Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• Father’s Name: Shri S. Veerasamiah
• Date of Birth: September 5, 1888
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse’s Name: Shrimati S. Sivakamamma
• Educational Qualifications: M.A, D. Litt. (Hony.), LL.D., D.C.L, Litt. D., D.L, F.R.S.L, F.B.A., Hony. Fellow, All Souls College (Oxford)

Positions Held

King George V Professor of Philosophy, Calcutta University, 1921-39

Vice-Chancellor of

• Andhra University, 1931-36
• Banaras Hindu University, 1939-48
• Indian Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to U.S.S.R., 1949-52

President/ Chairman of

• Indian Philosophical Congress, 1927 and 1950
• Executive Board, UNESCO, 1948
• University Education Commission, Government of India, 1948-49
• UNESCO General Conference, 1952-54 and 1958 and
• Buddha Jayanti Committee, 1956

Author of

• Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
• Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy
• Indian Philosophy
• The Hindu View of Life
• An Idealist View of Life
• East and West in Religion
• Kalki or the Future of Civilisation
• The Religion We Need
• Gautama the Buddha
• Eastern Religions and Western Thought
• India and China
• Religion and Society
• Education, Politics and War
• Bhagavadgita
• Dhammapada
• The Principal Upanishads
• East and West: Some Reflections
• Recovery of Faith
• A Source Book of Indian Philosophy, 1957
• The Brahma Sutra
• Occasional Speeches and Writings and
• Articles on Indian Philosophy in Encyclopaedia Britannica

Recipient of

Bharat Ratna, 1954

Member of

• Vice-President of India and ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha, 13.5.1952 to 12.5.1957 and 13.5.1957 to 12.5.1962;
• Later become President of India, 13.5.1962 to 12.5.1967;

Died on

17 April, 1975