Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Mohammad Hamid Ansari म हम मद ह म द अ स र محمد حامد انصاری 14th Vice President of India Incumbent Assumed office 11 August 2007 President Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee Preceded by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Personal details Born (1937-04-01) 1 April 1937 (age 77) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Nationality Indian Political party Independent Spouse(s) Salma Ansari Alma mater University of Calcutta Aligarh Muslim University Religion Islam Mohammad Hamid Ansari ( pronunciation (help·info)) (Hindi: म हम मद ह म द अ स र )(born 1 April 1937) is the 14th and current Vice President of India, in office since 2007. After Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Ansari is the only person to get elected for the post of Vice President of India at two consecutive terms. He also presently serves as President of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh. Ansari worked as an ambassador and served as Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from 2000 to 2002. Later he was Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2007. He was elected as Vice President of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007. He was re-elected on 7 August 2012 and was sworn-in by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. The oath taking ceremony was conducted at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 11, 2012.