Recognizing their significant contributions to the field of education and their role in shaping the future of children, 18 principals, teachers and school trustees were honored with Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Excellence Award in Surat. The award ceremony was organized by Dream High Foundation and Walk Educate. Gujarat’s MoS Education Praful Pansheriya gave away the awards at the ceremony. The award ceremony is being held annually since 2016 a few days before the Teacher’s Day. This year, the event was held on Sep 1.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the country, state and society can only develop when teachers are valued. He cited Finland as an example, where the education system is considered the best in the world.
Rajesh Maheshwari, Director of Dream High Foundation said, “Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Excellence Award is presented ahead of Teachers’ Day to individuals for their work in education, especially those who have made tireless efforts for the education of children from the underprivileged segments and contributed to shaping future generations through new ideas and innovation.”
The award recipients include Jayshree Choradiya, Mahesh Ramani, Sarika Singh, Nagin Chauhan, Rajiv Shrivastav, Chetan Hirpara, Vatsal Bhatt, Rohit Sharma, Bankim Upadhyay, Savji Patel, Dr. G Vijayalakshmi, Sanjay Jain, Dr. Bimal Ramani, Jayant Shukla, Mukesh Patel, Keshubhai Goti, Bharat Nakrani and Yamini Upadhyay.
A panel discussion on “The Issue of Screen Time for Children” was also organized as part of the award ceremony. The panelists included Dr. Sanjay Mehta, Dr. Uma Arora, Virang Bhatt, Dr. Chintan Pathak and Bhavika Maheshwari. The event was organized with the support of Scholar English Academy, Primex, Dinesh Rathi, Shakirbhai and Magic Slate. The event was sponsored by Cognate Inc. and Global Colliance.
The guests of honor included Naval Rathi, Maxwell Manohar, Deepak Rajguru, Monica Sharma, CA Ravi Chhavchharia, Amit Khandela, Subhash Dawar, Mahendra Tayde and CA Amit Somani.
