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Department of Higher Education selects 16 teachers from HEIs and Polytechnics for National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2024

Posted On: 28 AUG 2024 6:46PM by PIB Delhi

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education selects 16 teachers in HEIs and Polytechnic for National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2024.

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 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 16 select 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-2024 involves two-steps process; (i) Evaluation by Preliminary Search-cum Screening Committee for initial shortlisting of nominees and (ii) Committee of 'Jury' for selection of awardees from the shortlisted nominees. 

Nominations for NAT, 2024 were invited in online mode through Rashtriya Puraskar Portal @www.awards.gov.in and included provisions for self, institutional and peer nomination as part of Jan Bhagidari.  

DETAILS OF NAT 2024 AWARDEES - DoHE

 

Sl. No

Name and Institution

State

1

Dr. Gandhimathi A

 

Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Junction Main Road, Salem- 636005, Tamil Nadu

 

Tamil Nadu

2.

Prof. Parmar Ranjitkumar Khimjibhai

 

Government Polytechnic Khadiya, Bilkha Road, Junagadh, Gujarat-362263

 

Gujarat

3.

Prof. Nidhi Jain

 

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,

Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

 

Delhi

4.

Dr. Smiline Girija

 

Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences [SIMATS], Saveetha University

No 162: PH Road, Velappanchavady, Chennai 600077

 

Tamil Nadu

5.

Prof. Birinchi Kumar Sarma

 

Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences,

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005

 

Uttar Pradesh

6.

Prof. Srinivas Hotha

 

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune,

Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411 008

 

Maharashtra

7.

Dr. S R Keshava

 

Department of Economics,

Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Kengeri, Bangalore – 560056

 

Karnataka

8.

Prof. Shilpagauri Prasad

Ganpule

 

Pune District Education Association's Prof. Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce and Science

College, Ganganagar, Sector No. 28, Nigdi Pradhikaran, Pune 411044

 

Maharashtra

9.

Dr. Chayapuram Jaya Sankar Babu

 

Pondicherry University, R. Venkat Raman Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry - 605 014

 

Puducherry

10.

Prof. Nilabh Tiwari

Central Sanskrit University

Bhopal Campus

Bagsewaniya, Bhopal , MP

Pin 462043

 

Madhya Pradesh

11.

Prof. Vinay Sharma

 

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667 Haridwar, Uttarakhand

 

Uttarakhand

12.

Dr. Nandavaram Mrudula

Govt. Degree College for Women, Mayur Marg, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500016

Telangana

13.

Dr. Shimi S L

 

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Vidya Path, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012

Chandigarh

14.

Prof. Kapil Ahuja

 

Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Khandwa Road, Simrol, Indore, MP 453552

 

Madhya Pradesh

15.

Dr. Anitha Suseelan

 

School of Architecture, Kengeri Campus, CHRIST Deemed to be University, Kengeri-Campus, Kanminike, Kumbalgodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560074

 

Karnataka

16.

Prof. Dr. Shahanaz Ayub

 

Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur Road, Jhansi-284128, UP

Uttar Pradesh

 

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