Education - August 26, 2025

21 Teachers from HEIs & Polytechnics Selected for NAT 2025

team maverick August 26, 2025

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Aug 2025 : Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education selects 21 teachers in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnic for National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2025.

NEP 2020 recognizes that motivated, energized and capable faculty is critical for advancement of the students, institution and profession. It also envisages incentives such as rewards and recognitions to cultivate a culture of excellence in education ecosystem. As such, in the year 2023, it was decided to institute two categories of awards for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnics under the umbrella of NAT, hitherto restricted to School teachers only.

NAT is conferred on the exemplary teachers/faculty members of higher education institutions and Polytechnics as per the following categories:

Category I: Teachers of Higher Educational Institutions:

Sub-category (i) : Engineering & Technology, Architecture.

Sub-category (ii) : Pure Sciences including Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy

Sub-category (iii) : Arts and Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Legal Studies, Commerce, Management.

Category II : Teachers of Polytechnic Institutions: Total 10 Awards

The 21 selected teachers are from Polytechnics, State Universities and Central Higher Education Institutions.

The selection is based on the performance of the teacher as adjudged against the parameters such as Teaching Learning Effectiveness, Outreach activities, Research and Innovation, Sponsored Research/ Faculty Development Programs/ Consultancy Teaching. Of the above, Learning Effectiveness & Outreach activities has the preponderant weightage.

The selection procedure for NAT-2025 involves two-steps 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 National Jury.

Nominations for NAT, 2025 were invited in online mode @www.awards.gov.in and included provisions for self, institutional and peer nomination as part of Jan Bhagidari.

DETAILS OF NAT 2025 AWARDEES – DoHE

Sr no.	Name of the Institution	State
	Dr. Shreedevi Faculty of Science and Technology,Sharnbasva University,Kalaburagi, Karnataka	Karnataka
	Dr. Shobha M E Manipal Institute of Technology,Udupi District, Karnataka	Karnataka
	Dr. Anjana Bhatia Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya,Jalandhar, Punjab	Punjab
	Dr. Debayan Sarkar IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh
	Dr. Chandan Sahi Indian Institute of Science Education & ResearchBhopal, Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh
	Prof. Vijayalaxmi J School of Planning and Architecture,Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
7.	Prof. Sanket Goel Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences,Pilani, Hyderabad Campus	Telangana
8.	Prof. S Siva Sathya Pondicherry University (A Central University),Puducherry	Puducherry
9.	Dr. Nilakshi Subhash Jain Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College,Mumbai, Maharashtra	Maharashtra
10.	Prof. Manoj B S Indian Institute of Space science & Technology (IIST)Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala	Kerala
11.	Prof. Shankar Sriram Sankaran SASTRA Deemed University,Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu
12.	Prof. Vineeth N B IIT Hyderabad, Telangana	Telangana
13.	Prof. Vibha Sharma Department of English, Faculty of Arts,Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
14.	Prof. Srivardhini Keshavamurthy Jha IIM Bangalore	Bangalore
15.	Prof. Amit Kumar Dwivedi Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,Gandhinagar	Gujarat
16.	Dr. Zoramdinthara Mizoram University	Mizoram
17.	Prof. Ganesh Timmanna Pandit Central Sanskrit University,New Delhi	New Delhi
18.	Dr. Proshanto Kumar Saha Rajiv Gandhi University – A Central University,Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh
19.	Dr. Menda Devananda Kumar Dr. Lakireddy Hanimireddy Government Degree College,Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
20.	Prof. Purushottam Balasaheb Pawar SVPM Institute of Technology and Engineering,Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra	Maharashtra
21.	Shri Urvish Pravinkumar Soni Government Polytechnic,Ahmedabad, Gujarat	Gujarat