The Indian Geophysical Union annually awards Decennial Award to be given to a scientist, an outstanding senior geophysicist who has established a school of geophysics in India with indigeneous resources and talent. From 1993 the recipient is presented with a Medal.The Indian Geophysical Union annually awards Decennial Award to be given to a scientist, an outstanding senior geophysicist who has established a school of geophysics in India with indigeneous resources and talent. From 1993 the recipient is presented with a Medal.
| 1975 | Dr. Hari Narain |
| 1976 | Dr. A.Roy |
| 1977 | Sri L.N.Kailasam |
| 1978 | Sri M.B.R.Rao |
| 1979 | Sri B.S.Negi |
| 1980 | Dr. P.V.Shanker Narayan |
| 1981 | Prof. V.L.S.Bhimasankaram |
| 1982 | Dr. V.S.Venkatasubrahmanian |
| 1983 | Prof. Jagdeo Singh |
| 1984 | Prof. V.Bhaskara Rao |
| 1985 | Dr. T.M.Mahadevan |
| 1986 | Sri D.Gupta Sarma |
| 1987 | Prof. Rama |
| 1988 | Sri G.Varadarajan |
| 1989 | Dr. G.S.Murty |
| 1990 | Prof. K.N.Khattri |
| 1991 | Prof. B.S.R.Rao |
| 1992 | Prof. R.K.Verma |
| 1993 | Sri A.G.B.Reddy |
| 1994 | Dr. K.L.Kaila |
| 1995 | Sri D.N.Avasthi |
| 1996 | Sri Kuldeep Chandra |
| 1997 | Dr. B.M.Reddy |
| 1998 | Dr. H.K.Gupta |
| 1999 | No Award |
| 2000 | Prof. G.S.Lakhina |
| 2001 | Dr. S.M.Naqvi |
| 2002 | Prof. I.V.Radhakrishna Murthy |
| 2003 | Dr. D.C.Mishra |
| 2004 | Dr. P.R. Reddy, Dr. R.N. Singh |
| 2005 | Prof. K.V. Subba Rao, Sri Kharak Singh |
| 2006 | Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi |
| 2007 | Dr. B. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. H.V. Ram Babu |
| 2008 | Dr. R.K. Chadha |
| 2009 | Dr. G.Parthasarathy, Dr. R.K. Tiwari, |
| 2010 | Dr. K. Sree Krishna, Prof. J.R.Kayal |
| 2011 | Dr. B.K. Rastogi |
| 2012 | Prof Mrinal K Sen |
| 2013 | No Award |
| 2014 | No Award |
| 2015 | Prof. S.K. Nath |
| 2016 | Dr. Kalachand Sain |
| 2017 | Dr. Anil Bhardwaj |
| 2019 | None |
| 2020 | Dr. D. Srinagesh |
| 2021 | Dr.M. Radhakrishna |
| 2022 | Prof.N V Chalapathi Rao |
| 2025 | Dr. O P Mishra |