The Akademi had no provision of appointing Vice-Presidents in its Constitution. On 25th Nov, 66 a post of Working President was created. The Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Development Commissioner worked as the Working Vice President from 26.11.66 to 16.01.68. On 17th Jan, 68 although a post of Vice- President was created, no one was appointed as the Vice-President. Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Development Commissioner used to act as Vice-President
| SI.No. | Name | From | To |
| 1. | Satyananda Champatiray | 29.05.1972 | 31.07.78 |
| 2. | Rajkishore Ray | 03.08.78 | 18.07.81 |
| 3. | Radhamohan Gadnaik | 19.07.81 | 03.01.87 |
| 4. | Binod Chandra Naik | 01.01.88 | 11.07.94 |
| 5. | Srinibas Udgata | 12.07.94 | 31.12.96 |
| 6. | Rabi Singh | 01.01.97 | 31.12.99 |
| 7. | Umashankar Panda | 18.07.00 | 23.07.03 |
| 8. | Purnanda Dani | 01.03.04 | 31.08.04 |
| 9. | Hussain Rabi Gandhi | 21.02.05 | 20.02.08 |
| 10. | Chandrasekhar DasBurma | 09.05.08 | 08.05.10 |
| 11. | Giri Dandasena | 18.05.11 | 08.02.15 |
| 12. | Smt Gayatri Saraf | 09.02.15 | 08.02.18 |
| 13. | Dr. Sangram Jena | 21.05.2021 | 20.05.2024 |
| 14. | Shri Dilip Routrai, I.A.S. | 21.05.2024 | 11.08.2024 |