| SR.NO | Name of UPSC Chairman | Tenure |
| 1 | Sir David Petrie | August 1932 – 1936 |
| 2 | Sir Ross Barker | October 1926 – August 1932 |
| 3 | Sir F. W. Robertson | 1942 – 1947 |
| 4 | Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 – 1942 |
| 5 | R. N. Banerjee | January 14, 1949 – May 9, 1955 |
| 6 | H. K. Kripalani | April 1, 1947 – January 13, 1949 |
| 7 | V. S. Hejmadi | December 10, 1955 – December 9, 1961 |
| 8 | N. Govindarajan | May 10, 1955 – December 9, 1955 |
| 8 | K. R. Damle | April 18, 1967 – March 2, 1971 |
| 9 | B. N. Jha | December 11, 1961 – February 22, 1967 |
| 10 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | February 5, 1973 – February 4, 1979 |
| 11 | Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar | May 11, 1971 – February 1, 1973 |
| 12 | February 18, 1985 – March 5, 1990 | H. K. L. Capoor |
| 14 | M. L. Shahare | February 16, 1979 – February 16, 1985 |
| 15 | September 23, 1992 – August 23, 1996 | R. M. Bathew |
| 16 | J. P. Gupta | March 5, 1990 – June 2, 1992 |
| 17 | J. P. Gupta | March 5, 1990 – June 2, 1992 |
| 18 | J. M. Qureshi | September 30, 1996 – December 11, 1998 |
| 19 | S. J. S. Chhatwal | August 23, 1996 – September 30, 1996 |
| 20 | S. J. S. Chhatwal | August 23, 1996 – September 30, 1996 |
| 21 | Purna Chandra Hota | June 25, 2002 – September 2003 |
| 22 | Surendra Nath | December 11, 1998 – June 25, 2002 |
| 23 | Surendra Nath | December 11, 1998 – June 25, 2002 |
| 24 | Mata Prasad | September 2003 – January 2005 |