| S.No. | Date of Convocation | Name of Recipient of Honris Causa Degree | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 05/Mar/1949 | Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan | Doctor of Laws |
| 2. | 05/Mar/1949 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Doctor of Laws |
| 3. | 05/Mar/1949 | Sh. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Doctor of Laws |
| 4. | 01/May/1949 | Bhai Vir Singh | Doctor of Oriental Learning |
| 5. | 06/Jan/1951 | Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava | Doctor of Laws |
| 6. | 06/Jan/1951 | His Highness Maharaja Yadvendra | Doctor of Laws |
| 7. | 06/Jan/1951 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Doctor of Literature |
| 8. | 19/Dec/1959 | Dr. C. D. Deshmukh | Doctor of Literature |
| 9. | 23/Dec/1961 | Dr. Bhai Jodh Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 10. | 23/Dec/1961 | Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla | Doctor of Science |
| 11. | 07/Jan/1962 | Dr. F. Cyril James | Doctor of Literature |
| 12. | 22/Dec/1962 | Sh. Narhari Vishnu Gadgil | Doctor of Laws |
| 13. | 19/Dec/1964 | Dr. M. C. Chagla | Doctor of Laws |
| 14. | 18/Dec/1965 | Sh. Swaran Singh | Doctor of Laws |
| 15. | 23/Dec/1967 | Dr. Prem Nath Kirpal | Doctor of Literature |
| 16. | 16/Mar/1968 | Dr. Raul Prebisch | Doctor of Literature |
| 17. | 27/Jul/1968 | Dr. William George Archer | Doctor of Literature |
| 18. | 14/Feb/1969 | Padma Vibhushan Dr. Hargobind Khurana | Doctor of Science |
| 19. | 25/Oct/1969 | Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon | Doctor of Laws |
| 20. | 05/Feb/1972 | Dr. B. N. Chakravarty | Doctor of Laws |
| 21. | 03/Jan/1973 | Smt. Indira Gandhi | Doctor of Laws |
| 22. | 06/Sep/1973 | Her Imperial Highness Princess Ashraf Pahalvi | Doctor of Literature |
| 23. | 12/Mar/1975 | His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Daoud | Doctor of Laws |
| 24. | 31/Oct/1975 | Mr. Shridath Surendranath Ramphal | Doctor of Laws |
| 25. | 14/Nov/1976 | Dr. Jose Maria Ruda | Doctor of Laws |
| 26. | 18/Mar/1978 | Dr. Nagendra Singh | Doctor of Laws |
| 27. | 18/Mar/1978 | Professor Satish Dhawan | Doctor of Science |
| 28. | 01/Mar/1980 | Dr. Gopal Swarup Pathak | Doctor of Laws |
| 29. | 01/Mar/1980 | Dewan Anand Kumar | Doctor of Science |
| 30. | 12/Mar/1983 | Justice Sankar Prasad Mitra | Doctor of Laws |
| 31. | 12/Mar/1983 | Sh. Jagan Nath Kaushal | Doctor of Laws |
| 32. | 12/Mar/1983 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 33. | 12/Mar/1983 | Sh. P. L. Tandon | Doctor of Literature |
| 34. | 10/Mar/1984 | Sh. B. K. Nehru | Doctor of Literature |
| 35. | 31/Mar/1985 | Justice M Hidayatullah | Doctor of Laws |
| 36. | 07/Mar/1987 | Smt. Amrita Pritam | Doctor of Literature |
| 37. | 07/Mar/1987 | Professor Abdus Salam | Doctor of Science |
| 38. | 07/Mar/1987 | Professor Yash Pal | Doctor of Science |
| 39. | 30/Apr/1988 | Justice R. S.Pathak | Doctor of Laws |
| 40. | 30/Apr/1988 | Professor D. S. Kothari | Doctor of Science |
| 41. | 17/Oct/1999 | Sh. Inder Kumar Gujral | Doctor of Laws |
| 42. | 17/Oct/1999 | Dr. Amartya Sen* | Doctor of Literature |
| 43. | 17/Oct/1999 | Dr. Mulk Raj Anand | Doctor of Literature |
| 44. | 17/Oct/1999 | Dr. Ashok Vijh | Doctor of Science |
| 45. | 27/Dec/2000 | Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati | Doctor of Literature |
| 46. | 28/Dec/2001 | Dr. Justice A.S.Anand | Doctor of Laws |
| 47. | 28/Dec/2001 | Honble Herb Dhaliwal (Mr. Harbance Singh Dhaliwal) | Doctor of Laws |
| 48. | 28/Dec/2001 | Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy | Doctor of Science |
| 49. | 28/Jan/2003 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Chandra | Doctor of Science |
| 50. | 13/Dec/2003 | Professor G. C. Pandey | Doctor of Literature |
| 51. | 13/Dec/2003 | Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangam | Doctor of Science |
| 52. | 13/Dec/2003 | Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob. | Doctor of Science |
