New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday sworn in as the 15th vice president of India.

President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to the 67-year-old Radhakrishnan at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Dressed in a red kurta, Radhakrishnan took oath in English in the name of God.

President Murmu congratulated Radhakrishnan after he took oath.

Radhakrishanan won the vice presidential election on Tuesday, defeating the joint opposition nominee B Sudershan Reddy by a margin of 152 votes.

The election was necessitated due to the sudden resignation of the then incumbent, Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 21 over health issues.

Dhankhar was present at the ceremony, his first public appearance since his resi...