The National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1960, at 8th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends
List of award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film Language Producer Director 1960 Pond Culture English Films Division N. K. Issar Cotton English Films Division Krishna Kapil Wheat English Films Division Krishna Kapil 1961 Citrus Cultivation English Films Division Krishna Kapil Coir Worker English F. R. Bilimoria F. R. Bilimoria Ahvan Hindi Dhruva Kumar Pandya Dhruva Kumar Pandya 1962 Virginia Tobacco English Films Division P. R. S. Pillay The Evolution and Races of Man English National Education and Information Film Ltd. S. Sukhdev 1963 Indian Ocean Expedition Hindi Children's Film Society Shanti S. Verma 1964 Sterilisation of the Female Hindi Films Division G. H. Saraiya 1965 Play Better Hockey English Children's Film Society Shanti S. Verma 1966 1967 Akbar English J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division Shanti S. Varma 1968 Forest and The Man English K. L. Khandpur for Films Division Neil GokhaleP. B. Pendharkar 1969 Life English K. L. Khandpur for Films Division S. Gangooii 1970 No Award 1971 1972 No Award 1973 Sath Kutch Na Jayega Hindi Dhiru MistrySureshwar Singh Dhiru MistrySureshwar Singh 1974 Atoms English (Late) Pramod Pati for Films Division M. M. Chaudhuri of I. I. T., Kanpur 1975 Induced Breeding English K. K. Kapil Suraj Joshi 1976 1977 Tobacco Habits and Oral Cancer English A. V. Films Arun Khopkar 1978 The Magic Hands English M/s Little Cinema Santi P. Chowdhury 1979 1980 Mariculture English Films Division C. J. Paulose 1981 The Four Minutes English Vijay B. Chandra for Films Division B. G. Devare 1982 Kooduthal Paal Venamenkil Malayalam Kerala State Film Development Corporation V. R. Gopinath 1983 Oval Crop English Radha Narayanan Mohi-ud-Din Mirza 1984 No Award 1985 No Award 1986 Mitraniketan Vellanad English Cinemart Foundation Jagannath Guha For Better Living English Padmalaya MohapatraGhanashyam Mohapatra Ghanashyam Mohapatra 1987 Paani Marathi Sumitra Bhave Sumitra Bhave 1988 Chitthi Hindi Cinemart Foundation Suhasini Mulay 1989 Ser Alang Karbi Horticulturist, Karbi Anglong Indrajit Narayan Deb Yun Sikhlayen Akhar Hindi Ramesh Asher Films Ramesh Asher 1990 Ducks Out of Water English D. Gautaman Raj Gopal Rao Natun Asha Assamese Beauty Sabhapandit Arup Borthakur 1991 A Story of Triumph English Poona District Leprosy Committee Vishram Revankar 1992 Kalarippayat English P. Ashok Kumar P. Ashok Kumar Towards Joy and Freedom English Haimanti Banerjee Haimanti Banerjee 1993 AIDS Malayalam Nooranad RamachandranGanab BabyOchira Sathar Nooranad Ramachandran 1994 News Magazine No. 268 (A)Plague: Curable and Preventable Hindi R. Krishna Mohan Mahesh P. Sinha 1995 Home Away From Home English V. B. Joshi Late Vishram Revankar 1996 Rabia Chalikkunnu Malayalam Abraham Benhur Ali Akbar 1997 Nirankush Hindi Venu Arora Venu Arora 1998 Silent Scream English Vivek K. Kumar Vikram Kumar 1999 No Award 2000 Tulasi English Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division Rajgopal Rao for Films Division 2001 Kanavu Malayilekku Malayalam Tomy Mathew M. G. Sasi 2002 No Award 2003 Fiddlers on the Thatch English Rajiv Mehrotra Trisha Das 2004 No Award 2005 No Award 2006 Filariasis English A. S. Nagaraju M. Elango 2007 Prarambha Kannada Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan 2008 Polio Vs. Polio Victims EnglishHindiMarathi Gulshan Sachdeva Aman Sachdeva 2009 No Award 2010 Advaitham Telugu K. Vijaypal Reddy Pradeep Maadugula 2011 A Drop of Sunshine English Public Service Broadcasting Trust Aparna Sanyal 2012 No Award 2013 The Quantum Indians English Public Service Broadcasting Trust Raja Choudhury 2014 Komal English Climb Media India Pvt. Ltd. Prashant Shikare Behind the Glass Wall English Gaahimedia Aruna Raje Patil 2015 Paywat Marathi Mithunchandra Chaudhari Nayana DolasMithunchandra Chaudhari 2016 The Water Fall English Syed Sultan Ahmed Lipika Singh Darai 2017 The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are Rahi Foundation Vaishali Sood 2018 Sarala Virala Kannada H. R. Sujatha Eregowda 2019 Apples and Oranges English LXL Ideas Rukshana Tabassum 2020 Dreaming of Words Malayalam Tamil Nandan Nandan 2021 Sirpigalin Sirpangal Tamil KKV Media Venture B. Lenin
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives Motivational Movies Bollywood