New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The BJP on Sunday announced Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) pick for the upcoming Vice President elections.

Born on October 20, 1957, in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

Here are five facts about the Vice President candidate.

1.Born in 1957 in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur, CP Radhakrishnan completed his studies from Chidambaram College in Coimbatore with a degree in BBA.

2. Radhakrishnan has always been passionate about sports-he was a college champion in table tennis, excelled as a long-distance runner, and also loved playing cricket and volleyball.

3. He started as an RSS Swayamsevak, a...