About the University
Our Chancellors
| Year | Name |
| 1857 | The Right Hon’ble Charles John, Earl of Canning |
| 1862 | The Right Hon’ble James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine |
| 1863 | The Right Hon’ble Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence |
| 1869 | The Right Hon’ble Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of Mayo |
| 1872 | The Right Hon’ble Francis Baron Napier of Merchiston |
| 1872 | The Right Hon’ble Thomas George Baring, Baron of North-brook |
| 1876 | The Right Hon’ble Edward Robert Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton |
| 1880 | The Most Hon’ble Sir George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquis of Ripon |
| 1885 | The Right Hon’ble Sir Frederick Temple, Hamilton Temple, Earl of Dufferin |
| 1888 | The Most Hon’ble Henry Charles Keith, Marquis of Lansdowne |
| 1894 | The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine |
| 1899 | The Right Hon’ble George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon of Kedleston |
| 1904 | The Right Hon’ble Arthur Oliver Villiers, Baron Ampthill |
| 1904 | The Right Hon’ble George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon of Kedleston |
| 1905 | The Right Hon’ble Sir Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Earl of Minto |
| 1911 | The Right Hon’ble Charles Baron Hardinge of Penshrust |
| 1916 | The Right Hon’ble Sir Frederic John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford |
| 1921 | The Right Hon’ble Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay |
| 1922 (From 24 to 27 March) | Sir Henry Wheeler |
| 1922 | The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1925 (From 10 April to 7 Aug. ) | Sir John Henry Kerr |
| 1925 | The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1926 (From 11 June to 10 Oct.) | Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson |
| 1926 | The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1927 | Colonel the Right Hon’ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson |
| 1930 (For 4 months from 5 June) | Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson |
| 1930 | Colonel the Right Hon’ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson |
| 1932 | The Right Hon’ble Sir John Anderson |
| 1934 (For 4 months from 9 Aug.) | Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead |
| 1934 | The Right Hon’ble Sir John Anderson |
| 1937 | The Right Hon’ble Lord Brabourne |
| 1938 (For 4 months from 25 June) | Sir Robert Neil Reid |
| 1938 | The Right Hon’ble Lord Brabourne |
| 1939 (From 25 Feb. to 11 June) | Sir Robert Neil Reid |
| 1939 (From 12 June to 17 Nov.) | Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead |
| 1939 | Sir John Arthur Herbert |
| 1944 | Sir Thomas George Rutherford |
| 1944 | The Right Hon’ble Richard Gardiner Casey |
| 1946 | Sir Frederick John Burrows |
| 1947 | Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia |
| 1947 (From 10 to 24 Nov.) | Shri Brojendralal Mitter |
| 1947 | Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia |
| 1948 | Dr. Kailasnath Katju |
| 1951 | Dr. Harendracoomar Mookerjee |
| 1956 (From 8 Aug. to 3 Nov.) | Shri Phanibhusan Chakrabarti |
| 1956 | Srimati Padmaja Naidu |
| 1967 | Shri Dharma Vira |
| 1969 | Shri Shanti Swarup Dhawan |
| 1971 | Shri Anthony Lancelot Dias |
| 1977 | Shri Tribhuvan Narayan Singh |
| 1981 | Shri Bhairab Datt Pande |
| 1983 | Shri Anant Prasad Sharma |
| 1984 | Shri Uma Sankar Dikshit |
| 1986 | Professor Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| 1989 | Shri T.V. Rajeshwar |
| 1990 | Professor Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| 1993 | Shri K.V. Raghunatha Reddy |
| 1998 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai |
| 1999 | Justice Shri Shyamal Kumar Sen |
| 1999 (From 4 Dec.) | Shri Viren J. Shah |
| 14.12.2004 to 23.1.2010 | Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi |
| 24.1.2010 | Shri M.K. Narayanan |