Honours & Awards

National Awards to Teachers 2021

Hon’ble President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Awards to Teachers 2021 at a virtual ceremony held on September 5, 2021.

ALA Best Young Librarian Award 2023

Receiving the ‘ALA Best Young Librarian Award 2023’ from Rev. Dr. Jose Kuriedath, CMI, Director, Rajagiri Group of Institutions at the national seminar held at Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi on March 10, 2023. Read more

SLA Professional Excellence Award 2021

Receiving SLA Professional Excellence Award 2021, instituted by School Library Association (India) from Ms Darsana Gopinath and Mr R. Suraj, SLA Governing Body members on  September 8, 2021.

Reading for Pleasure School Award-2020

‘Reading4Pleasure School Award-2020’, instituted by Food4Thought Foundation, Hyderabad was presented at the 10th Edition of Hyderabad Literary Festival on 26 January 2020. It recognizes the schools at the national level for promoting reading habit or joy of reading based on innovations, membership, etc.

LibTech Award Nomination for KV Pattom at Library Technology Conclave 2019

KVS National Incentive Award 2018

Receiving the KVS National Incentive Award 2018 from Smt Rina Ray, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Govt. of India on 15 December 2018, the KVS Foundation Day, in New Delhi in the presence of Shri Santosh Kumar Mall IAS, Commissioner, KVS.

National ICT Award for School Teachers 2017

Receiving the National ICT Award for Teachers-2017 from Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD on 23 December 2020.

Dr. G. Devarajan Endowment for the Best Librarian Award 2017

Receiving the 3rd ‘Dr G. Devarajan Endowment for the Best Librarian Award 2017’ from Dr. Suresh Das, Executive Vice President, KSCSTE & Principal Secretary, Science & Technology Department, Govt. of Kerala in the presence of Dr. N. Veeramanikandan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Kerala, Prof (Dr.) G. Devarajan, former Head, DLIS and Dr. K. Manickaraj, Syndicate Member, University of Kerala. The award was instituted by the Alumni Association of the Department of Library and Information Science (AADLIS), University of Kerala. (19 August 2017).

KVS National Innovation & Experimentation Award 2015-’16

Receiving the KVS National Innovation and Experimentation Award 2015-’16 from Shri Upendra Kushwah,  Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India in the presence of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Honourable Union Minister of Human Resource Development, at a function held in New Delhi on 15 December 2016, for the project Face a Book Challenge

IASL School Librarianship Award 2016

“Recipients of this award are recognized by the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) for their contribution to the national development of school libraries and services within their own country or internationally”. Refer

KVS Regional Incentive Award 2014

Receiving the KVS Regional Incentive Award 2014 from Dr. Madhusudahanakurup, Vice Chancellor, KUFOS at KV No.1 Kochi on 16 December 2014.

IASL/Softlink International Excellence Award 2012

The Award recognizes significant contributions to school librarianship by school library specialists, educators, and/or researchers. Instituted by the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) and sponsored by Softlink Inc., 11-16 Nov. 2012, Doha, Qatar. Seen here with Dr Diljit Singh, President, IASL , Kenneth M. Kozel (Jordan) [Ken Haycock Leadership Developing Award] and Daniel Mangale (Kenya) [Jean Lowrie Leadership Development Award]

National Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions 2010-’11

Receiving the Best project award with KV Pattom Principal, Mr C. P. Kumaran for the project “Library Junction”at the National Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for  Schools and Teacher Education Institutions 2010-11, conducted by NCERT, Govt. of India ,  from Prof. G. Ravindra, Director, NCERT and Dr. Shakuntala Nagpal, HOD, DEE, NCERT.

KVS National Innovation and Experimentation  Award-2010-’11

Receiving the KVS National Innovation and Experimentation Award for Teachers for the year 2010-’11 from Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister for HRD, Govt. of India for the project Library Junction

Recognitions & Certifications

1. ‘Mentor’ for National Mission for Mentoring (NMM) by NCTE, Ministry of Education , Govt of India (2023)
2. Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator
3. Wakelet Community Leader
4. Engage and Amplify with Flipgrid, Microsoft Educator Centre
5. Beyond the Basics with Flipgrid, Microsoft Educator Centre
6. Quizizz Certified Game Changer
7. Book Creator Certified Author