Background
J L Nayar was born to K.K. Raman Nair of Palghat, Kerala and Prantoshini Nayar of Berhampur on 18 April 1924, Nayar had his early education at Berhampur.
J L Nayar was born to K.K. Raman Nair of Palghat, Kerala and Prantoshini Nayar of Berhampur on 18 April 1924, Nayar had his early education at Berhampur.
Latter J.L Nayar had graduated from the Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, in 1949.
With his inspiration J. L Nayar inducted himself into the Seva Samithi Scout movement, formed by Netaji in Berhampur despite of his tender age. J.L.Nayar used to sing the Telugu songs to ignite the young minds in Subash Chandra Bose public meetings at the Berhampur Barracks at the Old Business Stand organised by Seva Samithi Scout movement. Being a great fan of the immortal singer, Kundan Lal Saigal, Doctor Nayar, himself is a gifted singer.
Being fluent in Hindi, Bengali or Urdu, Doctor Nayar used to sing every song of Saigal, and gave several stage performances, a majority of which were held in Vizag and a few were organised in cities like Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Berhampur and Bhubaneswar.
Doctor Nayar is also an innovative dancer and choreographer. Doctor Nayar gave his probably last special performance in aid of Kargil war heroes at Kalabharati auditorium and sent the audience into raptures.
The donations collected were Rs.1.20 lakh and the amount was sent to the Central Army Welfare Fund through the District Collector. Doctor Nayar apart from being an medical consultant to many public sector industries in and around Visakhapatnam, he had a non profit making private practice in slum areas of Visakhapatnam creating awareness about Sexually Transmitted Diseases and public hygiene.
After assuming the charge as Chairman of Canadian Baptist Mission High School from Padma Sri Hilda Mary Lazarus he dedicated most of his time for strengthening primary education in Uttarandhra.
He believes in secret donations and practiced it throughout his life. Doctor Nayar died on 3 May 2011 after a prolonged illness in his residence at Visakhapatnam.