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{{Short description|Indian dental surgeon}}
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'''A.S. Narayana''' is an Indian dental surgeon,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Amarnath K. |date=2002-03-04 |title=Hyderabad-based dentist makes it his duty to save the teeth of rural schoolchildren |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20020304-hyderabad-based-dentist-makes-it-his-duty-to-save-the-teeth-of-rural-schoolchildren-796550-2002-03-03 |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> a former Professor of Dental Surgery in Government Dental College, Hyderabad and a former State Coordinator of the ''Andhra Pradesh School Health Services''<ref name="My Doc Advisor">{{cite web|url=http://www.mydocadvisor.com/DoctorDetail.aspx?Id=846&HospitalId=844&CId=254 |title=My Doc Advisor |publisher=My Doc Advisor |date=2014 |access-date=12 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112201655/http://www.mydocadvisor.com/DoctorDetail.aspx?Id=846&HospitalId=844&CId=254 |archive-date=12 January 2015 }}</ref> known for the free dental camps he has conducted across the villages in Andhra Pradesh since 1974.<ref name="Devnet">{{cite web | url=http://devnetjobs.tripod.com/hellolife/molar.html | title=Devnet | publisher=Devnet | date=2014 | access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="India Today">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20020304-hyderabad-based-dentist-makes-it-his-duty-to-save-the-teeth-of-rural-schoolchildren-796550-2002-03-03 | title=India Today | publisher=India Today | date=4 March 2002 | access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> He founded the Sai Oral Health Foundation,<ref name="SOHF">{{cite web|url=http://www.saioralhealthfoundation.com/saioralhealth/Home.html |title=SOHF |publisher=SOHF |date=2014 |access-date=12 January 2015 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> His efforts are reported to have reached 1.5 million children in 20,000 schools.<ref name="Devnet" /><ref name="India Today" />

Narayana received the [[B. C. Roy Award]], the highest medical award of the Government of India in 1989.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.saioralhealthfoundation.com/saioralhealth/awards.html |title=Awards |publisher=SOHF |date=2014 |access-date=12 January 2015 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is also a recipient of the ''Visishta Puraskara'' from the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] (1999), Dr. Paidi Lakshmaiah Puraskar from Dr. Paidi Laxmaiah Trust, TANA Excellency Award (2009) and the FAMDENT Lifetime Achievement Award (2010).<ref name="My Doc Advisor" /><ref name="Awards" /> He was honored again by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Padma Shri Award Winners 2025 {{!}} List of Padma Shree Award Recipients Name, Year & Field - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/padma-shri-award-winners-list/ |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=www.oneindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Narayana is married to Srirama Lakshmi in Hyderabad, India. His oldest son, Sairam Atluri, is the CEO of Stemcures, and is a pain physician practicing in Cincinnati, OH. His younger son, Mohan Atluri, is a maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Hyderabad. He has three grandchildren, Trisha Atluri, Teja Atluri, and Neel Sai Atluri.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}

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[[Category:Indian dentists]]
[[Category:Dr. B. C. Roy Award winners]]
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ShannonAguayo at 05:01, 14 January 2026