Heads of the National Archives of India (1891-2017)

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Ofricer-in-charge:

Name: George William Forrest

Serving Period: 11 March 1891 to 1899


Name: Samuel Charles Hill

Serving Period:March 1899 to March 1902


Name: Charles Robert Wilson

Serving Period:18 March 1902 to 27 May 1904


Name: Norman Leslie Hallward

Serving Period:1904-1905


Name: Dr. Edward Denison Ross

Serving Period:1905-1914


Keeper Of Records:

 

Name: Alwyn Faber Scholfield

Period of Serving: 1914-1919


Name: Richard Henry Blaker

Period of Serving:1919-1920


Name: Jamini Mohan Mitra

Period of Serving:1920-1922


Name: Abul Faiz Muhammad Abdul Ali

Period of Serving: 1922 to December 1938


Name: C. Singer

Period of Serving: February-July 1938


Name: S.N. Sen

Period of Serving: 12 June 1939 to 19 August 1947


Director of Archive:

 

Name: S.N. Sen

Date: 20 August 1947 to 1949


Name: Dr. P. Basu

Date: 1949-1951 to (Officiating)


Name: Dr. (Mrs.) Beena Chatterji

Date: 13 June 1951 to February 1952


Name: Dr. B.A. Saletore

Date: June 1952 to September 1957


Name: R.C. Gupta

Date: 8 February to 8 September 1957


Name: Tapan Raychudhary

Date: 9 September 1957 to 14 September 1958


Name: K.D.Bhargava

Date: 1958 to 28 July 1960


Name: S. Roy

Date: 29 July 1960 to September 1962 (Officiating)


Name: K.D. Bhargava

Date: 2 September 1962 to 1969


Name: Dr. S.N. Prasad

Date: September 1969 to September 1979


Name: S.A.I. Tirmizi

Date: September 1979 to July 1982


Name: Dr. R.K. Perti

Date: 23 August 1982 to 31 May 1990


Director General of Archives:

 

Name: Dr. R.K. Perti

Date: 1 June 1990 to 31 August 1993


Name: Dr. Sukumar Sarkar

Date: 1 September 1993-31 December 2001


Name: Hardev Singh

Date: 1 January 2002 to 31 January 20014


Name: Dr. Shitla Prasad

Date: 1 February 2004 to 27 February 2005


Name: S.B. Ota

Date: 22 February to 22 March 2005


Name: K. Jayakumar, IAS

Date: 23 March 2005 to 31 March 2007


Name: Dr. Shitla Prasad

Date: 12 April to 30 November 2007


Name: Lov Verma, IAS

Date: 4 December 2007 to 7 October 2008


Name: S.M.R. Baqar

Date: 8 October 2008 to 14 May 2010


Name: Prof. Mushirul Hasan

Date: 15 May 2010 to 13 May 2013


Name: Pramod Kumar Jain, IAS

Date: 14 May 2013 to 18 September 2013


Name: V. Srinivas, IAS

Date: 19 September 2013 to 16 December 2014


Name: Ms. Sreya Guha, IAS

Date: 17 December 2014 to 13 December 2015


Name: Pankaj Rag, IAS

Date: 14 December 2015 to 22 February 2017


Name: Raghvendra Singh, IAS

Date: 22 February 2017 to 03 December 2017


Name: Pritam Singh, IAS

Date: 4 December 2017 to 19 September 2018


Name: Sharvan Kumar

Date: 20 September 2018 to 05 March 2019


Name: P. Ventaka Ramesh, IAS

Date: 06 March 2019 to 14 May 2019


Name: Pranav Khullar

Date: 17 May 2019 to 26 December 2019


Name: Chandan Sinha, IAS

Date: 27 December 2019 to till date