NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind has been elected the country’s 14th president. In the final vote count, NDA nominee Kovind received 65.6 per cent votes translating into 702,044 Electoral College votes, while UPA candidate Meira Kumar managed to get 34.35 per cent (367,314 votes). Current President Pranab Mukherjee’s term is ending on July 24 and Kovind will take oath the next day to become India’s 14th President. Kovind, an advocate by profession, used to practice in Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. He had represented India in the United Nations in New York and addressed United Nations General Assembly in October 2002. On August 8, 2015, Kovind was appointed governor of Bihar. Kovind served as a member of the Board of Management of Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

(Economic Times)