What is the name of the Indian President who was also the Indian High Commissioner to Ceylon(Sri Lanka)?

V. V. Giri

V. V. Giri, Indian President, was also the Indian High Commissioner to Ceylon(Sri Lanka).

V.V. Giri was the vice president of India in 1969.  Indira Gandhi encouraged him to file his nomination as an independent candidate for the Presidential elections of 1969. He won the election when it was conducted.