Unsung Heroes
The Scholarship Master of Karpe: How a Retired Teacher's Old Honda Dream Has Carried a Rs 5 Crore Mission for 21 Years
At 83, K. Narayana Naik still leaves home at 8 am on an old Honda Dream motorbike, visiting schools across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Over 21 years of retirement, he has helped more than a lakh students secure scholarships worth roughly Rs 5 crore — a mission rooted in his own father once trying to pull him out of school after class 5.
K. Narayana Naik
Retired school teacher and school inspector; known widely as the "Scholarship Master"