Directors (1963–present)
| Name | Period |
| D. P. Kohli | 1963–68 |
| F. V. Arul | 1968–71 |
| D. Sen | 1971–77 |
| S. N. Mathur | 1977 |
| C. V. Narsimhan | 1977 |
| John Lobo | 1977–79 |
| R. D. Singh | 1979–80 |
| J. S. Bajwa | 1980–85 |
| M. G. Katre | 1985–89 |
| A. P. Mukherjee | 1989–90 |
| R. Sekhar | 1990 |
| Vijay Karan | 1990–92 |
| S. K. Datta | 1992–93 |
| K. V. R. Rao | 1993–96 |
| Joginder Singh | 1996–97 |
| R. C. Sharma | 1997–98 |
| D. R. Karthikeyan | 1998 |
| T. N. Mishra | 1998–99 |
| R. K. Raghavan | 4 Jan 1999 – 30 Apr 2001 |
| P. C. Sharma | 30 Apr 2001 – 6 Dec 2003 |
| U. S. Misra | 6 Dec 2003 – 6 Dec 2005 |
| Vijay Shanker Tiwari | 12 Dec 2005 – 31 Jul 2008 |
| Ashwani Kumar | 2 Aug 2008 – 30 Nov 2010 |
| Raaz Prasad | 30 Nov 2010 – 30 Nov 2012 |
| Ranjit Sinha | 30 Nov 2012 – 30 Nov 2014 |
| Anil Sinha | 2 Dec 2014 – present |