HYDERABAD: Telangana educationists Dr Sheikh Yasir Aiman and Mitra John Bunyan received the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Excellence Award 2026 at a National Education Day programme organised by the Telangana Intellectuals Forum on Wednesday.
Aiman is the founder and secretary of Learners Academy Group of Schools, while Bunyan is the administrative officer of St Paul’s High School, Gandhinagar. Forum president Dr Raj Narayan Mudiraj said the two were selected for their contributions to student welfare and educational advancement over the past 25 years.
Education, rational thinking and national unity were among the ideals that Prof Etikala Purushotham, vice-chairman of the Telangana Council of Higher Education, asked students to take forward. He also recalled the contributions of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first Education Minister and spoke about his role in developing the country’s education system and institutions such as the IITs, UGC and AICTE.
Osmania University director of admissions Dr Akhtar Ali said National Education Day should remind institutions of the need for “quality and equal education to every student”. Taking the discussion to higher education, Prof Shakeela Kannam of Dr BR Ambedkar Open University said India must develop educational institutions of international standards so that young people need not go abroad for further studies.
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