From asteroid hunter to Maths wizard, 82 educators to receive National Teachers’ Awards
The President of India will confer the National Teachers’ Awards to 82 educators for their innovative contributions to teaching and learning. The recipients include teachers who have integrated AI, Vedic mathematics, and low-cost scientific models into their classrooms.
Why it matters
Recognizing these educators highlights advancements in pedagogical methods and the integration of modern technology in the Indian school system.
An asteroid hunter. A Maths wizard. A trailblazer in a coal mining community. A Special Olympics hockey coach. These are among the 82 educators from across the country who will receive the National Teachers’ Awards on September 5. The President of India Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards.
Among the awardees are 48 school teachers, 21 faculty members in higher education, and 13 trainers from the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Among the faculty in higher education are proponents of Indian Knowledge Systems, including Vaastu Shastra, the Bhagavad Gita , and the integration of Sanskrit with AI.
One of the awardees, Haryana-based Anil Kaushik, known as the ‘Math Wizard’, built a state-of-the-art physical Maths lab containing over 40 original learning models, alongside a 12-section virtual mathematics lab with 30 ‘Harbans puzzles’. He has co-authored textbooks on Vedic Mathematics and published 22 teaching modules on the national DIKSHA portal.
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