NEW DELHI: A national conference and award ceremony was organised recently at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. The MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal, graced the occasion and felicitated more than a 1000 teachers gathered from all states and union territories, at the event.
The event, named ‘Shunya Se Sashaktikaran – Empowering Through Zero’ highlighted and promoted various zero-investment innovative ideas that are developed and being implemented by the school teachers in their respective schools. 35 state-wise Innovations Handbooks were also launched at the event.
These handbooks document the most effective innovations by teachers of different states. The event was organised by Sri Aurobindo Society and HDFC Bank to acknowledge the best practices and innovative ideas of the school teachers on March 1st and 2nd 2020, at IIT Delhi.
Addressing the audience, the minister emphasised on the need to empower the teachers to upgrade the education sector of the country. He also appreciated and acknowledged the efforts of Sri Aurobindo Society for its dedicated approach in this sector.
“I hope from next year we celebrate this day as the Innovative Teacher’s Day. I congratulate Sri Aurobindo Society and HDFC Bank for the commendable work of acknowledging teachers’ contributions in the education sector”, said the MHRD minister. He also described the teachers as Chanakya who are capable of creating a Chandragupta in every student.
The event was also graced by Pratap Chandra Sarangi, minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Prakash Javadekar, the minister of Information & Broadcasting.