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1948 - 1964

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

 
 

1964 - 1969

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Colonel B. L. Taneja

 
 

11.02.1969 - 11.02.1974

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Prof. P. N. Wahi

 
 

11.02.1974 - 18.02.1979

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. C. Gopalan

 
 

19.02.1979 - 07.08.1986

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Prof. V. Ramalingaswami

 
 

08.09.1986 - 08.09.1991

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Prof. A. S. Paintal

 
 

15.10.1991 - 07.05.1994

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. S. P. Tripathi

 
 

27.07.1994 - 24.08.1997

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. G. V. Satyavati

 
 

12.03.1998 - 10.11.2007

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Prof. N. K. Ganguly

 
 

18.11.2008 - 28.02.2015

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch

 
 

17.08.2015 - 30.11.2017

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

 
 

16.04.2018 - 15.07.2022

Dr. C.G. Pandit (Director)

Prof. Balram Bhargava

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