21 teachers of Higher Education Institutions, polytechnics chosen for National Teacher Awards

At least 21 teachers of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and polytechnics have been chosen for National Teacher Awards, 2025 for their excellent work, the Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday. As per the ministry, in 2023 it was decided to unveil two categories of the awards -- one for HEIs and the other for polytechnics.

21 are selected teachers from polytechnics, state universities

"The 21 selected teachers belong to polytechnics, state universities and Central Higher Education Institutions. The choice has been made on the basis of the performance of the teacher as judged against the parameters like teaching, learning effectiveness, outreach activities, research and innovation, sponsored research, faculty development programmes and consultancy teaching. Of the abovementioned, learning effectiveness and outreach activities have the heavy weightage," the ministry stated in a release.

 

Here's how these teachers were selected

Procedure for selection of National Awards to Teachers (NAT)-2025 is two-stage process-- scrutiny by preliminary search-cum screening committee for shortlisting of the nominees first and selection of the awardees from the shortlisted nominees by a national jury.

 

NEP 2020 recognizes that empowered, dynamic and capable teachers are required for the advancement of the students, institution and the profession. It also envisions incentives such as reward and recognitions to enable a culture of excellence in the education ecosystem, the statement said.

 

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Two of the selected teachers each belong to Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

 

Apart from this, one teacher from each of the places of Puducherry, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bengaluru, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and New Delhi have been selected for the awards, the ministry added.