Former Director General

Sr. No. Name Start Date End Date Photo
1 Vice Admiral VA Kamath 19/08/1978 31/03/1980 Image of Vice Admiral VA Kamath, PVSM
2 Vice Admiral Swaraj Prakash 01/04/1980 31/03/1982 Image of Vice Admiral Swaraj Prakash, PVSM, MVC, AVSM
3 Vice Admiral MR Schunkar 01/04/1982 31/03/1984 Image of Vice Admiral MR Schunkar, PVSM, AVSM
4 Vice Admiral S Jain 19/06/1984 14/02/1985 Image of Vice Admiral S Jain, PVSM, NM
5 Vice Admiral IJS Khurana 15/02/1985 30/06/1987 Image of Vice Admiral IJS Khurana, PVSM, ADC
6 Vice Admiral H Johnson 10/07/1987 27/06/1990 Image of Vice Admiral H Johnson, PVSM, VSM
7 Vice Admiral SW Lakhar 28/06/1990 31/08/1992 Image of Vice Admiral SW Lakhar, PVSM, NM, VSM
8 Vice Admiral KK Kohli 05/10/1992 03/01/1995 Image of Vice Admiral KK Kohli, AVSM
9 Vice Admiral PJ Jacob 04/01/1995 17/11/1996 Image of Vice Admiral PJ Jacob, AVSM, VSM
10 Vice Admiral RN Ganesh 18/11/1996 04/03/1999 Image of Vice Admiral RN Ganesh, AVSM, NM
11 Vice Admiral C DeSilva 05/03/1999 06/03/2001 Image of Vice Admiral C DeSilva, PVSM, AVSM
12 Director General Rameshwar Singh 07/03/2001 29/09/2001 Image of Director General Rameshwar Singh, PTM
13 Vice Admiral OP Bansal 30/09/2001 12/01/2003 Image of Vice Admiral OP Bansal, AVSM, VSM
14 Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta 13/01/2003 19/08/2004 Image of Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta, AVSM
15 Vice Admiral AK Singh 20/08/2004 24/02/2006 Image of Vice Admiral AK Singh, PVSM,AVSM, NM
16 Director General Dr. P Paleri 28/02/2006 31/08/2006 Image of Director General Dr. P Paleri, PTM, TM
17 Vice Admiral RF Contractor 31/08/2006 30/11/2008 Image of Vice Admiral RF Contractor, AVSM, NM
18 Vice Admiral Anil Chopra 01/12/2008 29/10/2011 Image of Vice Admiral Anil Chopra AVSM
19 Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan 01/11/2011 28/02/2013 Image of Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan AVSM, NM
20 Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal 01/03/2013 31/01/2015 Image of Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, AVSM & Bar
21 Vice Admiral HCS Bisht 01/02/2015 28/02/2016 Image of Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM
22 Director General Rajendra Singh 29/02/2016 30/06/2019 Image of Director General Rajendra Singh, PTM, TM
23 Director General K Natarajan 01/07/2019 31/12/2021 Image of Director General K Natarajan, PVSM, PTM, TM
24 Director General VS Pathania 31/12/2021 31/01/2023 Image of Director General VS Pathania, PTM, TM