4thSRI SRI AWARDS
FOR EDUCATION 2026
AWARDS CATEGORIES
SRI SRI AWARD FOR :
Overall Excellence in Education
RECOGNIZING :
○ Pedagogy & Academic Excellence ○ Skill development programs for students ○ Innovative Teaching-Learning practices ○ Helping Students to choose their career path ○ Inclusion of subjects from Indian Traditional Systems as well as new subjects relevant to manage 21st century environment
SRI SRI AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN HOLISTIC EDUCATION
RECOGNIZING :
○ Community Service & Environmental Awareness ○ Spiritual Development & Value-based education ○ Yoga, Sports & Physical Education ○ Art & Culture ○ Emotional Intelligence
SRI SRI AWARD FOR
BEST TEACHER
(In the North, West, East & South of India)
AWARDS SUB-CATEGORIES :
- North
- South
- East
- West
4th
SRI SRI AWARDS
FOR EDUCATION 2026
Operating in 180+ countries, The Art of Living is a non-profit, educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual teacher Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Founded in 1999 by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR VIDYA MANDIR (SSRVM) TRUST is dedicated to providing holistic, value-based education that integrates the best of the East and the West.
For more than 25 years, the SSRVM Trust has been committed to transforming education. With 120+ educational institutions and over 60,000+ students impacted, we have built a network of over 1 lakh alumni. Our academic programs, which cater to students from pre-primary to postgraduate levels, are shaping the future of education.
OBJECTIVES
- To recognize and acknowledge excellence, effort and progress in the field of education across educational institutions in India
- To empower and promote institutions that focus on holistic development of students and teachers beyond the parameters of academics and those that deploy the potential of innovative practices and experiments for the improvement of teaching-learning;
- To encourage institutions that involve their parents and other stakeholders in policymaking and its execution;
- To recognize and acknowledge the schools that enable students' transition smooth from school to a career;
- To felicitate schools that promote ancient wisdom as well modern strategies of 21* Century Skills in students
- To recognise and acknowledge schools that promote spirituality, environment-friendly culture, human values and peace education;
- To honor schools that promote leadership skills, social and emotional development of students.
ELIGIBILTY
Eligibility criteria for School Awards
Eligibility criteria to apply for the first two awards categories :
- School should be functioning for a minimum period of eight years
- The school must have at least 1000 students
- Schools with Classes from KG1 to Class 10th & above
- The Past Winners (of first two places of any category) of Sri Sri Awards are eligible to apply only after a gap of 3 years of having received the award
- Schools having received the special mention certificates in previous years are eligible to apply for the award.
Eligibility criteria for Best Educator Award
There is no restriction on the size of the school or the age of the school in which the educator has worked or is working. The applicant must have either taught students for a period of ten years or must have significantly contributed to the field of education beyond the role of a teacher . Self nomination is not allowed and a second person’s attestion as a nominator in the application form is mandatory. Any person who has authentic knowledge of the nominee’s contribution in the field of education may nominate the educator for the award by providing the details mentioned in the application form. In order to recognize a larger set of educators, past winners (Best Teacher of N/E/W/S zones in previous years) are not eligible to apply for the second time.
TIMELINES
Last Date of Application :
1st October 2025
Announcement and Presentation of Awards :
January 2026
APPLICATION FORM
Sri Sri Award for Overall Excellence in Education:
Sri Sri Award for Excellence in Holistic Education:
Sri Sri Award for Best Educator:
You may fill in the basic details and upload the application form above.
You may write to srisriawards@ssrvm.org or Call 8067976755 to seek clarifications
AWARDS, CERTIFICATES AND CASH PRIZES
Note: The first two categories will have a winner and runner up. Totally, 8 awards will be given.
- A trophy, certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 1 lakh for the winner of the first 2 categories.
- A trophy, certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 75,000 for the runner-up of the first 2 categories.
- A plaque, certificate and cash prize of ₹ 51,000 for for each of the 4 awardees in the ‘Best Educator’ category.
The Jury may also choose to recognize schools with a “Special Mention” certificate for significant exhibition of traits mentioned in the evaluation criteria and guidelines.