| Name | Tenure |
| Sukumar Sen | 21 March 1950-19 December 1958 |
| K.V.K. Sundaram | 20 December 1958-30 September 1967 |
| S.P. Sen Verma | 01 October 1967-30 September 1972 |
| Dr Nagendra Singh | 01 October 1972-6 February 1973 |
| T. Swaminathan | 07 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 | 01 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 | 08 February 2004 – 15 May 2005 |
| B.B. Tandon | 16 May 2005 – 29 June 2006 |
| N. Gopalaswamy | 30 June 2006 – 20 April 2009 |
| Navin Chawla | 21 April 2009 – 29 July 2010 |
| S.Y. Qureshi | 30 July 2010 – 10 June 2012 |
| V. S. Sampath | 11 June 2012 – 15 January 2015 |
| H.S.Brahma | 16 January 2015 – 18 April 2015 |
| Dr. Nasim Zaidi | 19 April 2015 – 05 July, 2017 |
| Shri A K Joti | 06 July, 2017 – 22 January, 2018 |
| Shri Om Prakash Rawat | 23 January, 2018 – Incumbent |
