Ram Nath Kovind New President Of India

 Ram Nath Kovind New President Of  India

Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who will succeed the incumbent president Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India on 25 July 2017  He was the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 He had also served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.

Kovind was born on 1 October 1945 in Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh  His father was a farmer

 He holds a Bachelors degree in commerce and a LLB from DAV College, 

(affiliated with Kanpur University)

After graduating in law from a Kanpur college, Kovind went to Delhi to prepare for the civil


services examination. He passed this exam on his third attempt, but he did not join as he 


was selected for an allied service instead of IAS and thus started practicing law  He was 


Central Government Advocate in the Delhi High Court from 1977 to 1979 and served as a 


Central Government standing counsel in the Supreme Court from 1980 to 1993. In 1978, 


he became an advocate-on-record of the Supreme Court of India. He practiced in the 


Delhi High Court and Supreme Court for about 16 years until 1993. He was also enrolled 


as an advocate in 1971 with the bar council of Delhi. As an advocate he provided free legal 


aid to weaker sections of society, women and the poor under the Free Legal Aid Society in


New Delhi  He also served as the personal assistant of Prime Minister of India Morarji 


Desai in 1977-1978.

Kovind married Savita Kovind on 30 May 1974. They have a married son, Prashant Kumar,
and a daughter, Swati