- Krishna Shastri Chiplunkar
(Professor of Sanskrit, 1850)
- Rev. James MacDougal
(Professor of Mathematics, 1851-62)
- Major Thomas Candy
(Superintendent of the Poona Sanskrit College, 1837 and
Principal of Poona College, 1851-57)
- Rev. A.G. Fraser
(Professor of English Literature and Political Economy, 1852-53)
- H. Green
(Professor of English Literature, 1852-53)
- E.I. Howard
- J. Murray Mitchell
(Acting Principal of Poona College, during the absence of Major
Candy, 1856)
- W. Draper
(Professor of English Literature and Mathematics, 1856-62)
- Edwin Arnold
(Principal of Deccan College, 1857-60)
- V. Green
(Professor of English Literature, 1857)
- Martin P. Haug
(Professor of Sanskrit, 1859-65)
- W.A. Russell
(Principal and Professor of English Literature & Logic, 1860-62)
- William Wordsworth
(Poet’s Grandson, Principal and Professor of English
Literature, 1862-74)
- Edward Hamilton Aitken
(Professor in Latin, 1870-76)
- R.G. Oxenham
(Principal and Professor of English Literature, 1874-90)
- Kerupant Lakshman Chattre
(Professor of Mathematics, 1865-79, Acting Principal
of the College, during the absence of Mr. Oxenham, 1875-76)
- Lorenz Franz Kielhorn
(Linguist, Principal, 1876 and 1878)
- G.M. Woodrow
- G.W. Forrest
(Professor of History, Political Economy, English Literature and
Mathematics, 1874-86)
- Dastur Hoshang Jamasp
(Lecturer and then Professor of Oriental Languages 1874-
92)
- R. Shute
(Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, 1875)
- F.G. Selby
(Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, 1877-80, Principal of College,
1885
(Acting), 1890-1907)
- R.G. Bhandarkar
(B.A. in 1862 and M.A. in 1866, Acting Professor of Sanskrit,
1889–90, and Permanent Professor of Sanskrit, 1882-1893)
- Arthur Barrett
(Professor of Logic and English Literature, 1882-95)
- V.N. Pathak
(Professor of Moral Philosophy, Logic and English Literature, 1885-89)
- G.V. Karkaray
(Professor of Mathematics, 1886)
- Francis William Bain
(Professor of History and Political Economy, 1892, Principal
of College, 1907-18)
- Sirajuddin Abdul Fattah Moulvi
(Lecturer in Persian, 1892)
- A.V. Kathavate
(Professor of Sanskrit, 1893-1900)
- D.H. Dastur
(Lecturer in Physics, 1893)
- J.N. Fraser
(Professor of English Literature, 1896-98)
- W.H. Sharp
(Acting Principal of the College, during the absence of Principal Selby,
1899)
- S.R. Bhandarkar
(Professor of Sanskrit, 1901)
- K.P. Pathak
(Professor of Sanskrit, 1901)
- Maulana Syed Sulaiman Nadvi
(Professor of Persian, 1912)
- H.G.D. Turnbull
(Principal of the College, 1919-20)
- A.C.L. Wilkinson
(Professor of Mathematics, Principal of the College, 1910-11
(Acting), 1921-23)
- F.W. Clarke
( Second Professor of English Literature)
- H.G. Rowlinson
(Principal of the College, 1923-31)
- A.C. Faran
(Acting Principal, 1925-26)
- E.A. Wodehouse
(Principal of the College, 1931-34)
- Prof. I.J.S. Taraporwala
(Director, 1939-42)
- Prof. Sumitra Mangesh Katre
Director (1942-71)
Professor in Indo-European Philology
General Editor, Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles
- Prof. Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia
Director (1971-73)
Professor in Proto-Indian and Ancient Indian History
Head of the Department of History and Archaeology (1939-1985)
Padma Bhushan – 1974
Vidwat Puraskar – 1988-89 by Ahmednagar Historical Museum
- Dr. Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar
Reader in Maratha History (1939-1955)
Sahitya Akademi Award for Shri Shiv Chhatrapati – 1966
- Prof. Narayan Govind Kalelkar
Professor in Indo-European Philology
Head of the Department of Linguistics
Sahitya Akademi Award for Bhasha : Itihas Ani Bhoogol – 1967
- Prof. Irawati Karve
Professor in Sociology and Anthropology
Sahitya Akademi Award for Yugant - 1968
- Prof. Shivramkrishna Shastri
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1975
- Prof. Srinivas Shastri
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1979
