Updated on February 2021.
The Vice President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the Government of India after the President.
In accordance with Article 65 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions.
They are also the ex officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.
- The first vice president of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952. He later served as the president.
- Following the death of Zakir Husain in 1969, V. V. Giri resigned from the post of vice president to contest the presidential election and got elected.
- Out of 13 vice presidents, six of them later went on to become the president.
- Krishna Kant has been the only one to die during his tenure.
- On 11 August 2017, Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India.
Name |
Joined Office |
Left Office |
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
13 May 1952 |
12 May 1962 |
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
13 May 1962 |
12 May 1967 |
Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
13 May 1967 |
3 May 1969 |
Gopal Swarup Pathak |
31 August 1969 |
30 August 1974 |
Basappa Danappa Jatti |
31 August 1974 |
30 August 1979 |
Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah |
31 August 1979 |
30 August 1984 |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
31 August 1984 |
24 July 1987 |
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |
3 September 1987 |
24 July 1992 |
Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
21 August 1992 |
24 July 1997 |
Krishan Kant |
21 August 1997 |
27 July 2002 |
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |
19 August 2002 |
21 July 2007 |
Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
11 August 2007 |
11 August 2017 |
Venkaiah Naidu |
11 August 2017 |
Incumbent |
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