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International Awards
- October 2007, King Charles-II Medal for Science and Technology, The Royal Society, UK.
- 2008, Woodrow Wilson Award.
- June 2009, International Medal 2008, The Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
- April 2009, Hoover Medal 2008, The Hoover Board of Awards , New York.
- September 2009, 2009 International Von Karman Wings Award, The Aerospace Historical Society in Collaboration with the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) at the California Institute of Technology.
National Awards
- Padma Bhushan (1981)
- Padman Vibhushan (1990)
- Bharat Ratna (1997)
Honours
- 1981, Doctor of Science, Anna University, Chennai
- 1980, Doctor of Science, Jadvapur University, Kolkata
- 1990, Doctor of Science, Kalyani University, Kolkata
- 1990, Doctor of Science, IIT Kanpur
- 1990, Doctor of Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
- 1990, Doctor of Science, Shantiniketan University, Kolkata
- 1990, Doctor of Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
- 1997, Doctor of Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
- 1990, Doctor of Science, Patna University, Patna
- 1991, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), IIT, Mumbai, Mumbai
- 1991, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), IIT, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras
- 1993, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
- 1994, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Roorkee, Roorkee
- 1995, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), IIT, Delhi
- 1995, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Mysore, Mysore
- 1995, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
- 1996, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Allahabad, Allahabad
- 1998, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Delhi, Delhi
- 1998, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
- 1998, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Bharathidasan University, Trichy
- 1999, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), University of Madras, Madras
- 2000, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Andhra University, Vizag
- 2000, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed Univ), Manipal
- 2000, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur
- 2001, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Kanpur, Tezpur
- 2002, Doctor of Science, Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum
- 2002, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwa Vidyalaya, Bhopal
- 2007, Doctor(Honoris Causa), Nyenrode Business University, Breukelen
- 2007, Doctor of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
- 2008, Doctor of Engineering(Honoris Causa), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2008, Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Kentucky, Kentucky
- 2008, Doctor of Science(Honoris Causa), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
- 2008, Doctor of Science (Hon Causa), IIT-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB
- 2008, Doctor of Science, University of Wolverhampton, Birmingham London
- 2008, Doctorate in Science, University Sans Malaysia, Malaysia
- 2008, Doctor of of Laws, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
- 2009, Doctor of Science, Oakland University, Oakland Rochester Michigan, USA
- 2010, Doctor of Letters, University of Louisville, KY, Kentucky USA
- 2010, Doctor of Science, University of Waterloo, Toronto
- 2011, PhD (Hon Causa), Defence Instt of Advanced Technologies (DU), Pune, India
- 2011, Doctor of Engg(Hon causa), University of Sydney, Sydney, Aus
- 2011, Degree of Science (Hon Causa), Sastra University, Tamil Nadu
- 2012, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), B.S. Abdur Rahman University Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- 2012, Honorary Degree Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Canada
- 2013, Doctor of Science, NIT, Silchar, Assam
- 2014, Doctor of Science (HC), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Agriculture & Technology,Meerut-UP
- 2014, Doctor of Science (HC), University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2014, Doctor of Science (HC), Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur
