NITI Aayog has conferred the country’s number one teacher award to Dr. Dhananjay Pandey, in-charge of Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL), Government Higher Secondary School. In the field of innovation for the last three years, under the guidance of Dr. Pandey, a pediatrician of ATL has held the top position.
On Friday, Niti Aayog director Dr. Ramanathan Ramann, Deepali Upadhyay and commission expert Swati K Rao took the online class of four selected ATL in-charge of the country. The Commission selected Dr. Dhananjay Pandey, the only in-charge from Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur Government Higher Secondary School.
Apart from these, Ivanlecha of Sikkim, Jamuna of Puducherry and ATL in-charge Madhavi of Uttar Pradesh were selected. According to the commission’s view, considering the performance of only four ATL in-charges out of 10,000 ATL operated in the country, the four in-charge IDs were sent to join online. The time was set for 6.30 pm on Friday.