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	1941	BA (English)	University of Travancore	University of Travancore is now known as University of Kerala.
		1943	MA (English)
		1945	B.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 College	University of Poona	University of Poona is now known as Savitribai Phule Pune University.
			LL.B	Government Law College, Mumbai	University of Bombay
13	Pranab Mukherjee		BA (History)	Suri Vidyasagar	University of Calcutta
			MA (Political Science, History)
			LL.B
14	Ram Nath Kovind[4]	1966	B.Com		Kanpur University	Kanpur University is now known as Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University.
		1971	LLB	DAV

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.