Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was one of the greatest thinkers and philosophers that India has ever had. He also served as the first Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and later on became went on to become the second President of India in 1962 and stayed in office till 1967. He was born into a simple middle class Tamil family in the town of Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu on 5th September 1888. From a very early age he showed signs of greatness and excelled in academics. He went on to study at the Madras Christian College and in 1921 was appointed for the prestigious King George V Chair in Philosophy for the University of Calcutta. He promulgated Vedanta, a form of Hinduism that is supposed to b... For pictures, videos and lots more, go to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's Profile