List of Dean and Associate Dean (Research & Development) at IIT Bombay
| S.No | Dean | Period | Associate Dean | Period |
| 1 | Prof. R. P. Singh Department of Physics | 22.08.1972 to 04.06 .1975 | - | - |
| 2 | Prof. R. K. Katti Department of Civil Engineering | 04.06.1975 to 30.09.1977 | - | - |
| 3 | Prof. A. K. Mallik Department of Metallurgical Engineering | 01.10.1977 to 26.12.1980 | - | - |
| 4 | Prof. M. V. Hariharan Department of Electrical Engineering | 26.12.1980 to 02.01.1984 | - | - |
| 5 | Prof. A. P. Kudchadker Department of Chemical Engineering | 02.01.1984 to 22.09.1986 | - | - |
| 6 | Prof. S. C. Lakkad Department of Aerospace Engineering | 22.09.1986 to 01.01.1990 | - | - |
| 7 | Prof. K. P. Madhavan Department of Chemical Engineering | 01.01.1990 to 30.03.1993 | - | - |
| 8 | Prof. S. L. Narayanamurthy Department of Chemical Engineering | 31.03.1993 to 17.04.1997 | - | - |
| 9 | Prof. P. Krishna Rao Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science | 17.04.1997 to 12.06.2000 | - | - |
| 10 | Prof. S. Suryanarayan Department of Aerospace Engineering | 12.06.2000 to 16.04.2003 | Prof. B. Seth Prof. Kannan M. Moudgalya | 12.07.2000 to 11.05.2001 to |
| 11 | Prof. Kartic C. Khilar Department of Chemical Engineering | 16.04.2003 to 14.07.2006 | Prof. Rangan Banerjee Department of Energy Science Engineering | 23.06.2003 to 04.08.2006 |
| 12 | Prof. Krithi Ramamritham Department of Computer Science and Engineering | 17.07.2006 to 24.06.2009 | Prof. K. Kurien Issac Department of Mechanical Engineering | 04.08.2006 to 06.07.2009 |
| 13 | Prof. Rangan Banerjee Department of Energy Science Engineering | 24.06.2009 to 23.09.2012 | Prof. Petety V Balaji Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering | 06.07.2009 to 15.10.2012 |
| 14 | Prof. Prasanna M. Mujumdar Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan | 24.09.2012 to 24.09.2015 to | Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan Department of Chemistry | 16.10.2012 to 31.12.2015 |
| 15 | Prof. Petety V. Balaji Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering | 20.11.2015 to 01.05.2019 | Prof. Anil M. Kulkarni Department of Electrical Engineering | 01.01.2016 to 01.05.2019 |
| 16 | Prof. Milind D. Atrey Department of Mechanical Engineering | 01.05.2019 to 01.08.2023 | Prof. A. M. Pradeep Department of Aerospace Engineering | 01.05.2019 to 29.04.2022 |
| 17 | Prof. Sachin C Patwardhan Department of Chemical Engineering | 01.08.2023 till date | Prof. Upendra Bhandarkar Department of Mechanical Engineering | 29.04.2022 till date |