 K. R. Narayanan

Kocheril Raman Narayanan ; (4 February 1921 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian academic, and politician who served as the 10th President of India (1997–2002) and 9th Vice President of India (1992–1997).Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala), and after a brief stint with journalism and then studying political science at the London School of Economics with the assistance of a scholarship, Narayanan began his career in India as a member of the Indian Foreign Service in the Nehru administration.