environment
Female
2.
Prof. Kirti Chandra Sahu
IIT Hyderabad, Telangana
Chemical Engineering
Male
3.
Prof. Vinay Chamola,
BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
Electricals & Electronics Engineering
Male
4.
Dr. Srikant Gollapudi
IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Metallurgy & Materials Science
Male
5.
Dr. Mithun Radhakrishna
IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Chemical Engineering
Male
6.
Prof. Sourav Datta
IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Plant Sciences
Male
7.
Prof. Vikram Vishal
IIT Bombay, Maharashtra
Earth Sciences
Male
8.
Prof. Sarvaiya Jayrajsinh Indrajitsinh,
National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Forensic Pharmacy and Food Forensics
Male
9.
Prof. Sankar Prasad Rath
IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Chemical Sciences
Male
10.
Dr Manis
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Biochemistry
Female
11.
Dr Amar Mohanrao Taksande
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC),
Medicines- Paediatrics
Male
12.
Dr Arun Babu
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh
Medicines- Paediatrics
Male
13.
Dr Pukhrambam Lilabati Devi
Department of Dance and Music,
Manipuri Dance
Female
14.
Prof. Dr Ashutosh Mohan
Institute of Management Studies,
Management
Male
15.
Prof. Ankuran Dutta
Gauhati University,
Mass Communication
Male
16.
Ms Shivani V.
Karnataka Sanskrit University, Bangalore
Sanskrit
Female
17.
Prof. Rajeev Choudhary
Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Physical Education, Yoga Education
Male
18.
Dr. Vishwanatha H. S.
M.E.I. Polytechnic,
Civil Engineering
Male
19.
Dr Sasikala S.
PSG Polytechnic College,
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Female
20.
Dr Kannan Rathinam
Sakthi Polytechnic College (Govt Aided),
Physics
Male
21.
Dr Sandipann Pralhad Narote
Government Polytechnic,
Electronics Engineering& Telecommunication
Male
ha Nigam
Srinagar, Uttarakhand
Wardha, Maharashtra
Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
Guwahati, Assam
Bangalore, Karnataka
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Erode, Tamil Nadu
Solapur, Maharashtra
The list of awardees is attached.
This year, 12 teachers/faculties from central HEIs, five from state universities including three government and two private colleges, and four from polytechnics including two government and two private polytechnics, have been selected for the Awards.
Nominations for NAT, 2026 were invited in the online mode through Rashtriya Puraskar Portal - @www.awards.gov.in and included provisions for self, institutional and peer nomination as part of Jan Bhagidari. Nominations were invited from May 26 to July 20, 2026.
The Award is conferred on exemplary teachers/faculty members and the selection is based on their performance, as adjudged against several parameters including teaching-learning effectiveness, outreach activities, research and innovation, and sponsored research/faculty development programmes/consultancy teaching.
The selection procedure involves a two-step process:
(i) Evaluation by Preliminary Search-cum Screening Committee for initial shortlisting of nominees and
(ii) Selection of awardees from the shortlisted nominees by a Committee of Jury.
National Awards to Teachers - 2026 - Department of Higher Education
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