- Prof. C. G. Kashikar
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1988
- Prof. M.A. Mehendale
Professor in Sanskrit (Vedic) Literature
Head of the Department of Sanskrit
Senior Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for 1957-58
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1990
Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. P. V. Kane Gold Medal (1995) of the Asiatic Society of
Bombay for his lifetime work
- Prof. Shivram Dattatray Joshi
Led the Deccan College Sanskrit Dictionary Project from 1987
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1991
- Dr. D.N. Shankara Bhat
Reader in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics (1965-1979)
Fellow, British Council, England, 1966
Shambha Joshi Award by Karnataka Sangha, Shimogha - 2013
Pampa Award (or Pampa Prashasti), a literary award by Karnataka State- 2012
Kannada Rajyotsava Award
Nadoja Award by Hampi University
- C.R. Shankaran
Reader in Linguistics and Professor in charge of the Phonetics Laboratory
- Prof. H.S. Biligiri
Reader in Linguistics (1957-1980)
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for 1956
Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award - 1995
- Prof. A.M. Ghatage
Director (1973-78)
Professor in Indo-European Philology, General Linguistics
Head of the Department of Linguistics
Editor, Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles
Awarded the title of National Sanskrit Scholar (Rashtriya Sanskrit Pandit) by the
President of India in 1998
- Prof. S.B. Deo
Director (1978-85)
Professor in Proto-Indian and Ancient Indian History
Head of the Department of Archaeology
Maharashtra State Awards for Maharashtratil Utkhanane (1963),
Maharashtra
Ek Puratattviya Samalochan (1971) and Puratattva Vidya (1979)
- Prof. Ashok Kelkar
Professor in Applied Linguistics
Director of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Linguistics
Padmashree – 2002
Sahitya Akademi Award for Rujuvaat – 2010
- Prof. Shobhana Gokhale
Professor in Epigraphy and Numismatics
President of Bharat Itihaas Sanshodhak Mandal, Pune
President of Numismatic Society of India, Allahabad
Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by the International Collectors' Society of
Rare Items – 2010
- Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar
Director (1985-90)
Professor in Protohistoric and Early Historic Archaeology
Padmashree – 2011
Govt. of India Ravidranath Tagore Fellowship - 2011
V.S. Wakankar Award by the Madhya Pradesh Government - 2012
- Prof. M.S. Mate
Professor in Proto-Indian and Ancient Indian History
- Prof. S.N. Rajaguru
Professor in Quaternary Geomorphology and Geo-archaeology
Fellow, Quaternary Society of America, USA - 2011
- Prof. V.N. Misra
Director (1990-2000)
Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology
V.S. Wakankar Award by the Madhya Pradesh Government - 2006
- Prof. M.L.K. Murty
Govt. of India Ravidranath Tagore Fellowship - 2012
- Prof. K. Paddayya
Director (2003-08)
Professor in Geo-archaeology
Padmashree – 2012
Honorary Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London - 2010
- Prof. V.P. Bhatta
Director (2008-2013)
General Editor, Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles
- Prof. V.S. Shinde
Vice-Chancellor (From 2014)
Professor in South Asian Archaeology
Late Shree Madhukar Ramkrishna Inamdar Foundation Trust All India Award
for Excellence in Museum Studies/Archaeology – 2007
Vidyasagar Award for academic excellence by Indian Institute of Oriental
Heritage, Kolkata - 2015
- Prof. M.D. Kajale
Professor in Palynology
Fellow, Royal Society of Palaeobotany, U.K. - 20l1
- Dr. G.B. Deglurkar
Reader in Archaeology
President, Deccan College Deemed University, Pune.
D. Litt (Literature) awarded by Tilak Maharashtra Deemed University - 2013
- Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar
Director,State Archaeology & Museums, Maharashtra
Chancellor (From 2016)
