Former Director
K.R. RAMANATHAN
March 1948 - March 1965
FNA
Meteorology, Space Science & Hydrology
VIKRAM A. SARABHAI
April 1965 - December 1971
FNA
Cosmic Rays & Space Sciences
M .G .K. MENON
January 1972 - November 1972
FNA, FASc, FRS, FTWAS
Cosmic Rays & Astrophysics
DEVENDRA LAL
November 1972 - March 1983
FNA, FASc,FRS, FTWAS, NASc (USA)
Geocosmophysics, Oceanography & Hydrology
SUDHIR P. PANDYA
March 1983 - May 1987
FNA, FASc
Theoretical Nuclear Physics
RAM K. VARMA
June 1987 - March 1995
FNA, FASc
Plasma Physics, Astrophysics, Classical & Quantum Mechanics
GIRISH SARAN AGARWAL
April 1995 - August 2004
FTWAS, FNA, FASc, FNASc.,FRS
Laser Physics, Quantum Optics & Quantum Information
JITENDRA NATH GOSWAMI
June 2005 - November 2014
FTWAS, FNA, FASc, FNASc.
Planetary Explorations and Geosciences
UTPAL SARKAR
December 2014 - May 2016
FNA, FASc, FNASc.
Theroretical Physics
TAPAN MISRA
June 2016 - February 2017
FINAE, FIETE, FIRS, FISSE
Microwave Remote Sensing