Past Heads of the Institute


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)