Former Directors General
| S.No | Name of the officer | Designation | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | |||
| 1 | Sri V. Narayana Rao, IAS | Special Officer | 17.03.1976 | 28.11.1978 |
| 2 | Sri J.M. Girglani, IAS | Special Officer | 28.11.1978 | 02.01.1979 |
| 3 | Sri P. Sitapati, IAS | Special Officer | 03.01.1979 | 27.01.1979 |
| 4 | Sri G.R. Nair, IAS | Special Officer | 28.01.1979 | 10.09.1979 |
| 5 | Sri P. Sitapati, IAS | Commissioner | 11.09.1979 | 05.03.1980 |
| 6 | Sri M.R. Pai, IAS | Commissioner | 06.03.1980 | 31.10.1980 |
| 7 | Sri T. Padmanabhan, IAS | Commissioner | 01.11.1980 | 22.05.1983 |
| 8 | Sri V. Sundaresan, IAS | Commissioner | 22.05.1983 | 30.06.1984 |
| 9 | Sri S. Santhanam, IAS | Commissioner | 01.07.1984 | 13.09.1984 |
| 10 | Sri T. Padmanabhan, IAS | Commissioner | 13.09.1984 | 23.03.1986 |
| 11 | Sri K.M. Ahmad, IAS | Commissioner | 24.3.1986 | 18.01.1990 |
| 12 | Sri Narendra Luther, IAS Spl. Chief Secretary |
Commissioner | 19.01.1990 | 30.04.1991 |
| 13 | Sri Paul Bhuyan, IAS | Jt. Commissioner (FAC) | 01.05.1991 | 04.07.1991 |
| 14 | Sri K. Swaminathan, IAS | Commissioner | 05.07.1991 | 17.08.1993 |
| 15 | Sri A.K. Sharma, IAS | Commissioner | 18.08.1993 | 31.01.1995 |
| 16 | Dr. V. Chandramouli, IAS | Commissioner | 01.02.1995 | 30.11.1995 |
| 17 | Sri Y. Rajagopal Singh, IAS | Commissioner(FAC) | 01.12.1995 | 31.12.1995 |
| 18 | Sri V.K. Srinivasan, IAS | Commissioner & Spl. Chief Secretary | 01.01.1996 | 05.08.1996 |
| 19 | Sri P.P. Williams, IAS | Commissioner | 05.08.1996 | 07.12.1996 |
| 20 | Sri P.V. Rao, IAS | Commissioner | 07.12.1996 | 27.08.1997 |
| 21 | Ms. Urmila Subbarao, IAS | Commissioner | 27.08.1997 | 14.01.1998 |
| 22 | Sri P.V.R.K. Prasad, IAS | Commissioner | 15.01.1998 | 03.08.1998 |
| 23 | Sri P.V.R.K. Prasad, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 04.08.1998 | 31.08.2001 |
| 24 | Sri P.V.R.K. Prasad, IAS (Re-employment) |
Director General | 01.09.2001 | 30.06.2004 |
| 25 | Sri Raghothama Rao, IAS | Director General & Spl. Chief Secretary (FAC) | 01.07.2004 | 07.07.2004 |
| 26 | Sri A.K. Parida, IAS | Director General | 08.07.2004 | 03.04.2006 |
| 27 | Vacant | |||
| 28 | Sri M. Narayana Rao, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 12.04.2006 | 30.11.2006 |
| 29 | Dr. P. Dayachari, IAS | Director General | 01.12.2006 | 29.05.2007 |
| 30 | Sri Pankaj Dwivedi, IAS | Director General | 30.05.2007 | 05.09.2007 |
| 31 | Sri A.K. Parida, IAS | Director General | 06.09.2007 | 25.03.2008 |
| 32 | Dr. V.P. Jauhari, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 26.03.2008 | 30.09.2009 |
| 33 | Dr. V.P. Jauhari, IAS (Re-employment) |
Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 30.09.2009 | 30.09.2010 |
| 34 | Sri Ajoyendra Pyal, IAS | Director General (FAC) | 01.10.2010 | 15.11.2010 |
| 35 | Sri Md. Shafiquz Zaman, IAS | Director General | 16.11.2010 | 30.06.2013 |
| 36 | Dr. Prasanta Mahapatra, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 15.7.2013 | 28.02.2014 |
| 37 | Sri S.K. Sinha, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 01.03.2014 | 31.05.2014 |
| 38 | Smt. Lakshmi Parthasarathi, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary | 04.06.2014 | 28.02.2015 |
| 39 | Sri Vinod K. Agrawal, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. CS to Govt. | 02.03.2015 | 28.02.2017 |
| 40 | Sri B.P. Acharya, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. CS to Govt. | 01.03.2017 | 31.10.2020 |
| 41 | Sri Harpreet Singh, IAS | Director General & Principal Secretary to Govt. | 01.11.2020 | 30.07.2022 |
| 42 | Sri Benhur Mahesh Dutt Ekka, IAS | Director General(FAC) | 01.08.2022 | 14.07.2023 |
| 43 | Dr. Shashank Goel, IAS | Director General & E.O. Spl. Chief Secretary to Government | 15.07.2023 | |