Heads of Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department

S.No. Name of the Officers S/Sh. Designation Period
1 J.C. Mcdonell Conservator of Forests 1891-1904
2 A.W. Blunt Conservator of Forests 1904-1907
3 W.H. Love Grove Conservator of Forests 1907-1915
4 B.O. Conventry Conservator of Forests 1915-1922
5 Lt. Col. Piar Singh Conservator of Forests 1922-1923
6 H.L. Wright Chief Conservator of Forests 1923-1933
7 Sir Peter H. Cluterbuck  Chief Conservator of Forests 1933-1944
8 Harnam Singh Pathania  Chief Conservator of Forests 1944-1957
9 Ram Lal Khajuria Chief Conservator of Forests 1957-1959
10 A.A. Firdous Chief Conservator of Forests 1959-1964
11 G. N.  Naqashband Chief Conservator of Forests 1964-1976
12 B.R. Gupta Chief Conservator of Forests 1976-1977
13 N.A. Masoodi Chief Conservator of Forests 1977-1978
14 Abdul Rashid Khan Chief Conservator of Forests 1978-1981
15 S. Sohan Singh Chief Conservator of Forests 1981-1982
16 G.R. Sofi Chief Conservator of Forests 1982-1986
17 R.K. Matoo Chief Conservator of Forests 1986
18 Syed Noor-ul- Hassan Chief Conservator of Forests 1987
19 Ejaz Ahmed Malik Chief Conservator of Forests 1987-1989
20 Ejaz Ahmed Malik Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1989-1992
21 G.H. Kangoo Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1992-1993
22 A.R. Wani Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1993-1994
23 Mir Inayatullah Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1994-1995
24 M.A. Mufti Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1995-1996
25 P.P. Sharma Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1996-1997
26 P. Patnaik Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 1997-2000
27 P.P. Sharma Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 2000-2002
28 P. Patnaik Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 2002-2004
29 S.D. Swatantra Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 2005-2006
30 Irshad Ahmad Khan Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 2006-2009
31 Jagdish Kishwan Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests(HOFF) 2009-2010
32 Ram Deo Tiwari Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 10/2010-12/2011
33 Vinod Ranjan Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests(HOFF) 01/2012-07/2013
34 Abhai Kumar Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 07/2013-07/2014
35 A.K. Singh Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests (HOFF) 08/2014 - 06/2017
35 Ravi Kumar Kesar Pr.Chief Conservator of Forests 06/2017