| Name | Years |
| Ms. Vijayalakshmi Pandit | 1947-1949 |
| Dr. S. Radhakrishnan | 1949-1952 |
| K.P.S. Menon | 1952-1961 |
| Subimal Dutt | 1961-1962 |
| T.N. Kaul | 1962-1966 |
| Kewal Singh | 1966-1968 |
| D.P. Dhar | 1969-1971 |
| Dr. K.S. Shelvankar | 1971-1975 |
| D.P. Dhar | 1975-1975 |
| I.K. Gujral | 1976-1980 |
| V.K. Ahuja | 1980-1983 |
| Prof. S. Nurul Hasan | 1983-1986 |
| T.N. Kaul | 1986-1989 |
| A.S. Gonsalves | 1989-1992 |
| R. Sen | 1992-1998 |
| S.K. Lambah | 1998-2001 |
| K. Raghunath | 2001-2004 |
| Kanwal Sibal | 2004-2007 |
| P.P. Shukla | 2007 - 2011 |
| Ajai Malhotra | 2011 - 2013 |
| P.S. Raghavan | 2014 - 2016 |
| Pankaj Saran | 2016 - 2018 |
| D.B. Venkatesh Varma | 2018 - 2021 |
| Pavan Kapoor | 2021 - 2024 |
| Vinay Kumar | 2024 |
