| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
- 13 May 1952 – 12 May 1957
- 13 May 1957 – 12 May 1962
|
| Zakir Hussain |
13 May 1962 – 12 May 1967 |
| V. V. Giri |
13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 |
| Gopal Swarup Pathak |
31 August 1969 – 30 August 1974 |
| B. D. Jatti |
31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979 |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah |
31 August 1979 – 30 August 1984 |
| R. Venkataraman |
31 August 1984 – 24 July 1987 |
| Shankar Dayal Sharma |
3 September 1987 – 24 July 1992 |
| K. R. Narayanan |
21 August 1992 – 24 July 1997 |
| Krishan Kant |
21 August 1997 – 27 July 2002 |
| Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |
19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007 |
| Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
- 11 August 2007 – 11 August 2012
- 11 August 2012 – 11 August 2017
|
| Venkaiah Naidu |
11 August 2017 – Incumbent |
