India, Sept. 5 -- Bhubaneswar: Altogether 81 teachers from across the country, including two from Odisha, were felicitated with the National Teachers Awards-2025.

President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the distinguished teachers at a special ceremony in New Delhi on the occasion of Teachers' Day today.

Tarun Kumar Dash, a teacher at PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya, Koraput, and Basanta Kumar Rana, a teacher at Government Upper Primary School, Kondel, under Korkunda block in Malkangiri district, were felicitated with the awards.

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The awardees received a certificate of merit, a cash award of Rs 50,000 and a silver medal each as part of the honour.

Dash is instrumental in introducing innovative methods like 'Katha Chitra', 'My Reading ...