dental surgeon Professor of Dental Surgery
He founded the Sai Oral Health Foundation, under the aegis of which he makes weekly trips to the rural areas of the state, conducts medical camps and delivers lectures at schools educating the rural masses about oral hygiene. His efforts are reported to have reached 1.5 million children in 20,000 schools.
Narayana received the B. C. Roy Award, the highest medical award of the Government of India in 1989. He is also a recipient of the "Visishta Puraskara from the Government of Andhra Pradesh (1999), Doctor Paidi Lakshmaiah Puraskar from Doctor Paidi Laxmaiah Trust, TANA Excellency Award (2009) and the FAMDENT Lifetime Achievement Award (2010). He was honored again by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
