| Name | From | To |
| Dr P K GOPALAKRISHNAN | April 28, 1972 | June 26, 1980 |
| Sri K V NAMBIAR,IAS | September 25, 1980 | November 31, 1981 |
| Sri GOPALAKRISHNAN (In Charge) | July 30, 1982 | October 18, 1983 |
| Sri K V NAMBIAR, IAS | October 18, 1983 | January 10, 1985 |
| Sri S VARADACHARY,IAS | September 23, 1987 | September 13, 1992 |
| Sri K V NAMBIAR, IAS | September 13, 1992 | April, 1996 |
| Sri A M SALIM (In Charge) | May, 1996 | May, 2001 |
| Sri V KRISHNA MURTHY IAS | July 21, 2001 | March 22, 2005 |
| Sri A M SALIM (In Charge) | July 02, 1991 | July 04, 1991 |
| Sri RAMACHANDRAN, IAS | July 04, 1991 | August 13, 1991 |
| Sri K MOHANANCHANDRAN, IAS | August 17, 1991 | September 18, 1991 |
| Sri K V NAMBIAR, IAS | September 19, 1991 | June 06, 1996 |
| Sri K N KURUP (In Charge) | June 06, 1996 | July 24, 1996 |
| Sri P SIVANANDAN, IAS | July 24, 1996 | December 06, 1997 |
| Sri K N KURUP | December 06, 1997 | March 20, 2001 |
| Sri K MOHANDAS, IAS | March 20, 2001 | June 11, 2001 |
| Sri S M VIJAYANAND, IAS | June 11, 2001 | August 31, 2005 |
| Sri V M VIJAYARAGHAVA MENON,IAS | September 01, 2005 | October 15, 2005 |
| Dr S VENKETESWARAN (In Charge) | October 15, 2005 | July 26, 2006 |
| Dr ALOK SHEEL, IAS | July 27, 2006 | June 30, 2007 |
| Sri TEEKA RAM MEENA, IAS | July 10, 2007 | March 26, 2011 |
| Sri SUBRATA BISWAS, IAS | March 27, 2011 | August 24, 2012 |
| Sri V S SENTHIL, IAS | August 24, 2012 | May 22, 2013 |
| Smt RACHNA SHAH, IAS | June 01, 2013 | August 06, 2013 |
| Dr ANURADHA BALARAM, IES | August 07, 2013 | April 06, 2015 |
| Dr ALOK SHEEL, IAS | April 06, 2015 | May 31, 2016 |
| Sri V S SENTHIL IAS | June 02, 2016 | July 23, 2017 |
| Dr SHARMILA MARY JOSEPH IAS | July 24, 2017 | September 25, 2017 |
| Sri P VENUGOPAL IAS | September 26, 2017 | January 31, 2018 |
| Sri A R AJAYAKUMAR IAS | February 01, 2018 | May 29, 2018 |
| Dr VISHWAS MEHTA IAS | May 29, 2018 | December 15, 2018 |
| Dr A JAYATHILAK IAS | December 17, 2018 | May 31, 2020 |
| Dr VENU V IAS | June 01, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| Sri TEEKA RAM MEENA, IAS | July 12, 2021 | February 28, 2022 |
| Sri SANJAY M KAUL, IAS | March 01, 2022 | April 12, 2022 |
| Sri BISHWANATH SINHA, IAS | April 13, 2022 | October 31, 2022 |
| Sri PUNEET KUMAR, IAS | November 01, 2022 | December 17, 2023 |
| Smt SARADA MURALEEDHARAN, IAS | December 18, 2023 | 31 August, 2024 |
| Dr RATAN U KELKAR, IAS | October 07, 2024 |