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.