| # | Name of Director | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. A. Gupta | 01/09/1971 | 01/07/1973 |
| 2. | Shri S. Venugopal Rao | 02/07/1973 | 25/06/1974 |
| 3. | Shri B.K. Roy | 04/09/1974 | 27/05/1977 |
| 4. | Shri Bhawanimal | 07/07/1977 | 01/11/1978 |
| 5. | Shri V.N. Rajan | 05/01/1979 | 31/05/1982 |
| 6. | Shri R.S. Kulkarni | 27/07/1983 | 25/01/1989 |
| 7. | Shri V.K. Kaul | 26/01/1989 | 16/10/1989 |
| 8. | Shri K.K. Puri | 17/10/1989 | 30/04/1991 |
| 9. | Shri A.J. Bahadur | 03/06/1991 | 08/04/1993 |
| 10. | Shri L.C. Amarnathan | 09/04/1993 | 14/03/1994 |
| 11. | Shri A.V. Liddle | 15/03/1994 | 17/06/1994 |
| 12. | Sh. L.C. Amarnathan | 17/06/1994 | 11/4/1995 |
| 13. | Shri M.K. Shukla | 12/04/1995 | 31/08/1997 |
| 14. | Shri Kamal Kumar | 18/11/1997 | 02/12/2002 |
| 15. | Shri Sharda Prasad | 09/12/2002 | 25/10/2006 |
| 16. | Shri D.M. Mitra | 15/11/2006 | 02/06/2009 |
| 17. | Shri Kamlendra Prasad | 11/06/2009 | 17/06/2014 |
| 18. | Mrs Rina Mitra | 22/07/2014 | 21/05/2015 |
| 19. | Shri D.M. Mitra | 22/05/2015 | 24/09/2016 |
| 20. | Shri Sandeep Mittal | 17/10/2016 | 06/06/2017 |
| 21. | Shri Javeed Ahmad | 08/06/2017 | 31/12/2019 |
| 22. | Shri Nasir Kamal | 06/03/2020 | 28/07/2021 |
| 23. | Shri Dr. S. K. Shukla | 29/07/2021 | |