Narayan Singh Manaklao

Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao is a noted social worker of India and was member of the Rajya Sabha, by nomination during August 2003 to August 2009.[1] He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan award. He was born in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan in 1942.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1991 by the Government of India[2] in recognition of dedicated services rendered in helping to reduce the anti-social consumption of opium by organizing systematic and scientific de-addiction programmes, which have benefited thousands of rural and urban men, women and children drawn from all strata of society since 1980. He established Sucheta Kriplani Shiksha Niketan, a unique residential Senior Secondary School to impart free and quality education to the physically disabled children in 1991.

He had earlier received Padma Shri in 1986.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  2. 1 2 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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