ahmedabad four teachers and three principals bagged the mahatma gandhi educational award 2011 on sunday mumbaibased trust india first foundation an educational consultancy firm gave out the cash awards all the winners were women and no teacher or principal from ahmedabad figured in the list of awardees awarded teachers include sonal verma of navrachana vidhyani vidhyalay vadodara bhartiben gohil of smt pn vora vidhyaniketan school amreli r srimathi of chandrabala modi academy bharuch and nanda deshpande of vallabh ashrams mgm amin vn savani school principals selected for the award include rekha mishra of navrachana vidhyani vidhyalay vadodara kalpana joshipura of kalrav school halol and s anthony raj of jh ambani saraswati vidya mandir surat a special jury award was given to madhuben daruwala of gajraba primary school surat the winners were picked up from the nonaided schools in the state there are around 3000 nonfunded schools in gujarat and around 500 in the city the awards were given away by state revenue minister anandiben patel and wellknown author raghuvir chaudhary he said that in 300 nominations for the award there were not many nominations from ahmedabad the awards were given away by state revenue minister anandiben patel and wellknown author raghuvir chaudhary