List of presidents of India by education

This is a list of Indian Presidents by university education. Some attended more than one institution. For the Indian institutions, only the degree awarding or affiliating universities, as they were known when the attendees studied there are mentioned.[1]

List
# Name Class Year Degree College University Note
1 Rajendra Prasad 1905 BA Presidency University of Calcutta
1907 M.A. in Economics
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1906 BA Madras Christian University of Madras
MA
3 Zakir Husain University of Allahabad; Frederick William University of Berlin He graduated from the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College (now known as Aligarh Muslim University), which was then affiliated with the University of Allahabad. Also, Frederick William University of Berlin is now known as Humboldt University of Berlin.
4 V. V. Giri Utkal University; University College Dublin
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed University of the Punjab; St. Catharine's College, Cambridge; Inner Temple
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy University of Madras
7 Zail Singh Did not attend university, although he was formally educated at the Shaheed Sikh Missionary College, a religious training institute administered by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman University of Madras
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma Agra University Agra University is now known as Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University.
University of Lucknow
Fitzwilliam University of Cambridge
Lincoln's Inn
Harvard Law School Harvard University
10 K. R. Narayanan 1941BA (English)University of TravancoreUniversity of Travancore is now known as University of Kerala.
1943MA (English)
1945B.Sc (Economics)London School of Economics[2] University of London
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 1954 BSc (Physics) St Joseph's University of Madras
1960 BE (Aerospace Engineering) Madras Institute of Technology Anna University [3]
12 Pratibha Patil MA (Political Science, Economics)Mooljee Jetha CollegeUniversity of PoonaUniversity of Poona is now known as Savitribai Phule Pune University.
LL.BGovernment Law College, MumbaiUniversity of Bombay
13 Pranab Mukherjee BA (History)Suri VidyasagarUniversity of Calcutta
MA (Political Science, History)
LL.B
14 Ram Nath Kovind[4] 1966B.ComKanpur UniversityKanpur University is now known as Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University.
1971LLBDAV

References
  1. Former Presidents of India (official website)
  2. Anthony, P. J. (2005-11-10). "K. R. Narayanan Dies at 85; 'Untouchable' India President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. Tully, Mark (2015-07-30). "APJ Abdul Kalam obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. "The President of India". presidentofindia.gov.in. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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