Draupadi Murmu

• India's first tribal President.

• Second Woman President after Smt. Pratibha Patil.

• Coming from Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Murmu belongs to Santhal tribe- the third largest Scheduled Tribe in India (after Gonds and Bhils).

Who is a President?

• About: Head of the Indian State and the first citizen of India

• Election: Elected by electoral college consisting of MPs of both Houses of Parliament and MLAs of the states and Delhi and Puducherry. (but not the nominated members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and Assemblies and members of Councils)

• Constitutional Provisions: Article 54-62