What did Dr. Radhakishan bring presidency
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Answer. First Vice President and second President of India. Placed Indian philosophy on world map
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Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan About this soundpronunciation (help·info) (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher, academic, and statesman[2] who served as the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India (1962–1967).[web 1]
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg
2nd President of India
In office
13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Vice President
Zakir Hussain
Preceded by
Rajendra Prasad
Succeeded by
Zakir Hussain
1st Vice President of India
In office
13 May 1952 – 12 May 1962
President
Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by
Office Established
Succeeded by
Zakir Hussain
Personal details
Born
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnayya
5 September 1888
Thiruttani, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)[1]
Died
17 April 1975 (aged 86)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality
Indian
Political party
Independent
Spouse(s)
Sivakamu (1893 - 26 November 1956)
Children
5 (daughters)
1 (Son) Sarvepalli Gopal
Alma mater
University of Madras (BA, MA)
Profession
PhilosopherAcademician
Awards
Bharat Ratna (1954)
Templeton Prize (1975)
One of India's most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy,[3][web 2] after completing his education at Madras Christian College in 1911, he became Assistant Professor and later Professor of Philosophy at Madras Presidency College then subsequently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mysore (1918-1921); the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921–1932) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford (1936–1952) by which he became the first Indian to hold a professorial chair at the University of Oxford. He was Upton Lecturer at Manchester College, Oxford in 1926, 1929, and 1930. In 1930 he was appointed Haskell lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Chicago.[4]
His philosophy was grounded in Advaita Vedanta, reinterpreting this tradition for a contemporary understanding.[web 2] He defended Hinduism against what he called "uninformed Western criticism",[5] contributing to the formation of contemporary Hindu identity.[6] He has been influential in shaping the understanding of Hinduism, in both India and the west, and earned a reputation as a bridge-builder between India and the West.[7]
Radhakrishnan was awarded several high awards during his life, including a knighthood in 1931, the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India, in 1954, and honorary membership of the British Royal Order of Merit in 1963. He was also one of the founders of Helpage India, a non profit organisation for elderly underprivileged in India. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan believed that "teachers should be the best minds in the country". Since 1962, his birthday has been celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September every year.[web 3]
He is the only President of India who could not attend the Delhi Republic Day parade due to his ill health [8] He served as the professor of philosophy at Mysore (1918–21) and Calcutta (1937–41) universities.