Former Presidents
Dr.G.Rangaswami (Founder)
First President of the Academy (1976)
Padma Bhushan Dr. G. R. Damodaran
Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras & Founder, PSG College (Coimbatore)
Dr. M. Santappa
Former Director (CLRI), Former VC, University of Madras & Sri Venkateswara University
Dr. Alladi Ramakrishnan
Theoretical physicist
Former Director & founder of Matscience
Dr. A. Venugopal
Former Honorary Director,
University of Madras
Dr. M. Anandakrishnan
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Anna University
Dr. V. Devanathan
Founder Head, Department of Nuclear Physics University of Madras
Dr. R. Ashokamani
Former Head, Department of Physics,
Anna University
Dr. P. Maruthamuthu
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Madurai Kamaraj University
Dr. J. Kumar
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Madurai Kamaraj University
Dr. S. Sriman Narayanan
Former Vice-Chancellor,
Vels University