{"id":73169,"date":"2026-09-19T14:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/am-ns-international-schools-geography-teacher-among-top-5-national-finalists-in-indias-best-teachers-awards-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:17:15","slug":"am-ns-international-schools-geography-teacher-among-top-5-national-finalists-in-indias-best-teachers-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswiredelhi.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/am-ns-international-schools-geography-teacher-among-top-5-national-finalists-in-indias-best-teachers-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"AM\/NS International School\u2019s Geography Teacher Among Top 5 National Finalists in India\u2019s Best Teachers\u2019 Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hazira\/Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 19:  Somnath Mukherjee, PGT \u2013 Geography from AM\/NS<\/strong> <strong>International School<\/strong> was selected among the <strong>Top 5 national finalists in the Geography category<\/strong> at the inaugural <strong>India\u2019s Best Teachers\u2019 Awards 2026<\/strong>, jointly presented by the <strong>Shiv Nadar Foundation and Sa\u00efd Business School, University of Oxford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards recognise educators of <strong>Grades 9\u201312<\/strong> for innovative pedagogy and impactful classroom practice. From over <strong>10,000 registrations across 32 States and Union Territories<\/strong>, 79 educators progressed to the national finalist stage. Somnath Mukherjee was the <strong>only teacher from Surat city among the five Geography finalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His pedagogical portfolio included <strong>field-based learning through the Tapi Estuary, Hazira industrial corridor, and mobile GIS cartography<\/strong>, which led to an invitation to publish a research paper with the <strong>Royal Geographical Society, London<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Grand Finale held at <strong>Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR<\/strong>, recently, Somnath Mukherjee received institutional memorabilia and an <strong>Oxford\u2013Sa\u00efd fellowship kit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This distinction highlights the school\u2019s commitment to academic excellence and reflects <strong>AM\/NS<\/strong> <strong>International School\u2019s environment that promotes innovative and field-based approaches to learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunita 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