District Magistrate of Meerut

Meerut is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, located about 70 km northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and 453 km northwest of the state capital, Lucknow. Known as the “Sports City of India”, it is one of the country’s largest producers of sports goods and the leading manufacturer of musical instruments. Meerut holds a special place in India’s freedom struggle as the starting point of the 1857 Rebellion against British colonial rule.

After India’s independence, IAS officer Jai Keerat Singh became the first District Collector of Meerut and served for 22 months. So far, 61 District Magistrates have been appointed. The British declared Meerut a district in 1818, and at that time it also included Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Hapur, and Gautam Buddh Nagar. Deepak Meena has had the longest tenure as District Magistrate. Here are the details for Meerut DM Name List

Meerut DM Name

ParticularsDetails
DistrictMeerut
Current Meerut DM NameDr. Vijay Kumar Singh
FB Account of Meerut DMhttps://www.facebook.com/dmmeerut
Twitter Account of Meerut DMhttps://x.com/dmmeerut
Meerut DM Contact Number01212664133,
01212642232,
9454417566
Posting Date18th January 2025

Former Meerut DM Name List

As soon as India gained independence, IAS officer Jai Keerat Singh was appointed as the first District Collector of Meerut. Taking charge of any district immediately after independence was not an easy task, but he successfully served in this role from 15 August 1947 to 30 June 1949 — a tenure of 22 months and 15 days. Since then, a total of 61 District Magistrates have been appointed in the district.

Current Meerut DM Name– Meerut’s current District Magistrate is Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh, who assumed office on 18 January 2025. He maintains an active presence on social media, with an official Facebook page and Twitter account, through which he shares updates and engages with the public.

Longest Period DM of Meerut– Deepak Meena served as the District Magistrate of Meerut from 15 April 2022 to 18 January 2025, marking one of the longest tenures in the district’s history.

S. No.Meerut DM Name ListFrom To
1.Sh. Jai Kirat Singh15-08-194730-07-1949
2.Sh. V.C.Sharma04-07-194915-07-1951
3.Sh. V.V.Singh16-07-195101-01-1953
4.Sh. V.B.L.Dubey02-01-195315-05-1955
5.Sh. S.R.D.Saxena16-05-195506-07-1956
6.Sh. Gyan Prakash12-07-195613-01-1959
7.Sh. P.N. Kapoor14-01-195904-05-1960
8.Sh. S.K. Sarkar05-05-196009-06-1961
9.Sh. B.B. Sahi20-06-196116-06-1962
10.Sh. B.N. Tondon11-07-196207-04-1965
11.Sh. D.M. Sinha11-05-196526-05-1967
12.Sh. S.P. Batal09-08-196726-03-1969
13.Sh. R.K. Kaul23-03-196903-07-1973
14.Sh. Rajendra Nath04-07-197116-06-1973
15.Sh. J.C. Pant16-07-197327-12-1973
16.Sh. T.N. Dhar28-12-197301-06-1974
17.Sh. B.N. Tiwari02-06-197401-04-1977
18.Sh. R.S. Mathur07-04-197715-04-1979
19.Sh. A.P. Singh15-04-197901-04-1980
20.Sh. V. Anand01-04-198018-04-1981
21.Sh. Shambhu Nath18-04-198118-12-1982
22.Sh. T. George Joseph18-12-198209-06-1984
23.Sh. L.R. Singh09-06-198411-07-1986
24.Sh. R.S. Kaushik11-07-198604-07-1987
25.Sh. T.George Joseph04-07-198727-11-1987
26.Sh. Vijay Sharma27-11-198724-05-1990
27.Sh. G.C. Chaturvedi26-05-199012-11-1991
28.Sh. Tulsi Gaur12-07-199102-07-1992
29.Sh. Jai Shanker Mishra02-07-199207-07-1993
30.Sh. Mohinder Singh07-07-199309-06-1994
31.Sh. S.N. Seth09-06-199408-06-1995
32.Sh. Deepak Singhal09-06-199518-07-1997
33.Sh. Sanjay Agarwal18-07-199726-10-1999
34.Sh. Avneesh Kumar Avasthi26-10-199911-05-2002
35.Sh. P.V. Jagan Mohan11-05-200222-08-2002
36.Sh. Rama Raman22-08-200203-04-2003
37.Sh. Amit Mohan Prasad03-04-200319-06-2004
38.Sh. Rajesh Kumar Singh19-06-200403-10-2004
39.Sh. Chandra Bhanu04-10-200420-09-2005
40.Sh. Ram Krishan20-09-200512-04-2006
41.Sh. Mukesh Kumar Meshram13-04-200616-05-2007
42. Sh. Niteshwar Kumar16-05-200716-08-2007
43. Sh. Anil Kumar Sagar18-08-200703-03-2008
44.Sh. Kamini Chauhan Ratan04-03-200811-07-2009
45.Sh. Amit Kumar Ghosh11-07-200923-09-2009
46.Sh. Bhuvnesh Kumar26-09-200905-03-2011
47.Sh. Subhash Chand Sharma07-03-201127-04-2011
48.Sh. Anil Garg27-04-201119-09-2011
49.Sh. Anil Kumar19-09-201123-03-2012
50.Sh. Vikas Gothalwal23-03-201211-02-2013
51.Sh. Navdeep Rinwa11-02-201307-02-2014
52.Sh. Pankaj Yadav07-02-201427-03-2014
53.Sh. Navdeep Rinwa27-03-201409-06-2014
54.Sh. Pankaj Yadav09-06-201422-07-2016
55.Sh. Jagat Raj22-07-201614-09-2016
56.Ms. B. Chandrakala14-09-201631-03-2017
57.Sh. Sameer Verma31-03-201701-02-2018
58.Sh. Anil Dhingra01-02-201812-09-2020
59.Sh. K Balaji13-09-202014-04-2022
60.Sh. Deepak Meena15-04-202217-01-2025
61.Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh18-01-2025Till Date

Meerut DM Contact Number

The official contact numbers for the Meerut District Magistrate’s office are 0121-2664133, 0121-2642232, and the mobile number 9454417566. Here, 0121 is the STD code for Meerut.

Related FAQs

  1. Who is the DM of Meerut now?

    The current District Magistrate of Meerut is Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh, who took charge on 18 January 2025.

  2. Who Was the First DM of Meerut?

    The first District Magistrate of Meerut after India’s independence was IAS officer Jai Keerat Singh, who served from 15 August 1947 to 30 June 1949.

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