List of Former Chairmen of the UPSC
| Chairman Name | Date of Joining | Date of Retirement |
| 1.Sir Ross Barker | October, 1926 | August, 1932 |
| 2. Sir David Petrie | August, 1932 | 1936 |
| 3. Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 | 1942 |
| 4. Sir F.W. Robertson | 1942 | 1947 |
| 5. Sh. H.K. Kripalani | April 1,1947 | January 13,1949 |
| 6. Sh. R.N. Banerjee | January 14,1949 | May 9, 1955 |
| 7. Sh. N. Govindarajan | May 9, 1955 | Dec. 9, 1955 |
| 8. Sh. V.S.Hejmadi | Dec. 9, 1955 | Dec. 9, 1961 |
| 9. Sh. B.N.Jha | Dec. 11, 1961 | Feb.22, 1967 |
| 10. Sh. K.R. Damle | April 18,1967 | March 2, 1971 |
| 11. Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar | May1,1971 | Feb.1, 1973 |
| 12. Dr. A.R.Kidwai | Feb. 5, 1973 | Feb. 4, 1979 |
| 13. Dr.M.L. Shahare | Feb.16, 1979 | Feb.16, 1985 |
| 14. Sh. H.K.L. Capoor | Feb.18, 1985 | March 5, 1990 |
| 15. Sh. J.P.Gupta | March 5, 1990 | June 2, 1992 |
| 16. Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli) | Sept. 23, 1992 | Aug. 23, 1996 |
| 17. Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal | Aug. 23, 1996 | Sept. 30, 1996 |
| 18. Sh. J.M. Qureshi | Sept. 30, 1996 | Dec. 11, 1998 |
| 19. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath | Dec. 11, 1998 | June 25, 2002 |
| 20. Sh. P.C. Hota | June 25, 2002 | Sept. 8, 2003 |
| 21. Sh. Mata Prasad | Sept. 8, 2003 | Jan.4, 2005 |
| 22. S. R. Hashim | January, 2005 | April, 2006 |
| 23. D. P. Agrawal | August, 2008 | August, 2014 |
| 24. Rajni Razdan | August, 2014 | November, 2014 |
| 25. Deepak Gupta | November, 2014 | September, 2016 |
| 26. Alka Sirohi | September 21 , 2016 | January 3, 2017 |
| 27. David R. Syiemlieh | January 4, 2017 | January 21, 2018 |
| 28. Vinay Mittal | January 22 , 2018 | June 19, 2018 |
