Kumbakonam Rajagopal Distinguished Professor Regents Professor Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering Fellow, Michael E. DeBakey Institute, Texas A&M University Senior Research Fellow, Texas Transportation Institute
- 2019 Honoris Causa, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy - Distinguished Professor Regents Professor Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering - 2016 President's award for Distinguished Visitors, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva - 2015 Special issues (3 issues), Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids in honor of K. R. Rajagopal's contributions to the field of Mechanics - 2014 TUS President's Award, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo - 2013 Honoris Causa, Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi - 2012 Honoris Causa, Charles University, Prague - 2011 Special Issue of Mathematical Models and Methods of Applied Sciences, On the occasion of K. R. Rajagopal's 60th Birthday, Volume 21, 1 - 2011 Special Issue of Applications of Mathematics, Dedicated to K. R. Rajagopal's 60th Birthday, Volume 56, 1 - 2011 Special Issue (4 issues) International Journal of Advances in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, Dedicated K. R. Rajagopal's 60th birthday, 3 - 2011 Special Issue of The International Journal of Structural Changes in Solids, On the Occasion of K. R. Rajagopal's 60th birthday, 3, 3 - 2010 ISI Highly Cited Researcher - 2010 Fellow, The Indian National Academy of Engineering - 2010 Honoris Causa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria - 2006 Memorial Medal, Charles University, Prague - 2005 Archie Higdon Award, American Society of Engineering Education - 2004 Eringen Medal, Society of Engineering Science