| 53. | 14/Feb/2005 | Sh. Ashwani Kumar | Doctor of Laws |
| 54. | 14/Feb/2005 | Dr. Sardara Singh Johl | Doctor of Literature |
| 55. | 14/Feb/2005 | His Excellency Triloki Nath Chaturvedi | Doctor of Literature |
| 56. | 04/Feb/2006 | Sh. Kapil Sibal | Doctor of Laws |
| 57. | 04/Feb/2006 | Sh. Montek Singh Ahluwalia | Doctor of Literature |
| 58. | 07/Mar/2007 | Sh. Rajendra Kumar Saboo | Doctor of Literature |
| 59. | 07/Mar/2007 | Dr. T. S. Kler | Doctor of Science |
| 60. | 07/Mar/2007 | Professor S. P. Agarwal | Doctor of Science |
| 61. | 16/Jan/2008 | Dr. Pritam Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 62. | 16/Jan/2008 | Professor G. K. Chadha | Doctor of Literature |
| 63. | 16/Jan/2008 | Sh. Yash Chopra | Doctor of Literature |
| 64. | 16/Jan/2008 | Dr. Rajinder K. Pachouri | Doctor of Science |
| 65. | 29/Mar/2009 | Dr. Ved Mehta | Doctor of Literature |
| 66. | 29/Mar/2009 | Professor Amrik Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 67. | 29/Mar/2009 | Dr. Naranjan S. Dhalla | Doctor of Science |
| 68. | 29/Mar/2009 | Professor Martanda Verma | Doctor of Science |
| 69. | 03/Nov/2009 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Doctor of Laws |
| 70. | 24/Mar/2010 | Sh. H. K. Dua | Doctor of Literature |
| 71. | 24/Mar/2010 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai | Doctor of Science |
| 72. | 24/Mar/2010 | Professor Goverdhan Mehta | Doctor of Science |
| 73. | 14/Feb/2011 | Sh. Khushwant Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 74. | 14/Feb/2011 | Professor C. N. R. Rao | Doctor of Science |
| 75. | 14/Feb/2011 | Professor Shenggen Fan | Doctor of Science |
| 76. | 16/Dec/2011 | His Excellency N. N. Vohra | Doctor of Laws |
| 77. | 16/Dec/2011 | Sh. Som Nath Chatterjee | Doctor of Laws |
| 78. | 16/Dec/2011 | Smt. Sushma Swaraj | Doctor of Laws |
| 79. | 10/Mar/2013 | Professor Anish Kapoor* | Doctor of Literature |
| 80. | 10/Mar/2013 | Professor Romila Thapar | Doctor of Literature |
| 81. | 10/Mar/2013 | Professor Ashoke Sen, FRS | Doctor of Science |
| 82. | 10/Mar/2013 | Professor M. S. Raghunathan, FRS | Doctor of Science |
| 83. | 09/Mar/2014 | Professor Gurdial Singh | Doctor of Literature |
| 84. | 09/Mar/2014 | Professor R. P. Bambah | Doctor of Science |
| 85. | 14/Mar/2015 | Shri Kailash Satryarthi | Doctor of Laws |
| 86. | 14/Mar/2015 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan# | Doctor of Science |
| 87. | 14/Mar/2015 | Professor Manjul Bhargava | Doctor of Science |
| 88. | 14/Mar/2015 | Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ** | Doctor of Science |
| 89. | 13/Mar/2016 | Professor Harkishan Singh | Doctor of Science |
| 90. | 13/Mar/2016 | Sh. Shiv Nadar ** | Doctor of Science |
| 91. | 25/Mar/2017 | Professor Murli Manohar Joshi | Doctor of Literatrue |
| 92. | 25/Mar/2017 | Dr. Nuruddin Farah (Recommended in 2016) | Doctor of Literature |
| 93. | 25/Mar/2017 | Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany* | Doctor of Science |
| 94. | 25/Mar/2017 | Professor G. S. Khush | Doctor of Science |
| 95. | 04/Mar/2018 | Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (Recommended in 2017) | Doctor of Laws |
| 96. | 04/Mar/2018 | Smt. Sumitra Mahajan** | Doctor of Laws |
| 97. | 04/Mar/2018 | Professor M. M. Sharma | Doctor of Science |
| 98. | 04/Mar/2018 | Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee | Doctor of Science |
| 99. | 28/Apr/2019 | Dr. Sudha N. Murty$ | Doctor of Literature |
| 100. | 06/May/2022 | Dr. Krishna Ella** | Doctor of Science |
| 101. | 06/May/2022 | Professor Ajay Kumar Sood | Doctor of Science |
| 102. | 06/May/2022 | Smt. Suchitra Ella** | Doctor of Science |
| 103. | 20/May/2023 | Justice Ranjan Gogoi | Doctor of Literature |
| 104. | 20/May/2023 | Dr. Gagandeep Kang** | Doctor of Science |
* Degree not received yet.
**Did not attend the Convocation.
#Recommended in 2011, Received in 2014.
$Recommended in 2019, Received in 2023
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