| Sukumar Sen | 21 March 1950-19 December 1958 |
| K.V.K. Sundaram | 20 December 1958-30 September 1967 |
| S.P. Sen Verma | 1 October 1967-30 September 1972 |
| Dr Nagendra Singh | 1 October 1972-6 February 1973 |
| T. Swaminathan | 7 February 1973-17 June 1977 |
| S.L. Shakdhar | 18 June 1977-17 June 1982 |
| R.K. Trivedi | 18 June 1982-31 December 1985 |
| R.V.S. Peri Sastri | 1 January 1986-25 November 1990 |
| Smt V.S. Rama Devi | 26 November 1990-11 December 1990 |
| T.N. Seshan | 12 December 1990-11 December 1996 |
| M.S. Gill | 12 December 1996-13 June 2001 |
| J.M. Lyngdoh | 14 June 2001-7 February 2004 |
| T.S. Krishna Murthy | 8 February 2004-15 May 2005 |
| B.B. Tandon | 16 May 2005-07 February 2006 |
| N. Gopalaswamy | 8 February 2006 – 30 April 2009 |
| Navin Chawla | 2 May 2009 – 30th July 2010 |
| Dr. S. Y. Quraishi | 30th July 2010 |
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