Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th, and the present President of India. He assumed the office of the President of India on 25th July, 2017. Kovind has worked extensively in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
He received his bachelor’s degree and LLB degree from DAV College, affiliated to Kanpur University. He was a lawyer who practised in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court for about sixteen years.
Kovind was nominated as a presidential candidate by the ruling NDA coalition. He won the presidential election against Meira Kumar. Kovind was the Governor of Bihar before being appointed the President of India. He began his political career in 1994, when he was elected as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha, from Uttar Pradesh. He was an MP for two terms — 1994 to 2006.
Kovind also served as member of the board of management of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Lucknow, and as a member of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
He represented India in the UN in New York, and addressed the UN General Assembly in 2002.
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