| Name |
Duration |
Designation |
| Professor Birbal Sahni, FRS |
September, 1946 - April, 1949 |
Director (Hon) |
| Mrs Savitri Sahni |
April, 1949 - May, 1950 |
Director (Hon) |
| Professor Ove Arbo Hoeg |
October, 1951 - August, 1953 |
Director |
| Dr. K.R. Surange, FNA |
August, 1953 - April, 1980 |
Director |
| Dr. M.N. Bose, FNA |
May, 1980 - March, 1985 |
Director |
| Dr. B.S. Venkatachala, FNASc. |
June, 1985 - January, 1993 |
Director |
| Dr. K.P. Jain, FPbS |
February, 1993 - March, 1993 |
Acting Director |
| Dr. R.S. Tiwari, FPbS |
March, 1993 - January, 1996 |
Director |
| Dr. G. Rajagopalan |
February, 1996 - November, 1997 |
Acting Director |
| Professor A.K. Sinha, FGS (London) |
November, 1997 - February, 2003 |
Director |
| Dr. Jayasri Banerji |
February, 2003 - January, 2004 |
Scientist In-charge |
| Dr. Jayasri Banerji |
February, 2004 - February, 2005 |
Officiating Director |
| Dr. Naresh Chandra Mehrotra |
March, 2005 - October, 2012 |
Director |
| Dr. R.R. Yadav |
November, 2012 - January, 2013 |
Director-Incharge |
| Prof. Sunil Bajpai |
January, 2013 - January, 2018 |
Director |
| Prof. Sunil Bajpai |
January, 2018 - July, 2018 |
Director ( Additional Charge) |
| Dr. R C Mehrotra |
July, 2018 - February, 2019 |
Director ( Additional Charge) |
| Prof. Mukund Sharma |
March, 2019 - June, 2019 |
Director ( Additional Charge) |
| Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Prasad |
June, 2019 - July, 2023 |
Director |
| Dr. Kalachand Sain |
August, 2023 - September, 2023 |
Director (Additional Charge) |
