Winners of National Teachers Award 2022

President Draupadi Murmu has awarded 46 teachers with National Teachers Awards for 2022 in New Delhi. The National Awards to Teachers honour elementary and secondary school teachers who deserve public recognition.

The Ministry of Education hosts an event at Vigyan Bhawan every year on September 5 to honor the country's top teachers, who were selected through a strict, open, and online three-stage selection process.

The National Award to Teachers was established in 1958 and is given annually by the President or Vice-President of India on 5 September. The aim of the National Awards to Teachers is to recognize and reward the dedication and hard work of those educators who have made a significant impact on the lives of their students.

The Teacher is awarded a certificate of merit, a cash reward of Rs 50,000, and a silver medal.

Complete list of winners of National Teachers Award 2022

Winners	States / UTs
Ranjan Kumar Biswas (Working with visually impaired students)	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Dr Ravi Aruna	Andhra Pradesh
Meenakshi Goswami	Assam
Saurabh Suman	Bihar
Nishi Kumari	Bihar
Seema Rani	Chhattisgarh
Mamta Ahar	Chhattisgarh
Rajni Sharma	Delhi
Maria Murena Miranda	Goa
Umesh Bharatbhai Vala	Gujarat
Anju Dahiya	Haryana
Yudhveer	Himachal Pradesh
Virender Kumar
Amit Kumar
Javid Ahmed Rather	Jammu & Kashmir
Shipra	Jharkhand
G Ponsankari	Karnataka
Umesh TP	Karnataka
Jainus Jacob	Kerala
Mohd Jabir	Ladakh
Neeraj Saxena	Madhya Pradesh
Om Prakash Patidar	Madhya Pradesh
Kavita Sanghvi	Maharashtra
Shashikant Sambhajirao Kulthe
Somnath Waman Walke
Nongmaithem Gautam Singh	Manipur
Gamchi Timre R Marak	Meghalaya
Mimi Yhoshii	Nagaland
Iswar Chandra Nayak	Odisha
Aravindaraja D	Puducherry
Harpreet Singh	Punjab
Arun Kumar Garg
Vandna Shahi
Sunita	Rajasthan
Durga Ram Muwal	Rajasthan
Sidharth Yonzone	Sikkim
Mala Jigdal Dorjee	Sikkim
Ramachandran K	Tamil Nadu
TN Sridhar	Telangana
Kandala Ramaiah
Sunitha Rao
Santosh Nath	Tripura
Khursheed Ahmad	Uttar Pradesh
Kaustubh Chandra Joshi	Uttarakhand
Pradeep Negi (Divyaang)	Uttarakhand
Buddhadev Dutta	West Bengal

Teachers' Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. He was a teacher, writer, and philosopher who served as India's second President. He was born on 05 September 1888. Teacher's Day was first celebrated in 1962 to honour the late President and all the nation's teachers.