mohammad hamid ansari (born 1 april 1937) is an indian politician. he was the 12th vice-president of india from 2007 through 2017. he is the first vice president of india to be re-elected after dr.sarvepalli radhakrishnan. hamid ansari serves as the president of the indian institute of public administration. he is also the chancellor of panjab university, chandigarh.