The Nemean Games are supposed to have been instituted in his honour.

In 189 BCE, Delphi and Lycia instituted festivals in her honour.

The Government of India instituted the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards in his honour, awarded annually.

The Philip Lawrence Awards were instituted by the then Home Secretary Michael Howard in Lawrence's honour, and were first presented on 15 March 1997.

The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency College, Chennai for work in the area of Natural science.

In 1997, the University of Groningen instituted a Blaauw chair and Blaauw lecture in his honour.

Rudra was also one of the founding members of the Modern School in Delhi where since 1928, the Rudra Prize has been instituted in his honour.

Following upon his death in 1983, a medal was instituted in his honour by the British Geomorphological Research Group, of which he was a founder member.

The BBC Reith Lectures were instituted in 1948 in his honour.

Ramanujan Mathematical Society has instituted an annual endowment lecture in his honour.