List of Vice Presidents of India 2023 [Updated]

List of Vice President of India

List of Vice Presidents of India 2023 : The Vice President of India is the deputy to the President of India and this office ranks second in order of precedence and first in line of succession to the presidency. The Vice President is also a member of Parliament of India as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The Vice President acts as ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha. He is elected indirectly by members of an electoral college comprising members of both Houses of Parliament and not the members of the state legislative assemblies.

The election is done by the system of proportional representation using single transferable votes and the voting is conducted by the Election Commission of India using a secret ballot. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna was the first Vice President of India.

Name of vice presidents is asked in many competitive exams, so it becomes necessary to know about the vice presidents of India. So, here in this blog we have compiled a List of vice presidents of India 2023.

List of Vice Presidents of India 2023 :

Here is the complete list of Vice presidents of India and their tenure. Keep checking this space for new information.

Sl.No	Vice president	From	To
1	Jagdeep Dhankhar	11 August 2022	Incumbent
2	Venkaiah Naidu	11 August 2017	10 August 2022
3	Mohammad Hamid Ansari	11 August 2007	10 August 2012
4	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	19 August 2002	21 July 2007
5	Krishan Kant	21 August 1997	27 July 2002
6	K. R. Narayanan	21 August 1992	24 July 1997
7	Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 September 1987	24 July 1992
8	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	31 August 1984	24 July 1987
9	Mohammad Hidayatullah	31 August 1979	30 August 1984
10	B. D. Jatti	31 August 1974	30 August 1979
11	Gopal Swarup Pathak	31 August 1969	30 August 1974
12	V. V. Giri	13 May 1967	3 May 1969
13	Zakir Husain	13 May 1962	12 May 1967
14	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13 May 1952	12 May 1957

More Information Related to Vice Presidents of India

Article 65 of the Indian Constitution talks about the vice-president of India. The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The post of Vice President of India is taken from the US Constitution. A Vice-President can be removed from office by the full process of impeachment, or the Rajya Sabha can remove VP by passing a resolution with an absolute majority but the consent of the Lok Sabha is necessary. The necessary qualifications required for this post are listed below:

1. Citizen of India who has completed the age of 35 years.
2. He should not hold any office of profit under union government, state government, public authority and local authority.

List of Vice President of India 1951-2023

1. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Name:	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Father’s Name	Shri S. Veerasamiah
Date of Birth	September 5, 1888
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati S. Sivakamamma
Educational Qualifications	M.A, D. Litt. (Hony.), LL.D., D.C.L, Litt. D., D.L, F.R.S.L, F.B.A., Hony. Fellow, All Souls College (Oxford)

2. Dr.Zakir Hussain

Name:	Dr.Zakir Hussain
Father’s Name	Shri Fida Husain
Date of Birth	February 8,1897
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Shahjehan Begum
Educational Qualifications	M.A., Ph.D. (Berlin), D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) (Universities of Delhi, Aligarh, Allahabad, Calcutta and Cairo)

3. Sh. V.V. Giri

Name:	Sh. V.V. Giri
Father’s Name	Shri Jogiah Pantulu
Date of Birth	August 10, 1894
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Sarasvathi Bai Giri
Educational Qualifications	Barrister-at-Law, D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) (Banaras Hindu University and Andhra University), LL.D. (Honoris Causa) (Agra Universiity)

4. Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak

Name:	Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak
Father’s Name	Pandit Krishan Swarup Pathak
Date of Birth	February 26, 1896
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Prakashwati
Educational Qualifications	M.A., LL.B.

5. Sh. B.D.Jatti

Name:	Sh. B.D.Jatti
Father’s Name	Shri Danappa Jatti
Date of Birth	September,10, 1912
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Sangamma
Educational Qualifications	B-A., LL.B

6. Sh. M. Hidayatullah

Name:	Sh. M. Hidayatullah
Father’s Name	Khan Bahadur Hafiz M. Wilayatuallah
Date of Birth	December 17, 1905
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Pushpa Shah
Educational Qualifications	M.A., Barrister-at-law, LL.D. (Honoris Causa) (University of Philippines), D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) (Universities of Bhopal and Kakatiya);

7. Sh. R. Venkataraman

Name:	Sh. R. Venkataraman
Father’s Name	Shri K. Ramaswami lyer
Date of Birth	December 4. 1910
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Janaki Venkataraman
Educational Qualifications	M.A., B.L., Doctorate of Laws (Honoris Causa) (Universities of Madras, Nagarjuna and Burdwan), Doctorate of Social Sciences (University of Roorkee)

8. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma

Name:	Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
Father’s Name	Pt. Khushilal Sharma Vaidya Shastri
Date of Birth	August 19, 1918
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Vimala Sharma
Educational Qualifications	M.A., LLM,, Ph.D. (Cambridge University). Diploma in Public Administration (London), Bar-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) Fellow, Harvard Law School, Zurich University and Paris University, Doctorate of Laws (Honoris Causa) (Universities of Vikram. Bhopal, Agra, Sri Venkateswara, Tirupati, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya and Mauritius);

9. Sh. K.R. Narayanan

Name:	Sh. K.R. Narayanan
Father’s Name	Shri Kocheril Ramari Vaidyan
Date of Birth	October 27, 1920
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati Usha Narayanan
Educational Qualifications	M. A. (English Literature), First Class First, University of Travancore, Kera!a, B.Sc. (Economics), First Class Honours, London School of Economics;

10. Sh. Krishan Kant

Name:	Sh. Krishan Kant
Father’s Name	Lala Achint Ram
Date of Birth	February 28, 1927
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	hrimati Suman Krishan Kant
Educational Qualifications	M.Sc. (Technology) from the Banaras Hindu University, he worked as a Scientist with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.

11. Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Name:	Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Father’s Name	Late Shri Devi Singh Shekhawat
Mother’s Name	Late Smt. Bane Kanwar
Date of Birth	23rd October 1923
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Smt. Suraj Kanwar
Children	One daughter
Profession:	Farmer and Agriculturist

12. M. Hamid Ansari

Name:	M. Hamid Ansari
Father’s Name	Shri Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari
Mother’s Name	Smt. Aasiya Begum
Date of Birth	1 April 1937
Place of Birth	Calcutta
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	Smt. Salma Ansari
Children	Two sons and one daughter
Educational Qualifications	BA (Hons); MA (Political Science)

13. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Name:	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
Father’s Name	Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu
Mother’s Name	Late Shrimati Ramanamma
Date of Birth	1 July 1949
Place of Birth	Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)
Marital Status	Married on 14 April 1970
Spouse’s Name	Shrimati M. Usha
Children	One Son and One daughter
Educational Qualifications	B.A., B.L. (Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)
Profession	Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social worker

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