Solution:

• Article 58 of the Constitution sets the principal qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the office of the President. A President must be:a citizen of Indiaof 35 years of age or above qualified to become a member of the Lok Sabha
• A person shall not be eligible for election as President if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.
• Certain office-holders, however, are permitted to stand as Presidential candidates. These are:
  The current Vice-President
  The Governor of any state
  A Minister of the Union or of any state
• In the event that the Vice-President, a State Governor or a Minister is elected President, they are considered to have vacated their previous office on the date they begin serving as President.