| Faculty Name | Duration | Chairman of department |
| GJ FOWLER | 1921- 25 | 1921- 25 |
| RV NORRIS | 1925-30 | 1925-30 |
| V SUBRAHMANYAM | 1931-49 | 1931-49 |
| BN SASTRY | 1941-42 | - |
| BN BANERJEE | 1941- 50 | - |
| KV GIRI | 1942-58 | 1950-58 |
| SS DE | 1946-51 | - |
| PLN RAO | 1948-71 | - |
| M SREENIVASAYA | 1949-50 | - |
| MK SUBRAHMANIAM | 1949-70 | - |
| SC PILLAI | 1950-71 | - |
| HR CAMA | 1953-81 | 1970-76 |
| J GANGULY | 1953-81 | 1976-81 |
| RK MALLER | 1957-63 | - |
| PS SARMA | 1959-70 | 1959-70 |
| CS VAIDYANATHAN | 1960-92 | 1984-86 |
| T RAMASARMA | 1962-92 | 1986-89 |
| PJ VITHAYATHIL | 1962-89 | - |
| NR MOUDGAL | 1965-91 | 1981-84 |
| N APPAJI RAO | 1965-95 | 1989-92 |
| S MAHADEVAN | 1965-93 | - |
| TK VIRUPAKSHA | 1965-71 | - |
| TG RAJAGOPALAN | 1966-68 | - |
| TM JACOB | 1967-88 | - |
| JD CHERAYIL | 1967-88 | - |
| G PADMANABAN | 1969-98 | 1994-98 Director of IISc |
| PS SASTRY | 1969-95 | 1992-95 |
| SA KUMAR | 1969-71 | - |
| PR ADIGA | 1969-95 | - |
| PV SUBBA RAO | 1969-95 | 1995-96 |
| JD PADAYATTY | 1969-88 | - |
| CKRK KURUP | 1969-89 | - |
| S KRISHNAMURTHY | 1969-91 | - |
| SK PODDER | 1972-97 | - |
| R MAHESHWARI | 1972- | 1996-98 |
| MRS RAO | 1982-2003 | 1998-2003 |
| AJ RAO | 1982-2004 | - |
| R RAJASEKHARAN | 1995-2015 | - |
| HS SAVITHRI | 1987-2016 | 2009-2014 |
| R MANJUNATH | 1988-2017 | - |
| K MUNIYAPPA | 1987-2018 | 2003-2009 |
| A KARANDE | 1989-2018 | - |