# National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

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 :
| * | President's Silver Medal for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film |
| * | Indicates a joint award for that year |
List of award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film | Language | Producer | Director |
| 1960 (8th) | Pond Culture | English | Films Division | N. K. Issar |
| 1960 (8th) | Cotton | English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
| 1960 (8th) | Wheat | English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
| 1961 (9th) | Citrus Cultivation | English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
| 1961 (9th) | Coir Worker | English | F. R. Bilimoria | F. R. Bilimoria |
| 1961 (9th) | Ahvan | Hindi | Dhruva Kumar Pandya | Dhruva Kumar Pandya |
| 1962 (10th) | Virginia Tobacco | English | Films Division | P. R. S. Pillay |
| 1962 (10th) | The Evolution and Races of Man | English | National Education and Information Film Ltd. | S. Sukhdev |
| 1963 (11th) | Indian Ocean Expedition | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Shanti S. Verma |
| 1964 (12th) | Sterilisation of the Female | Hindi | Films Division | G. H. Saraiya |
| 1965 (13th) | Play Better Hockey | English | Children's Film Society | Shanti S. Verma |
| 1966 (14th) | | | | |
| 1967 (15th) | Akbar | English | J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division | Shanti S. Varma |
| 1968 (16th) | Forest and The Man | English | K. L. Khandpur for Films Division | • Neil Gokhale • P. B. Pendharkar |
| 1969 (17th) | Life | English | K. L. Khandpur for Films Division | S. Gangooii |
| 1970 (18th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1971 (19th) | | | | |
| 1972 (20th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1973 (21st) | Sath Kutch Na Jayega | Hindi | • Dhiru Mistry • Sureshwar Singh | • Dhiru Mistry • Sureshwar Singh |
| 1974 (22nd) | Atoms | English | (Late) Pramod Pati for Films Division | M. M. Chaudhuri of I. I. T., Kanpur |
| 1975 (23rd) | Induced Breeding | English | K. K. Kapil | Suraj Joshi |
| 1976 (24th) | | | | |
| 1977 (25th) | Tobacco Habits and Oral Cancer | English | A. V. Films | Arun Khopkar |
| 1978 (26th) | The Magic Hands | English | M/s Little Cinema | Santi P. Chowdhury |
| 1979 (27th) | | | | |
| 1980 (28th) | Mariculture | English | Films Division | C. J. Paulose |
| 1981 (29th) | The Four Minutes | English | Vijay B. Chandra for Films Division | B. G. Devare |
| 1982 (30th) | Kooduthal Paal Venamenkil | Malayalam | Kerala State Film Development Corporation | V. R. Gopinath |
| 1983 (31st) | Oval Crop | English | Radha Narayanan | Mohi-ud-Din Mirza |
| 1984 (32nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1985 (33rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1986 (34th) | Mitraniketan Vellanad | English | Cinemart Foundation | Jagannath Guha |
| 1986 (34th) | For Better Living | English | • Padmalaya Mohapatra • Ghanashyam Mohapatra | Ghanashyam Mohapatra |
| 1987 (35th) | Paani | Marathi | Sumitra Bhave | Sumitra Bhave |
| 1988 (36th) | Chitthi | Hindi | Cinemart Foundation | Suhasini Mulay |
| 1989 (37th) | Ser Alang | Karbi | Horticulturist, Karbi Anglong | Indrajit Narayan Deb |
| 1989 (37th) | Yun Sikhlayen Akhar | Hindi | Ramesh Asher Films | Ramesh Asher |
| 1990 (38th) | Ducks Out of Water | English | D. Gautaman | Raj Gopal Rao |
| 1990 (38th) | Natun Asha | Assamese | Beauty Sabhapandit | Arup Borthakur |
| 1991 (39th) | A Story of Triumph | English | Poona District Leprosy Committee | Vishram Revankar |
| 1992 (40th) | Kalarippayat | English | P. Ashok Kumar | P. Ashok Kumar |
| 1992 (40th) | Towards Joy and Freedom | English | Haimanti Banerjee | Haimanti Banerjee |
| 1993 (41st) | AIDS | Malayalam | • Nooranad Ramachandran • Ganab Baby • Ochira Sathar | Nooranad Ramachandran |
| 1994 (42nd) | News Magazine No. 268 (A) Plague: Curable and Preventable | Hindi | R. Krishna Mohan | Mahesh P. Sinha |
| 1995 (43rd) | Home Away From Home | English | V. B. Joshi | Late Vishram Revankar |
| 1996 (44th) | Rabia Chalikkunnu | Malayalam | Abraham Benhur | Ali Akbar |
| 1997 (45th) | Nirankush | Hindi | Venu Arora | Venu Arora |
| 1998 (46th) | Silent Scream | English | Vivek K. Kumar | Vikram Kumar |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | Tulasi | English | Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division | Rajgopal Rao for Films Division |
| 2001 (49th) | Kanavu Malayilekku | Malayalam | Tomy Mathew | M. G. Sasi |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Fiddlers on the Thatch | English | Rajiv Mehrotra | Trisha Das |
| 2004 (52nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2005 (53rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2006 (54th) | Filariasis | English | A. S. Nagaraju | M. Elango |
| 2007 (55th) | Prarambha | Kannada | Santosh Sivan | Santosh Sivan |
| 2008 (56th) | Polio Vs. Polio Victims | • English • Hindi • Marathi | Gulshan Sachdeva | Aman Sachdeva |
| 2009 (57th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2010 (58th) | Advaitham | Telugu | K. Vijaypal Reddy | Pradeep Maadugula |
| 2011 (59th) | A Drop of Sunshine | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | Aparna Sanyal |
| 2012 (60th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2013 (61st) | The Quantum Indians | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | Raja Choudhury |
| 2014 (62nd) | Komal | English | Climb Media India Pvt. Ltd. | Prashant Shikare |
| 2014 (62nd) | Behind the Glass Wall | English | Gaahimedia | Aruna Raje Patil |
| 2015 (63rd) | Paywat | Marathi | Mithunchandra Chaudhari | • Nayana Dolas • Mithunchandra Chaudhari |
| 2016 (64th) | The Water Fall | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed | Lipika Singh Darai |
| 2017 (65th) | The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are | | Rahi Foundation | Vaishali Sood |
| 2018 (66th) | Sarala Virala | Kannada | H. R. Sujatha | Eregowda |
| 2019 (67th) | Apples and Oranges | English | LXL Ideas | Rukshana Tabassum |
| 2020 (68th) | Dreaming of Words | • Malayalam • Tamil | Nandan | Nandan |
| 2021 (69th) | Sirpigalin Sirpangal | Tamil | KKV Media Venture | B. Lenin |