Kocheril raman narayanan biography examples

President of India from 1997 to 2002

Not to be confused with R. K. Narayan.

In this Indian name, the name Kocheril Raman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Narayanan.

Kocheril Raman "K.

R." Narayanan ([kot͡ʃeɾɪl ɾəməɳ nɑɾɑjəɳən]) 27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005)^[1][2] was an Indian statesman, diplomat, academic, and politician who served as the ninth vice president of India from 1992 to 1997 and tenth president of India from 1997 to 2002.

Narayanan was born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala) into a Hindu family. After a brief stint with journalism and then studies at the London School of Economics with the assistance of a scholarship, Narayanan began his career in India as a member of the Indian Foreign Service in the Nehru administration.

He served as ambassador to a number of countries, most principally to the United S