Chronology of Directors
| NAME | YEAR |
| Prof. V. K. R. V. Rao | 1949 - 1957 |
| Prof. B. N. Ganguli | 1957 - 1962 |
| Prof. K. N. Raj | 1962 - 1965 |
| Prof. M. S. A. Rao* | 1965 - 1966 |
| Prof. T. Raychaudhuri | 1966 - 1968 |
| Prof. A. Das Gupta# | 1968 - 1970 |
| Prof. V. L. S. Prakasa Rao** | 1970 - 1972 |
| Prof. A. B. Ghosh## | 1972 - 1973 |
| Prof. A. M. Shah* | 1973 - 1975 |
| Prof. A. L. Nagar | 1975 - 1977 |
| Prof. R. Ramachandran** | 1977 - 1979 |
| Prof. Dharma Kumar | 1979 - 1980 |
| Prof. K. L. Krishna | 1980 - 1981 |
| Prof. Dharma Kumar | 1981 - 1982 |
| Prof. K. L. Krishna | 1982 - 1984 |
| Prof. A. L. Nagar | 1984 - 1987 |
| Prof. Mrinal D. Chaudhuri | 1987 - 1991 |
| Prof. J. P. S. Uberoi* | 1991 - 1992 |
| Prof. R. S. Nigam## | 1992 - 1993 |
| Prof. K. L. Krishna | 1993 - 1995 |
| Prof. S. D. Tendulkar | 1995 - 1998 |
| Prof. Badal Mukhopadhyay | 1998 - 2001 |
| Prof. Om Prakash | 2001 - 2002 |
| Prof. Aneeta A. Minocha* | 2002 - 2003 |
| Prof. Badal Mukhopadhyay | 2003 - 2005 |
| Prof. Pulin B. Nayak | 2005 - 2008 |
| Prof. B. L. Pandit | 2008 |
| Prof. Partha Sen | 2008 - 2011 |
| Prof. Santosh C. Panda | 2011 - 2013 |
| Prof. Pami Dua | 2014 - 2018 |
| Prof. Meenakshi Thapan* | 2018 - 2019 |
| Prof. Pami Dua | 2020 - 2023 |
| Prof. Ram Singh | 2023 to date |
* Sociology; ** Geography; # Business Management; ## Commerce; Others - Economics