NAT 2025: 21 teachers from IITs, IIM, central universities to receive National Awards
Anu Parthiban | August 26, 2025 | 08:17 PM IST | 2 mins read
National Awards to Teachers 2025: Of the 21 awardees, three are from IITs, one from IIM Bangalore, five from central universities, and the remaining from IISER, IIST, BITS among others.
The ministry of education has selected 21 teachers from higher educational institutions (HEIs) and polytechnics across the country for the National Awards to Teachers (NAT 2025). For the first time, NAT has been extended to cover exemplary faculty members in universities, institutes, and polytechnics, after being earlier restricted to school teachers.
Of the 21 awardees, three are from IITs, one from IIM Bangalore, five from central universities, and the remaining from IISER, IIST, BITS, deemed universities, state universities, colleges, and a government polytechnic.
In 2023, under the framework of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), two categories of awards were introduced for HEIs and Polytechnics under the umbrella of NAT; which had earlier been limited to school teachers.
Teachers were selected for the award based on key performance indicators such as teaching-learning effectiveness, outreach activities, research and innovation, sponsored research, consultancy, and faculty development programmes. Of these, learning effectiveness and outreach activities carried the greatest weightage, the ministry said.
The two-step procedure involved initial shortlisting by a preliminary search-cum-screening committee, followed by final selection of awardees by a national jury.
NAT 2025: Two categories
The ministry invited applications and nominations online through self, institutional, and peer submissions under the government’s Jan Bhagidari initiative.
The awards were conferred in two broad categories.
Category | Teachers of Higher Educational Institutions |
1 | Sub-category 1 - Engineering and Technology, Architecture Sub-category 2 - Pure Sciences including Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy Sub-category 3 - Arts and Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Legal Studies, Commerce, Management |
2 | Teachers of Polytechnic Institutions: Total 10 Awards |
National Award to Teachers: List of Awardees
The 21 recipients of the NAT 2025 awards include faculty from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), central, state, deemed universities, and polytechnics across the country.
Awardee | Institution |
Shreedevi | Faculty of Science and Technology, Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka |
Shobha M E | Manipal Institute of Technology, Udupi District, Karnataka |
Anjana Bhatia | Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab |
Debayan Sarkar | IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
Chandan Sahi | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
Vijayalaxmi J | School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
Sanket Goel | Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus |
S Siva Sathya | Pondicherry University (A Central University), Puducherry |
Nilakshi Subhash Jain | Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Manoj B S | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Shankar Sriram Sankaran | SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu |
Vineeth N B | IIT Hyderabad, Telangana |
Vibha Sharma | Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh |
Srivardhini Keshavamurthy Jha | IIM Bangalore |
Amit Kumar Dwivedi | Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gandhinagar |
Zoramdinthara | Mizoram University |
Ganesh Timmanna Pandit | Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi |
Proshanto Kumar Saha | Rajiv Gandhi University - A Central University, Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh |
Menda Devananda Kumar | Dr. Lakireddy Hanimireddy Government Degree College, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh |
Purushottam Balasaheb Pawar | SVPM Institute of Technology and Engineering, Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra |
Shri Urvish Pravinkumar Soni | Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
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