| Name of the UPSC chairman in India | Time Period |
| Sir Ross Barker | October 1926 – August 1932 |
| Sir David Petrie | August 1932 – 1936 |
| Sir Eyre Gorden | 1937 – 1942 |
| Sir F. W. Robertson | 1942 – 1947 |
| Sh. H. K. Kripalani | April 1st , 1947 – January 13th , 1949 |
| Sh. R. N. Banerjee | January 14th , 1949 – May 9th , 1955 |
| Sh. N. Govindarajan | May 10th , 1955 – December 9th , 1955 |
| Sh. V. S. Hejmadi | December 10th , 1955 – December 9th , 1961 |
| Sh. B. N. Jha | December 11th , 1961 – February 22nd , 1967 |
| Sh. K. R. Damle | April 18th , 1967 – March 2nd , 1971 |
| Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar | May 11th , 1971 – February 1st , 1973 |
| Dr. A.R. Kidwai | February 5th , 1973 – February 4th , 1979 |
| Dr. M.L. Shahare | February 16th , 1979 – February 16th , 1985 |
| Sh. H.K.L. Capoor | February 18th , 1985 – March 5th , 1990 |
| Sh. J.P. Gupta | March 5th , 1990 – June 2nd , 1992 |
| Smt. R.M. Bathew (Kharbuli) | September 23rd , 1992 – August 23rd , 1996 |
| Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal | August 23rd , 1996 – September 30th , 1996 |
| Sh. J.M. Qureshi | September 30th , 1996 – December 11th , 1998 |
| Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath | December 11th , 1998 – June 25th , 2002 |
| Sh. P.C. Hota | June 25th, 2002 – September 2003 |
| Sh. Mata Prasad | September 8th , 2003- January 4th , 2005 |
| Dr. S.R. Hashim | January 4th , 2005 – April 1st , 2006 |
| Sh. Gurbachan Jagat | April 1st , 2006 – June 30th , 2007 |
| D. P. Agrawal | June 30th , 2007-August 16th , 2014 |
| Mrs. Rajni Razdan | August 17th , 2014 – November 22nd , 2014 |
| Sh. Deepak Gupta | November 23rd , 2014 – September 20th , 2016 |
| Smt. Alka Sirohi | September 21st , 2016 – January 3rd , 2017 |
| Prof. David R. Syiemlieh | January 4th , 2017 – January 21st , 2018 |
| Vinay Mittal | January 21st , 2018 – June 19th , 2018 |
| Arvind Saxena | June 20th , 2018 – August 6th , 2020 |
| Pradeep Kumar Joshi | Incumbent |
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