Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Mumbai Municipal Teacher Kunda Bachhav Selected for National Teachers’ Award
Kunda Bachhav is a teacher at a municipal school in Anandwali, Mumbai.
She has been selected for the National Teachers’ Award 2026.
The award recognizes her creative and innovative work in education.
She uses technology and special activities to help students learn.
She also encourages children to read and understand social issues.
Her work has helped her school connect with the wider world.
Bachhav says good work comes from teachers working together.
Education organizations congratulated her and said her achievement could inspire other teachers.
Kunda Bachhav of Savitribai Phule Vidyamandir, Municipal School No. 18, was selected for the National Teachers’ Award 2026.
She was recognized for innovative, creative and socially committed contributions to education.
Her work uses technology, educational activities, reading promotion and social-awareness initiatives to support students.
Bachhav collaborated with colleagues under the philosophy of “not me, but us.”
She previously received selection for the Sharad Pawar Inspire Fellowship in Education for 2024-25.
- Who
- Kunda Bachhav, a teacher at Savitribai Phule Vidyamandir, Municipal School No. 18.
- What
- She was selected for the National Teachers’ Award 2026.
- When
- For the 2026 National Teachers’ Award; the article does not provide a specific selection date.
- Where
- Savitribai Phule Vidyamandir in Anandwali, Mumbai.
- Why
- She was recognized for innovative, creative and socially committed educational work, including technology-based learning and social-awareness initiatives.
- Award
- National Teachers’ Award 2026
- Teacher
- Kunda Bachhav
- School
- Savitribai Phule Vidyamandir, Municipal School No. 18
- Location
- Anandwali, Mumbai
- Earlier recognition
- Sharad Pawar Inspire Fellowship in Education for 2024-25
- Associated organizations
- Shikshan Vikas Manch and Yashwantrao Chavan Centre