New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Three educators from India have been shortlisted among the top 50 candidates worldwide for the prestigious $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2026, recognising their outstanding contribution to education and social change.

The shortlisted Indian educators include Mehraj Khourshid Malik from Jammu and Kashmir, Sudhanshu Shekhar Panda from Meerut, and Rouble Nagi, who works extensively with children in slums and rural communities across the country.

The Global Teacher Prize, organised by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, received over 5,000 nominations from 139 countries for its 10th edition, highlighting the intense global competition.

Sudhanshu Shekhar Panda, an Economics and Geography teacher at K L ...